CKEditor Alternatives

CKEditor is described as '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' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to CKEditor for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Linux, Mac and Windows apps. The best CKEditor alternative is TinyMCE, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CKEditor are Tiptap, Quill, AlloyEditor and Froala Editor.

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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.

    32 TinyMCE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
    • Joomla
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks TinyMCE is a great CKEditor alternative.

    • TinyMCE is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to CKEditor.

    • TinyMCE is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CKEditor.

    • TinyMCE is Freemium and Open SourceCKEditor is Free Personal and Open Source
  2. Tiptap icon
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    The headless rich text editor framework for web artisans. Build products with real-time synchronization, amazing content experience, whiteboard collaboration, real-time editing, AI-powered content and version control efficiency.

    32 Tiptap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Quill icon
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    Quill is a free, open source WYSIWYG editor built for the modern web. With its modular architecture and expressive API, it is completely customizable to fulfill any need.

    33 Quill alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  4. AlloyEditor icon
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    Alloy Editor is a modern WYSIWYG editor built on top of CKEditor, designed to create modern and gorgeous web content.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Froala Editor icon
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    A beautiful WYSIWYG HTML text editor.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • jQuery
     
    • Froala Editor is the most popular commercial alternative to CKEditor.

    • Froala Editor is Paid and ProprietaryCKEditor is Free Personal and Open Source
    • Froala Editor is LightweightCKEditor is not according to our users
  6. Trumbowyg icon
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    Trumbowyg is a very small jQuery plugin (16 kB minified) for creating a powerful WYSIWYG editor. Features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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  7. Summernote icon
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    WYSIWYG Editor built with jQuery, Bootstrap and Font-Awesome. MIT-licensed. 2500+ stars on GitHub.

    24 Summernote alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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  8. Glee icon
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    Glee publishes Markdown files into Ghost blog posts. With glee, you can create and update Ghost blogs. Since glee operates on plain markdown files, your blog posts are now git-friendly, allowing for easy collaboration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Ghost
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Glee is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to CKEditor.

    • Glee is Free and Open SourceCKEditor is Free Personal and Open Source
  9. N1ED icon
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    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
     
    • N1ED is the most popular SaaS alternative to CKEditor.

    • N1ED is Free and ProprietaryCKEditor is Free Personal and Open Source
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    ProseMirror tries to bridge the gap between editing explicit, unambiguous content like Markdown or XML, and classical WYSIWYG editors.

    9 ProseMirror alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • JavaScript
     
  11. Editor.js icon
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    Editor.js is a block-styled editor for rich media stories. It outputs clean data in JSON instead of heavy HTML-markup. And more important thing is that Editor.js is designed to be API extendable and pluggable.

    32 Editor.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    WYSIWYG html editor.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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