OpenScholar Alternatives

OpenScholar is described as 'A full-featured open-source web site-creation package designed for the academic community' and is an website in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to OpenScholar, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Joomla apps. The best OpenScholar alternative is BuddyPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to OpenScholar are CKEditor, Quill, PHP Markdown and EasySocial.

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  1. BuddyPress icon
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    Social networking in a box. Build a social network for your company, school, sports team or niche community all based on the power and flexibility of WordPress. Install BuddyPress directly through your WordPress dashboard plugins page, or download it manually from the WordPress.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
     
    • BuddyPress is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to OpenScholar.

    • BuddyPress is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to OpenScholar.

    • BuddyPress is Free and Open SourceOpenScholar is also Free and Open Source
  2. CKEditor icon
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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
     
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    Comments about CKEditor as an Alternative to OpenScholar
    Rolando Isidoro
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    OpenScholar is an open source SaaS platform built as a Drupal distribution while CKEditor is a WYSIWYG editor.

    OpenScholar Icon
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    • CKEditor is the most popular Web-based alternative to OpenScholar.

    • CKEditor is Free Personal and Open SourceOpenScholar is Free and Open Source
    • CKEditor is CustomizableOpenScholar is not according to our users
  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. PHP Markdown icon
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    PHP port of the Markdown text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • PHP Markdown is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to OpenScholar.

    • PHP Markdown is Free and Open SourceOpenScholar is also Free and Open Source
  5. EasySocial icon
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    Social Network For Joomla to grow your communities with the least time.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Joomla
     
    • EasySocial is the most popular commercial alternative to OpenScholar.

    • EasySocial is Paid and ProprietaryOpenScholar is Free and Open Source
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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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Comments about ContentTools Editor as an Alternative to OpenScholar
    Rolando Isidoro
    Negative
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    OpenScholar is an open source SaaS platform built as a Drupal distribution while ContentToolsJS is a WYSIWYG editor.

    OpenScholar Icon
    ContentTools Editor icon
    • ContentTools Editor is Free and Open SourceOpenScholar is also Free and Open Source
    • ContentTools Editor is CustomizableOpenScholar is not according to our users
  7. WYMeditor icon
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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
     
  8. Aloha Editor icon
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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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    Comments about Aloha Editor as an Alternative to OpenScholar
    Rolando Isidoro
    Negative
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    OpenScholar is an open source SaaS platform built as a Drupal distribution while Aloha Editor is a WYSIWYG editor.

    OpenScholar Icon
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    • Aloha Editor is Free and Open SourceOpenScholar is also Free and Open Source
  9. SCEditor icon
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    A lightweight WYSIWYG BBCode & HTML editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. CLEditor icon
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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
     
  11. WebsiteBaker icon
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    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
     
  12. MarkMyWords icon
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    A minimal markdown editor in the eOS design.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Vala
     
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