The editor app predates the creation of standalone https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_Dang. It has it's own implementation internally within the adafruit_editor/
directory.
This could be updated to use the adafruit_dang library now and remove the duplicated internal version.
It should be a mostly drop-in replacement if my memory serves, but does need to be tested may require small tweaks.