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24 alternatives to Custom Highlight

jQuery plugin that lets you build your own 'Medium' editor

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Custom Highlight launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Make your own Medium style editor – jQuery Plugin▲10

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Highlighter▲421

   Turn ANY video into a highlight reel — instantly!

   2024 · my.augie.studio · its alternatives →

3. 3
   jQuery Cards▲264

   Curated repository of over 1000 quality jQuery plugins

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   HTML Editor▲187

   Create HTML snippets with a simple WYSIWYG editor

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   ContentBuilder.js – JQuery Plugin to Write Anything Beautifully▲189

   2014 · innovastudio.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Editor.js▲726

   A block-styled editor with clean JSON output

   2019 · editorjs.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Shutterstock Editor 2.0▲189

   Create professional-looking social posts, designs & more

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Highlighting API made by LINER▲169

   Medium-style highlighting API for your website

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Medium Code Highlighter▲67

   Simple & easy syntax highlighting for Medium articles.

   2019 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    CODECAST▲254

    HTML & CSS editor in your browser with real-time previews

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    medium-draft▲98

    A medium like rich text editor built upon draft-js

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Medium Editor▲266

    The dead simple inline editor toolbar

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    TimeDropper▲272

    A gorgeous jQuery time plugin

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Top Highlights for Medium▲175

    TL;DR for Medium top highlights

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Highly for Chrome▲204

    The highlighter your browser always wanted

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16AD
    A DOM text-selection highlight renderer▲93

    2015 · bowlingx.github.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    TwentyTwenty▲93

    JQuery visual diff tool

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Selector▲144

    Make your websites editable without fiddling code

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Web Highlights - PDF & Web Highlighter▲190

    Productivity highlighter for any website & PDF - free to use

    2024 · web-highlights.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Typeset.js▲81

    Improve your website's typography

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Renderly▲67

    Photoshop plugin that auto-exports design changes

    2013 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    LINER for Safari▲137

    Medium-style highlighter for Safari

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    EME▲92

    Elegant Markdown editor

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Scalable▲144

    Make any HTML element dynamically scaled (like css contain)

    2017 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →