Free TinyMCE Alternatives

The best free alternative to TinyMCE is CKEditor. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Trumbowyg or Glee. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to TinyMCE and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to TinyMCE are Tiptap, Quill, ContentTools Editor and WYMeditor.

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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...

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  1. CKEditor icon
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    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.

    37 CKEditor alternatives
    CKEditor 5 Classic build

    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    CKEditor 5 Balloon Block build
    CKEditor 5 - Comments with real-time collaborative editing
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    CKEditor 5 - Track changes

    CKEditor Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Real time collaboration
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Rich Text Editor
    5.  Browser-based
    6.  Embeddable
    7.  Drag and Drop
    8.  Support for ReactJS
    9.  Colored Text
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    Dave Land

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

    Positive comment •Aug 8, 2015
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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
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    Trumbowyg

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

    20 Trumbowyg alternatives
    Demo page

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  WYSIWYG HTML Editor
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    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.

    31 Glee alternatives
    Glee screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Ghost
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Glee Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Blog editor
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    • Glee is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to TinyMCE.

    • Glee is Free and Open SourceTinyMCE is Freemium and Open Source
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    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.

    30 Tiptap alternatives
    Tiptap screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Tiptap screenshot 1
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    Block editor

    Top Tiptap Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Embedded comments
    3.  Real time collaboration
    4.  WYSIWYG HTML Editor
    5.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    6.  React
    7.  Integrated Chat
    8.  Rich Text Editor
    9.  Headless
    10.  Real-time sync
    11.  AI-Powered
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  6. Quill icon
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    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.

    31 Quill alternatives
    Quill screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript

    Quill Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Rich Text Editor
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    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.

    34 ContentTools Editor alternatives
    ContentTools Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    ContentTools Editor Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  WYSIWYG Support
    3.  Online editor
    4.  Drag and Drop
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    ContentTools Editor VS TinyMCE

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    Comments about ContentTools Editor as an Alternative to TinyMCE
     
    Guest

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

    Negative comment •Oct 13, 2017
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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
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    WYMeditor

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    WYMeditor is a web-based WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) XHTML editor (not WYSIWYG).

    29 WYMeditor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    WYMeditor Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
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    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.

    32 Aloha Editor alternatives
    Aloha Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    Aloha Editor Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
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    Summernote

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

    22 Summernote alternatives
    Summernote screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    Summernote Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
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    CLEditor

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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.

    34 CLEditor alternatives
    CLEditor screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
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    CLEditor VS TinyMCE

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    Comments about CLEditor as an Alternative to TinyMCE
     
    Guest

    CLEditor is lightweight, and works! Very easy to install.

    Positive comment •Feb 9, 2020
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    • CLEditor is Free and Open SourceTinyMCE is Freemium and Open Source
    • CLEditor is LightweightTinyMCE is not according to our users
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    SCEditor

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    A lightweight WYSIWYG BBCode & HTML editor.

    27 SCEditor alternatives
    SCEditor screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Web-Based
    SCEditor 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.

    35 N1ED alternatives
    N1Ed overview. Classic editor with basic editing features will get amazing transform with N1ED

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • CKEditor
    • TinyMCE
    • Drupal
    • Joomla
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • PrestaShop
    • Magento Community Edition

    N1ED Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  WYSIWYG Support
    3.  Browser-based
    4.  Page builder
    Work with media due to built-in file manager and image editor
    Build layout from predefined block templates
    +3
    Build page content from predefined block templates
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    N1ED VS TinyMCE

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    • N1ED is the most popular SaaS alternative to TinyMCE.

    • N1ED is Free and ProprietaryTinyMCE is Freemium and Open Source
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