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, SaaS and Opera 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 Wordgard. Other great apps like TinyMCE are Tiptap, Trumbowyg, Quill and ProseMirror.

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  1. 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.

    41 CKEditor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    CKEditor vs TinyMCE Comments
    Dave Land
    Positive
    -2

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

    • CKEditor is Free Personal and Open SourceTinyMCE is Freemium and Open Source
    • CKEditor is CustomizableTinyMCE is not according to our users
  2. Wordgard icon
     7 likes

    Open-source, schema-based JavaScript library enabling in-browser rich-text editing, modular extensions for custom elements, accessibility, collaborative real-time editing, UI internationalization, right-to-left writing, structured content, and functional programming style.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
    • npm
     
  3. Tiptap icon
     2 likes

    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.

    35 Tiptap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Trumbowyg icon
     17 likes

    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
     
  5. Quill icon
     3 likes

    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.

    35 Quill alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  6. ProseMirror tries to bridge the gap between editing explicit, unambiguous content like Markdown or XML, and classical WYSIWYG editors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • JavaScript
     
  7. 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.

    36 ContentTools Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    ContentTools Editor vs TinyMCE Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Integrated toolbar (includes color picking) in a textarea or div.

    • ContentTools Editor is Free and Open SourceTinyMCE is Freemium and Open Source
    • ContentTools Editor is CustomizableTinyMCE is not according to our users
  8. Eddyter  icon
     Like

    AI-powered WYSIWYG rich text editor SDK for developers. Plug-and-play setup in ~10 minutes, fully managed AI, storage, and infrastructure, and ~3x cheaper than TinyMCE, CKEditor, and Quill.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Summernote icon
     7 likes

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

    26 Summernote alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. N1ED icon
     4 likes

    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
     
  11. 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.

    35 Editor.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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