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 Glee, Tiptap, Trumbowyg and Quill.

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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...

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CKEditor alternatives page was last updated Mar 21, 2024
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  1. TinyMCE icon
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    TinyMCE

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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
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    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
    • Joomla

    TinyMCE Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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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
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    Glee

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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.

    32 Glee alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Ghost
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Glee Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Blog editor
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    • Glee is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to CKEditor.

    • Glee is Free and Open SourceCKEditor is Free Personal and Open Source
  4. Tiptap icon
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    Tiptap

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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.

    31 Tiptap alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Top Tiptap Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Embedded comments
    3.  Real time collaboration
    4.  WYSIWYG HTML Editor
    5.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    6.  React
    7.  Integrated Chat
    8.  Rich Text Editor
    9.  Headless
    10.  Real-time sync
    11.  AI-Powered
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  5. Trumbowyg icon
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    Trumbowyg

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    Trumbowyg is a very small jQuery plugin (16 kB minified) for creating a powerful WYSIWYG editor. Features:

    21 Trumbowyg alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  WYSIWYG HTML Editor
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  6. Quill icon
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    Quill

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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.

    32 Quill alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript

    Quill Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Rich Text Editor
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  7. PHP Markdown icon
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    PHP Markdown

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

    47 PHP Markdown alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    PHP Markdown Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Text formatting
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    • PHP Markdown is the most popular Windows alternative to CKEditor.

    • PHP Markdown is Free and Open SourceCKEditor is Free Personal and Open Source
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    ContentTools Editor

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    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.

    35 ContentTools Editor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    ContentTools Editor Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  WYSIWYG Support
    3.  CMS integration
    4.  Online editor
    5.  Drag and Drop
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  10. WYMeditor icon
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    WYMeditor

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

    30 WYMeditor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    WYMeditor Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
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  11. Summernote icon
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    Summernote

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    WYSIWYG Editor built with jQuery, Bootstrap and Font-Awesome. MIT-licensed. 2500+ stars on GitHub.

    23 Summernote alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    Summernote Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
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  12. Aloha Editor icon
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    Aloha Editor

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    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.

    33 Aloha Editor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    Aloha Editor Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
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  13. SCEditor icon
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    SCEditor

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    A lightweight WYSIWYG BBCode & HTML editor.

    28 SCEditor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Web-Based
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  14. CLEditor icon
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    CLEditor

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    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.

    35 CLEditor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
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