Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 02, 2022 $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2022 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2021 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2021 $ / shares
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized | shares	500,000,000	500,000,000	500,000,000
Common stock, par value	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001	$ 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	$ 0.0001
Common stock, shares issued | shares		123,663,315	96,575,107
Common stock, shares outstanding | shares	122,822,134	123,663,315	96,575,107
Preferred stock, shares issued | shares		0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding | shares		0	0
Business combination exchange ratio	0.6656	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	$ 0.0001
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
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