What is CKEditor?
CKEditor is a robust and versatile WYSIWYG rich text editor that empowers users to create, format, and manage content with ease. Featuring a dual-product ecosystem, CKEditor 4 and CKEditor 5 offer distinct yet complementary solutions to address diverse content management needs CKEditor 4, the veteran member of the family, boasts a wide range of browser compatibility, including legacy support, and seamless integration with popular frameworks like Vue, React, and jQuery. Its extensive feature set includes advanced capabilities such as Paste from Word, tables, media embedding, autocomplete, mentions, and emoji support, as well as robust content filtering. CKEditor 4 is available under various open-source and commercial licenses to cater to diverse project requirements In contrast, CKEditor 5 takes a modern, ground-up approach, built from scratch in ES6 with a custom data model and virtual DOM. Its modular, plugin-based architecture ensures unparalleled customization and control. CKEditor 5 boasts native integrations with Angular, React, Vue.js, npm, Webpack, and Electron, empowering seamless integration with modern tech stacks. Additionally, it offers premium collaboration features, including real-time co-editing, track changes, comments, and version history, powered by Operational Transformation
Highlights
- Broad browser compatibility, including legacy support (CKEditor 4)
- Extensive feature set, including Paste from Word, tables, media embed, autocomplete, mentions, and emoji (CKEditor 4)
- Robust content filtering and processing capabilities (CKEditor 4)
- Modular, plugin-based architecture with unparalleled customization (CKEditor 5)
- Premium collaboration features, such as real-time co-editing, track changes, comments, and version history (CKEditor 5)
- Native integrations with popular frameworks, including Angular, React, and Vue.js (CKEditor 5)
- Whether your needs are focused on feature-rich content creation, seamless collaboration, or adaptable integration with modern technologies, the CKEditor ecosystem provides a versatile and powerful solution to elevate your content management capabilities.
Platforms
- Desktop Windows
- Windows
- Mac
- Mobile Android
- On-Premise Windows
- Mobile iPhone
- Online
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- Self-Hosted
- Linux
- Desktop Linux
- On-Premise Linux
- Mobile iPad
- Desktop Mac
- Desktop Chromebook
- Web-based
Languages
- English
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
- Czech
- Danish
- German
- Greek
- Estonian
- Finnish
- French
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Malay
- Dutch
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Slovak
- Spanish
- Serbian
- Swedish
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Vietnamese
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Chinese (Traditional)
Features
WYSIWYG Support
Embeddable
Browser-based
Colored Text
Customizable
Rich Text Editor
Support for ReactJS
Drag and Drop
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Real time collaboration