HotEditor Alternatives

HotEditor is described as '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)' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to HotEditor, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Linux, Joomla and JavaScript apps. The best HotEditor alternative is TinyMCE, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to HotEditor are CKEditor, Glee, Tiptap and Quill.

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  1. TinyMCE icon

    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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
    • Joomla
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    • TinyMCE is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to HotEditor.

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

    • TinyMCE is Freemium and Open SourceHotEditor is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. CKEditor icon

    CKEditor

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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 solutions.

    39 CKEditor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    CKEditor 5 Classic build
     
  4. Glee icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    • Glee is Free and Open SourceHotEditor is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. Tiptap icon

    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.

    32 Tiptap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Quill icon

    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.

    33 Quill alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
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  7. Marksmith icon

    Marksmith

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    GitHub-style markdown editor for Ruby and Rails.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby on Rails
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  9. ContentTools Editor icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. WYMeditor icon

    WYMeditor

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Froala Editor

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    A beautiful WYSIWYG HTML text editor.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    • Froala Editor is Paid and ProprietaryHotEditor is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Froala Editor is LightweightHotEditor is not according to our users
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  13. SCEditor icon

    SCEditor

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    A lightweight WYSIWYG BBCode & HTML editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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