tail.writer Alternatives

tail.writer is described as 'A tidy, powerful and extendable Markup ([GitHub Flavored] Markdown, BBCode, Textile) Editor, written in Vanilla JavaScript!' and is an website in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to tail.writer, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Mac, Linux and Ghost apps. The best tail.writer alternative is TinyMCE, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to tail.writer are CKEditor, Glee, Tiptap and Marksmith.

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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 tail.writer.

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

    • TinyMCE is Freemium and Open Sourcetail.writer is Free and Open Source
  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 tail.writer.

    • Glee is Free and Open Sourcetail.writer is also Free and Open Source
  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. 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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  7. Aloha Editor icon

    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
    Aloha Editor screenshot 1
     
  9. SCEditor icon

    SCEditor

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    A lightweight WYSIWYG BBCode & HTML editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    SCEditor screenshot 1
     
  10. Editor.js icon

    Editor.js

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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Editor.js screenshot 1
     
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    pell

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    The simplest and smallest (~1kB) WYSIWYG text editor for web, with no dependencies 📝

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     

  12. HugeRTE

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    The inofficial MIT-licensed fork of the world's #1 JavaScript library for rich text editing whose latest version is GPL-or-pay now.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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