# Tiptap Rich Text Editor V0 Template: Fork It & Add It to Your App - Tool: V0 Templates - Last updated: July 2026 ## TL;DR The Tiptap Rich Text Editor v0 template gives you a ProseMirror-quality editor built with @tiptap/react, a sticky Toolbar, a floating BubbleMenu, and a live CharacterCount display — all wired together in Next.js with shadcn/ui. Fork it once to get a blog editor, note field, or user-generated content area running in your app without a two-week integration project. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is the Tiptap Rich Text Editor v0 template free to use? Yes. V0 community templates are free to fork for any account holder. You need a free v0.dev account to click Fork and clone the project into your workspace. Forking itself does not consume credits. ### Can I use this template in a commercial product? Yes. V0 community templates carry no licensing restrictions on the generated code — you own the output. Tiptap itself is MIT-licensed for the core and starter-kit packages. If you later need Tiptap Pro extensions (collaboration, AI commands), those have a separate commercial license from Tiptap GmbH. ### Why does my fork show a blank or broken BubbleMenu in V0 preview? The BubbleMenu can fail in V0's esm.sh preview sandbox when multiple @tiptap/* packages resolve from CDN at mismatched versions, causing the named export to come back undefined. This is a preview-only issue — deploying to Vercel uses standard npm resolution and the error disappears. In the Code tab, verify all @tiptap/* entries in package.json share the same version pin (e.g., '^2.4.0'). ### How do I save the editor content to a database? Call editor.getHTML() to get the current document as an HTML string, or editor.getJSON() to get the ProseMirror JSON document. Send either via a Server Action to your database. The prompt pack above includes a complete Supabase save flow using NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL and NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY that you can paste directly into V0's chat. ### Does this template support real-time collaborative editing? No. This template is a single-user editor. Real-time collaboration requires Tiptap's Collaboration extension paired with a Hocuspocus WebSocket server — neither is included here. If collaboration is a requirement from day one, that's a custom build beyond this template. ### I get 'ReferenceError: localStorage is not defined' when adding draft autosave — how do I fix it? This happens when localStorage is accessed during server-side rendering in Next.js App Router. Move all localStorage reads into a useEffect with an empty dependency array so they only run in the browser. Initialize the useEditor content prop with an empty string on first render, then sync from localStorage after mount. ### Can RapidDev customize this template for my specific use case? Yes. If you need the Tiptap editor connected to your existing backend, wired to a headless CMS, or extended with file uploads and real-time collaboration, RapidDev can scope and build that production integration on top of this V0 prototype. ### What's the difference between using editor.getHTML() and editor.getJSON() for saving? editor.getHTML() returns a standard HTML string — easy to render anywhere but lossy for custom node attributes like mention data-user-id. editor.getJSON() returns the full ProseMirror document tree as JSON, which preserves all extension data and is the right choice if you plan to round-trip content back into the editor or need to query mention nodes. For simple blog posts, HTML is fine; for rich content with custom nodes, use JSON. --- Source: https://www.rapidevelopers.com/v0-template/tiptap-rich-text-editor © RapidDev — https://www.rapidevelopers.com/v0-template/tiptap-rich-text-editor