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Javascript Online Rich Text Editors

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This comparison list the JavaScript libraries that help developers to integrate an online rich text editor in their website.

Online rich text editors allow users to easily format text the way they want directly in a browser. Formatting is usually done in a very similar way as Word processors, using buttons or drop down menus to select the font style, sizes....

Features

WYSIWYG: These editors usually show directly the result while editing "what-you-see-is-what-you-get". MarkitUp is the exception here; this library helps to format HTML or other markup languages but do not show directly the result.

Integration mode:

  • iframe This technique use an iframe tag to integrate the content area. This allow to separate the content inside the editor from the rest of the page. This way the content styles can still match event if the edition page and target page is not the same.
  • in-place This technique allows to keep the overall layout.
  • textarea This technique use a textarea tag and result in raw text formatted as markup language (but not directly showing the result).
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Alloy EditorAloha EditorCKEditorContentToolsFroala EditorjWYSIWYGMarkitUpMedium editorNicEditQuillRaptor EditorRedactorSummernoteTextbox.ioTinyMCETrumbowygWYSIHTML5XinhaYUI Rich Text Editor
Latest version2.11.11.4.585.151.6.103.0.50.97.21.1.150.9 r24 - abandoned since 2012.1.3.610.2.20.6.72.15.0.72.200.5.0-beta80.96.1 - no longer maintained2.9.0 - no longer maintained
Data di rilascio 2019-10-22 2019-11-12 2019-10-23 2018-08-09 2019-08-16 2011-05-07 2018-08-16 2012-06-07 2018-03-12 2015-07-15 2015-05-17 2016-11-21 2019-06-05 2019-11-04 2015-03-16 2010-05-12 2011-04-13
LicenseLGPL-3GPLv2 / Commercial starting at 200 EURGPL 2+, CommercialMITCommercial, Paid froala.com/...MIT / GPLMIT / GPLMITMITBSD 3-ClauseGPLv3 and CommercialCommercialMITCC BY-NC-ND, CommercialLGPL, CommercialMITBSDBSD
DependenciesCKEditor's engine, uses React to draw the UIindependentjQueryjQueryjQuery 1.9.1+jQuery, Bootstrap, Font-AwesomeOptional jQuery versionjQuery 1.7+The code is completely library agnosticYUI
Caratteristiche
Integration modein-placein-placeiframein-placein-place and iframein-placetextareatextareain-placein-placein-placein-place and iframein-place and iframein-placeiframeiframein-place
WYSIWYGSìSìSìSìSìSìNoSì LightSìSìSìSìSìSìSìSìSì
Output formathtml
bbcode
HTMLHTML5, ConfigurableHTMLHTML5HTMLHTML
Wiki
Markup
BBCode
Textile
Dotclear		HTML
XHTML		JSONHTMLHTML5HTML5HTML5HTMLHTML
Link insertionSìSì pluginSìSìSìSìSìSìSìSìSìSìSìSìSìSìSì
Link CheckingSì Yes. Premium solution, checks link validity in real time.
Image insertionSì Can paste images and take camera pictures- Plugin; may not work - https://github.com/alohaeditor/Aloha-Editor/issues/797Sì Upload, paste from clipboard: http://ckeditor.com/tmp/4.5.0-beta/image-upload.htmlSìSì Yes. Paste from clipboard, drag&drop, get from URL, upload, choose from a list of images.No Can't paste from clipboardSì- Drag & drop, but not upload or paste - https://github.com/yabwe/medium-editor/issues/657No Can't paste imagesSì- Upload images; can't paste from clipboard - https://github.com/PANmedia/raptor-editor/issues/56SìSì Paste from clipboardSì Yes Automatic image uploads, drag & drop, copy paste images from desktop applications, copy-paste from clipboard multi-images and text from Microsoft Word.Sì Yes. Drag & drop. In-editor image manipulation and editing. Premium Word, Excel, web copy/paste from clipboard with multi-images. Easy integration with Tiny Drive file uploader & media management.- Can paste from clipboard or insert from URL. No option to upload.- Can't upload or paste - https://github.com/Voog/wysihtml/issues/163SìSì
Media EmbedSì Yes. Embedding video from YouTube, Twitter posts and a lot of other reach media sourcesSì Yes. Premium solution, responsive, rich media embeds from 1,800 sources. Live previews inside editor.
Rich text pasteSì Better thank CKEditor for the same testSì Powerful. Cleans up data to matches available editor features. Very configurable.No Formatting is lostSì Can be enabled using the editor options. https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor/docs/options#pasteDeniedAttrsNo No - loses all formattingSìSì Preserves formattingSì Yes Configurable. Enterprise can preserve or remove formatting.Sì Yes configurable. Premium solution (PowerPaste) can preserve or remove formatting.- Almost perfect - https://github.com/Alex-D/Trumbowyg/issues/131
Table editingSìSì pluginSì Editing features in context menu.SìSì v3 comes with one of the most advanced table editing tools.SìNoSìNo- Can edit table content, but requires plugin to edit tablesSìSì Yes Solid - http://textbox.ioSì Yes, solid, stable tables. Popup table toolbar or context menu.No Would need plugin - https://github.com/Alex-D/Trumbowyg/issues/93NoSìNo
Correttore ortograficoSì Uses the browser's built-in, can use CKEditor's spellcheck pluginsNoSì WebSpellChecker.netNo Relies on browser spell checker supportSì Browser default spellcheckNoNoNoSì Uses the browser's built-inNo Not baked in but most modern browsers spell-checkSì Uses the browser's built-inSì Yes On premise spell checking service, cloud spell checker available.Sì Yes, plugin with PHP backend. Premium option in cloud or on-prem with custom dictionaries, multiple languages.Sì Uses the browser's built-inNoNoNo
PluginsSì Can use almost all of CKEditor's plugins, has a few own too (for example for auto-link insertion)SìSì Add-ons RepositorySì https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor/docs/pluginsSì- no public plugin directory but extensibleSìSìSìSì Yes. Always growing list of open source, premium and partner plugins to extend the editor. Includes track changes and comments.Sì Yes, 3 at the moment - https://github.com/Alex-D/Trumbowyg/tree/master/pluginsSìNoNo
Toggle to edit HTMLSìNo Apparently not?SìSìSì Code Mirror integration for HTML highlightingSìSìSìNoSìSì YepSì Automatic indentation & syntax highlighting.Sì Yes. Open source HTML code view. Premium solution, IDE-like features inc code folding, syntax highlighting.No Yes but may lose formatting - https://github.com/Alex-D/Trumbowyg/issues/131SìSìNo
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Demo web linkalloyeditor.comalohaeditor.orgckeditor.comgetcontenttools.com/...froala.com/...github.com/...jaysalvat.com/...github.io/...nicedit.com/...quilljs.com/...imperavi.com/...summernote.orgtextbox.io/...tiny.cloud/...github.io/...wysihtml.comraimundmeyer.de/...
Wikipediawikipedia.org/...wikipedia.org/...wikipedia.org/...wikipedia.org/...github.com/...wikipedia.org/...
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Mobile ReadyNo No - https://github.com/liferay/alloy-editor/issues/226Sì iOS 6+, Chrome for AndroidNo Editor is currently aimed at desktop devices.Sì iOS, AndroidSì Yes, with a minor problem in the demo - https://github.com/summernote/summernote/issues/1104Sì Yes iOS, AndroidSì Yes. iOS. Android.
Minified size598 Kb, 167Kb gzipped241 kb / 49kb gzipped (figures include JS, CSS, images and fonts).140 Kb, 38Kb gzipped120 KB948 kb, 284kb gzipped383 kb, 129kb gzipped15 K
Floating toolbarSì Yes - see demoSì Yes: http://ckeditor.com/demo#inlineSìSì Yes.SìSì Yes, see the "Air mode"Sì Yes when using inline (in-place) mode.Sì Yes. Floating and Sliding modes. https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/configure/editor-appearance/#floatingNo https://github.com/Alex-D/Trumbowyg/issues/69
Initialization time30 ms
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  • evawhittle on 2020-04-18 04:37:07

    I prefer TinyMCE because of its extensive features available and easy operation. Its Rich text paste plugin support is a really helpful feature which enables users to copy/paste data from any source and to ensure clean, compliant content that matches the look and feel of the site. If you are looking for an cost effective alternative to Powerpaste plugin in TinyMCE then PasteitCleaned is the best option. Very easy to use and available at an affordable price.

  • Aleksandra Nikolova on 2016-08-08 13:10:41

    I use shieldui editor - it used for rich text editing via a powerful WYSIWYG component shieldui.com/...

  • dandv on 2015-05-29 13:04:26
    suggested on WYSIHTML5 to set Nome to WYSIHTML

    xing/wysihtml5 was no longer developed and was taken over in a fork by Voog now.

  • Manuel Aghamanoukjan on 2013-11-27 14:46:54

    Aloha Editor is GPLv2 by the way

  • Alexis on 2011-08-03 22:11:19

    @cqeb
    Thanks for the correction. I've checked yesterday and rechecked today; I don't know how I missed it.