Web-based NicEdit Alternatives

There are many alternatives to NicEdit as a web app and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Online alternative is TinyMCE, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to NicEdit and 13 are available as a web app so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Online alternatives to NicEdit are CKEditor, PHP Markdown, ContentTools Editor and WYMeditor.

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  1. TinyMCE icon
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    TinyMCE is a platform independent web based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor control released as Open Source under LGPL by Moxiecode Systems AB. It has the ability to convert HTML TEXTAREA fields or other HTML elements to editor instances.

    35 TinyMCE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
    • Joomla
     
  2. CKEditor icon
     40 likes

    CKEditor 4 and CKEditor 5 are easy-to-implement open source JavaScript WYSIWYG rich text editors for any web browser. CKEditor Ecosystem has 2 very distinct rich text editors as well as image upload and collaboration solutions.

    41 CKEditor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. PHP Markdown icon
     4 likes

    PHP port of the Markdown text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. A small & beautiful WYSIWYG editor for HTML content. ContentTools is a collection of small, flexible, extensible and framework agnostic JavaScript libraries for creating beautiful WYSIWYG editors for HTML content.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. WYMeditor icon
     11 likes

    WYMeditor is a web-based WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) XHTML editor (not WYSIWYG).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Aloha Editor icon
     11 likes

    Aloha Editor is an HTML5 WYSIWYG Editor that gives you a total new experience when editing. It's faster than existing WYSIWYG technologies and offers unprecedented WYSIWYG functionalities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. SCEditor icon
     8 likes

    A lightweight WYSIWYG BBCode & HTML editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. CLEditor icon
     7 likes

    CLEditor is an open source jQuery plugin which provides a lightweight, full featured, cross browser, extensible, WYSIWYG HTML editor that can be easily added into any web site.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. N1ED icon
     4 likes

    N1ED is an add-on for CKEditor and TinyMCE that completely redefines your vision of WYSIWYG editors. Absolutely FREE. Auto update from CDN.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • CKEditor
    • TinyMCE
    • Drupal
    • Joomla
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • PrestaShop
    • Magento Community Edition
     
  10. openWYSIWYG icon
     1 like

    The ultimate WYSIWYG editor for your web-based applications and forms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. HotEditor icon
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    HotEditor is a browser-based rich text editor that provides an advantage in simplifying the workload and providing more options. HotEditor can convert HTML to BBCode and BBCode to HTML (great idea for integrating Hoteditor to forum software).

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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