# Switch to Monaco Editor from Ace Editor

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-monaco-editor-from-ace-editor/46099
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [June 21, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-monaco-editor-from-ace-editor/46099 "2016-06-21T03:21:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-monaco-editor-from-ace-editor/46099/1 "2016-06-21T03:21:25Z")

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Microsoft recently announced the [Monaco Editor](https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/index.html), that powers Visual Studio Code, is now open-source.

It can be added to a webpage, and provides Rich IntelliSense and CSS Validation.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/2/f2aa78ed2ca5a03a713bc05d3b76b5db17894e9f.gif)

It looks like a good fit for the Customization text areas.

What do you guys think?

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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-monaco-editor-from-ace-editor/46099/2 "2016-06-21T04:11:35Z")

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> [@Falco](#):
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> What do you guys think?

Looks good to me.

How far along are you with getting it to run in Ruby / Ember ?

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-monaco-editor-from-ace-editor/46099/3 "2016-06-21T04:19:07Z")

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I am not tied to ace in any way, feel free to experiment.

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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-monaco-editor-from-ace-editor/46099/4 "2016-06-21T14:54:14Z")

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I had the same thought last night. It seems much better than ace, and I would love to replace it if it’s practical.