# LiveText: a new data type for collaborative text editing \| Liveblocks blog

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LiveText is our new data type for collaborative text editing, and an alternative for Yjs\.

• Simpler, with no binary or deltas\.
• Creates smaller docs without tombstones\.
• Use with Tiptap, BlockNote, ProseMirror, CodeMirror\.

- Kind: og\-image
- Media: image
- Posting account: Liveblocks · @liveblocks
- Account: [liveblocks](https://x.com/liveblocks)
- Represented brand: Liveblocks
- Source published: 2026\-09\-04T15:07:38\.000Z
- Captured: 2026\-09\-30
- Added to posts.design: 2026\-10\-01T02:31:17\.254Z
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