[alir8zana]

Thank you for these new UI components! The library looks impressive. The MIT license and optional nature of these components are definitely steps in the right direction. Though I wanted to share some thoughts on the business model. The subscription-based approach for core editor functionality presents challenges when competing with fully open source alternatives. The product quality and developer experience with Tiptap are truly excellent, but having an editor as a subscription service can be difficult to justify for many projects. I think the cloud services make perfect sense as premium offerings, but it would be worth considering a different approach for the base editor experience. Perhaps offering a premium one-time purchase option for entrepreneurs could bridge the gap. A feature rich premium template without requiring deep knowledge of ProseMirror/Tiptap internals would definitely be something interesting. For future components, I'd love to see commenting threads with Hocuspocus live notifications. Also, an AI toolbar similar to Notion's implementation would be valuable. The TipTap template is different from the notion UX. The content edits in the notion implementation happen in a separate AI-specific editor and users can suggest changes there, rather than in the main editor. Again, thanks for the continuous improvements to Tiptap.

[philipisik]

Really thoughtful comment! Thanks for taking the time.

Yeah, figuring out the right business model around open source is always a balancing act. And it’s never done. We started Tiptap by monetizing some of the more complex editor extensions, but with the launch of cloud services, we’ve gradually shifted that line to “cloud vs non-cloud,” like you said. Still, that line keeps moving as the ecosystem grows.

Your point about one-time payments for solo developers or indie founders makes a lot of sense. Honestly, we've been actively thinking about such an offering for quite a while and how to make Tiptap more accessible without giving up on sustainability.