TinyMCE Alternatives

TinyMCE is described as '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' and is a popular Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to TinyMCE for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, JavaScript, Opera and Internet Explorer apps. The best TinyMCE alternative is CKEditor. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try CKEditor or Trumbowyg. Other great apps like TinyMCE are Quill, Tiptap, ProseMirror and ContentTools Editor.

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  1. 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
     
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    Comments about CKEditor as an Alternative to TinyMCE
    Dave Land
    Positive
    -2

    They're both top-of-the-line open source WYSIWYG HTML editors.

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    • Most users think CKEditor is a great TinyMCE alternative.

    • CKEditor is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to TinyMCE.

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

    • CKEditor is Free Personal and Open SourceTinyMCE is Freemium and Open Source
    • CKEditor is CustomizableTinyMCE is not according to our users
  2. Froala Editor icon

    Froala Editor

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    A beautiful WYSIWYG HTML text editor.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • jQuery
    Froala Editor screenshot 1
     

    • Froala Editor is the most popular commercial alternative to TinyMCE.

    • Froala Editor is Paid and ProprietaryTinyMCE is Freemium and Open Source
    • Froala Editor is LightweightTinyMCE is not according to our users
  4. Trumbowyg icon

    Trumbowyg

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    Trumbowyg is a very small jQuery plugin (16 kB minified) for creating a powerful WYSIWYG editor. Features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Demo page
     
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  5. 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
    Quill screenshot 1
     
  6. 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
    Tiptap screenshot 1
     
  7. ProseMirror icon

    ProseMirror

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    ProseMirror tries to bridge the gap between editing explicit, unambiguous content like Markdown or XML, and classical WYSIWYG editors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • JavaScript
    ProseMirror screenshot 1
     
  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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    Comments about ContentTools Editor as an Alternative to TinyMCE
    Guest
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    Integrated toolbar (includes color picking) in a textarea or div.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think ContentTools Editor is a great TinyMCE alternative.

    • ContentTools Editor is Free and Open SourceTinyMCE is Freemium and Open Source
    • ContentTools Editor is CustomizableTinyMCE is not according to our users
  10. Summernote icon

    Summernote

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    WYSIWYG Editor built with jQuery, Bootstrap and Font-Awesome. MIT-licensed. 2500+ stars on GitHub.

    24 Summernote alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    Summernote screenshot 1
     
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    N1ED

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    N1ED is an add-on for CKEditor and TinyMCE that completely redefines your vision of WYSIWYG editors. Absolutely FREE. Auto update from CDN.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • CKEditor
    • TinyMCE
    • Drupal
    • Joomla
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • PrestaShop
    • Magento Community Edition
    N1Ed overview. Classic editor with basic editing features will get amazing transform with N1ED
     

    • N1ED is the most popular SaaS alternative to TinyMCE.

    • N1ED is Free and ProprietaryTinyMCE is Freemium and Open Source
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    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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    AlloyEditor

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    Alloy Editor is a modern WYSIWYG editor built on top of CKEditor, designed to create modern and gorgeous web content.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    Demo page
     

  14. Redactor Text Editor

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    WYSIWYG html editor.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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