Open Source HTML 5 WYSIWYG Editor Alternatives

The best open source alternative to HTML 5 WYSIWYG Editor is TinyMCE. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to HTML 5 WYSIWYG Editor and 12 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to HTML 5 WYSIWYG Editor are CKEditor, WYMeditor, Aloha Editor and SCEditor.

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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
    • 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.

    39 CKEditor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. 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
     
  4. 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
     
  5. SCEditor icon
     8 likes

    A lightweight WYSIWYG BBCode & HTML editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. 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
     
  7. WebsiteBaker icon
     6 likes

    WebsiteBaker helps you to create the website you want: A free, easy, secure, flexible and extensible Open Source Content Management System.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Stop writing your code! Start drawing it!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Google Chrome
     
  9. Editor.js icon
     2 likes

    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

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. openWYSIWYG icon
     1 like

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. NicEdit icon
     2 likes

    NicEdit is a free inline wysiwg html editor you can easily add to your site in seconds! NicEdit is a Lightweight, Cross Platform, Inline Content Editor to allow easy editing of web site content on the fly in the browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Internet Explorer
    • Safari
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
  12. tail.writer icon
     1 like

    A tidy, powerful and extendable Markup ([GitHub Flavored] Markdown, BBCode, Textile) Editor, written in Vanilla JavaScript!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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