Open Source CKEditor Alternatives

The best open source alternative to CKEditor is TinyMCE. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to CKEditor and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to CKEditor are Trumbowyg, WYMeditor, ContentTools Editor and Quill.

CKEditor alternatives are mainly Text Editors but may also be Website Builders or Code Editors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of CKEditor.

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TinyMCE
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Freemium • Open Source
Text Editor
Code Editor
Online
Self-Hosted
Wordpress
Joomla
31 TinyMCE alternatives
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.
- - TinyMCE is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to CKEditor.
- - TinyMCE is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CKEditor.
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TinyMCE Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportTinyMCE integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
2. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsTinyMCE can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Opinions about TinyMCE as a Alternative to CKEditor
Almost everyone thinks TinyMCE is a great CKEditor alternative.
Trumbowyg
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Free • Open Source
Online
Self-Hosted
20 Trumbowyg alternatives
Trumbowyg is a very small jQuery plugin (16 kB minified) for creating a powerful WYSIWYG editor. Features:
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Trumbowyg Features
1. LightweightTrumbowyg consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. WYSIWYG SupportTrumbowyg integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
3. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsTrumbowyg can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
4. WYSIWYG HTML EditorTrumbowyg allows you to make and preview changes to an application or website in real time, without needing to know code.
Customizable
Opinions about Trumbowyg as a Alternative to CKEditor
Most users think Trumbowyg is a great CKEditor alternative.
WYMeditor
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Free • Open Source
Code Editor
Online
28 WYMeditor alternatives
WYMeditor is a web-based WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) XHTML editor (not WYSIWYG).
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WYMeditor Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportWYMeditor integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
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ContentTools Editor
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Free • Open Source
Online
33 ContentTools Editor alternatives
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.
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ContentTools Editor Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsContentTools Editor can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
2. WYSIWYG SupportContentTools Editor integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
Customizable
Online editor
Drag and Drop
Opinions about ContentTools Editor as a Alternative to CKEditor
Most users think ContentTools Editor is a great CKEditor alternative.
Quill
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Free • Open Source
Text Editor
Self-Hosted
JavaScript
30 Quill alternatives
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.
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Quill Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportQuill integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
Rich Text Editor
Aloha Editor
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Free • Open Source
Online
31 Aloha Editor alternatives
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.
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Aloha Editor Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportAloha Editor integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
Glee
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Free • Open Source
Ghost
Mac
Linux
Self-Hosted
30 Glee alternatives
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.
- - Glee is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to CKEditor.
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Glee Features
1. Support for MarkDownGlee supports MarkDown for document formatting.
2. Syntax HighlightingGlee supports syntax highlighting for various programming and markup languages.
Blog editor
Editor.js
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Free • Open Source
Self-Hosted
29 Editor.js alternatives
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.
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Editor.js Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportEditor.js integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
Rich Text Editor
Built-in editor
SCEditor
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Free • Open Source
Online
26 SCEditor alternatives
A lightweight WYSIWYG BBCode & HTML editor.
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SCEditor Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportSCEditor integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
2. LightweightSCEditor consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
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AlloyEditor
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Free • Open Source
Online
20 AlloyEditor alternatives
Alloy Editor is a modern WYSIWYG editor built on top of CKEditor, designed to create modern and gorgeous web content.
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AlloyEditor Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportAlloyEditor integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
2. WYSIWYG HTML EditorAlloyEditor allows you to make and preview changes to an application or website in real time, without needing to know code.
Online editor
CLEditor
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Free • Open Source
Code Editor
Online
33 CLEditor alternatives
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.
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CLEditor Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportCLEditor integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
2. LightweightCLEditor consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Summernote
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Free • Open Source
Online
21 Summernote alternatives
WYSIWYG Editor built with jQuery, Bootstrap and Font-Awesome. MIT-licensed. 2500+ stars on GitHub.
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Summernote Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportSummernote integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
Opinions about Summernote as a Alternative to CKEditor
Most users think Summernote is a great CKEditor alternative.