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

Summernote is described as 'WYSIWYG Editor built with jQuery, Bootstrap and Font-Awesome. MIT-licensed. 2500+ stars on GitHub' and is an website. There are more than 10 alternatives to Summernote, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Joomla, JavaScript and Drupal apps. The best Summernote alternative is TinyMCE, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Summernote are CKEditor, Glee, Tiptap and Trumbowyg.
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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N1ED is the most popular SaaS alternative to Summernote.
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