Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 02, 2022 $ / shares shares	Feb. 01, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2021 $ / shares shares
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized | shares	500,000,000		500,000,000	191,500,000
Common stock, par value	$ 0.0001		$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Preferred stock, shares authorized | shares	10,000,000		10,000,000	10,000,000
Preferred stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.0001		$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, shares issued | shares			122,980,505	96,575,107
Common stock, shares outstanding | shares	122,822,134		122,980,505	96,575,107
Preferred stock, shares issued | shares			0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding | shares			0	0
Business combination exchange ratio	0.665		0.6656
Temporary equity, Voting rights			one
Warrants outstanding | shares					12,383,304
GREENLIGHT BIOSCIENCES HOLDINGS, PBC [Member]
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized | shares			500,000,000	191,500,000
Common stock, par value			$ 0.0001	$ 0.001
Preferred stock, shares authorized | shares			10,000,000
Preferred stock, par value (in Dollars per share)			$ 0.0001
Legacy Green Light [Member]
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Common stock, shares outstanding | shares	104,011,760
Business combination exchange ratio	0.6656	0.0665
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Redeemable convertible preferred stock authorized | shares			0
Redeemable convertible preferred stock issued | shares			0
Redeemable convertible preferred stock outstanding | shares			0
Temporary equity, Voting rights			one
Temporary equity conversion basis			one-for-one
Dividends | $			$ 0	$ 0
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Mandatory Conversion [Member]
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Temporary equity conversion price			$ 5.4354
Proceeds from issuance of Series preferred stock | $			$ 75,000
Series A1 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Shares issued, price per share			$ 1.53
Temporary equity conversion price			$ 1.21		$ 1.21
Number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of each share of temporary equity | shares			1.26446
Temporary equity, Cumulative dividend accrual rate			5.00%
Series A2 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Shares issued, price per share			$ 1.65
Temporary equity conversion price			$ 1.27		1.27
Number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of each share of temporary equity | shares			1.29528
Temporary equity, Cumulative dividend accrual rate			8.00%
Series A3 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Shares issued, price per share			$ 2.32
Temporary equity conversion price			$ 1.63		1.63
Number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of each share of temporary equity | shares			1.42239
Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Shares issued, price per share			$ 0.86
Temporary equity conversion price			0.86		0.86
Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Shares issued, price per share			1.60
Temporary equity conversion price			1.60		1.60
Series D Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Shares issued, price per share			1.81
Temporary equity conversion price			$ 1.81		$ 1.81