---
description: No text editor without text, so better make sure to install that one.
icon: text
---

# Text
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**The `Text` extension is required**, at least if you want to work with text of any kind and that’s very likely. This extension is a little bit different, it doesn’t even render HTML. It’s plain text, that’s all.

:::warning Breaking Change from 1.x → 2.x
Tiptap 1 tried to hide that node from you, but it has always been there. You have to explicitly import it from now on (or use `StarterKit`).
:::

## Installation
```bash
npm install @tiptap/extension-text
```

## Source code
[packages/extension-text/](https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/blob/main/packages/extension-text/)

## Usage
https://embed.tiptap.dev/preview/Nodes/Text