Open Source TinyMCE Alternatives

The best open source 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 open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to TinyMCE are Tiptap, Quill, ContentTools Editor and WYMeditor.

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TinyMCE

Text Editor
Freemium • Open Source

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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TinyMCE alternatives page was last updated Mar 21, 2024

CKEditor
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
License model
- Free Personal • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
+5
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. Customizable
10. Colored Text
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CKEditor VS TinyMCE
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Comments about CKEditor as an Alternative to TinyMCE

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

Trumbowyg
Trumbowyg is a very small jQuery plugin (16 kB minified) for creating a powerful WYSIWYG editor. Features:
20 Trumbowyg alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Trumbowyg Features
1. Lightweight
2. WYSIWYG Support
3. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
4. WYSIWYG HTML Editor
5. Customizable
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Trumbowyg VS TinyMCE
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Glee
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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Ghost
- Mac
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
Glee Features
Support for MarkDown
Syntax Highlighting
Blog editor
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Glee VS TinyMCE
Is Glee a good alternative to TinyMCE?
- Glee is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to TinyMCE.
- Glee is Free and Open SourceTinyMCE is Freemium and Open Source

Tiptap
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
License model
- Freemium • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Online
+7
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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Tiptap VS TinyMCE
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Quill
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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- JavaScript
Quill Features
WYSIWYG Support
Rich Text Editor
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ContentTools Editor
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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Online
ContentTools Editor Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
2. WYSIWYG Support
3. Customizable
4. Online editor
5. 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
0
- Most users think ContentTools Editor is a great TinyMCE alternative.
- ContentTools Editor is Free and Open SourceTinyMCE is Freemium and Open Source

WYMeditor
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
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Online
WYMeditor Features
WYSIWYG Support
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WYMeditor VS TinyMCE
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Aloha Editor
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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Online
Aloha Editor Features
WYSIWYG Support
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Summernote
WYSIWYG Editor built with jQuery, Bootstrap and Font-Awesome. MIT-licensed. 2500+ stars on GitHub.
22 Summernote alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Online
Summernote Features
WYSIWYG Support
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Summernote VS TinyMCE
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CLEditor
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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Online
CLEditor Features
WYSIWYG Support
Lightweight
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CLEditor VS TinyMCE
Is CLEditor a good alternative to TinyMCE?
Comments about CLEditor as an Alternative to TinyMCE

Guest
CLEditor is lightweight, and works! Very easy to install.
Positive comment •Feb 9, 2020
0
- CLEditor is Free and Open SourceTinyMCE is Freemium and Open Source
- CLEditor is LightweightTinyMCE is not according to our users

SCEditor
A lightweight WYSIWYG BBCode & HTML editor.
27 SCEditor alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Online
SCEditor Features
WYSIWYG Support
Lightweight
Web-Based
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SCEditor VS TinyMCE
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Editor.js
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.
30 Editor.js alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
Editor.js Features
WYSIWYG Support
Rich Text Editor
Built-in editor
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Editor.js VS TinyMCE
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