37signals icon37signalsSep 28, 2026 ~1 min source read

Lexxy 1.0 is here

It already powers Basecamp, Fizzy and many others, and it will become the default editor in Rails. Trix hit a wall Trix has been our editor since 2015, and every Rails app's editor since Action Text shipped in Rails 6.

Lexxy 1.0 is here

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It already powers Basecamp, Fizzy and many others, and it will become the default editor in Rails.

Trix hit a wall Trix has been our editor since 2015, and every Rails app's editor since Action Text shipped in Rails 6.

It's small and reliable, and it has served millions of people for a decade.

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It already powers Basecamp, Fizzy and many others, and it will become the default editor in Rails. Trix hit a wall Trix has been our editor since 2015, and every Rails app's editor since Action Text shipped in Rails 6. It's small and reliable, and it has served millions of people for a decade.

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  • In the last few years our customers kept asking for features like tables or code highlighting, and we kept struggling to deliver them.

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Today we are releasing the version 1.0 of Lexxy. Lexxy is a rich text editor for Rails built on Lexical. I recently presented it in Rails World (slides, video coming soon).

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