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24 alternatives to FitText

A jQuery plugin for inflating web type Download on Github

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. FitText launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1EW
   Easel, web design in the browser▲346

   2012 · alpha.easel.io · its alternatives →

2. 2WO
   Wysihtml – Open-source rich text editor for web apps▲215

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Brackets 1.0▲190

   An open-source text editor for web designers by Adobe

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4CJ
   ContentBuilder.js – JQuery Plugin to Write Anything Beautifully▲189

   2014 · innovastudio.com · its alternatives →

5. 5PT
   Plain text for the web▲151

   2016 · saola.in · its alternatives →

6. 6WA
   WideArea – an expandable textarea▲192

   2013 · usablica.github.io · its alternatives →

7. 7BJ
   Behave.js – Coding Behaviors for textarea elements▲180

   2013 · jakiestfu.github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8WM
   Woofmark – Markdown, HTML, and WYSIWYG Editor▲28

   2015 · bevacqua.github.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   AniJS▲87

   UI Interaction Library for Web Designers in Plain English

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Codeanywhere▲92

    The only multi-platform cloud editor.

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11DM
    Devpen – Markdown Editor with GitHub Style▲70

    2018 · devpen.io · its alternatives →

12. 12AJ
    A jQuery plugin for easy single page web sites.▲49

    2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Contentify▲70

    a real-time collaborative content manager on top of Github

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14GJ
    Git (& Jekyll) backed websites anyone can edit. Beta▲61

    2012 · spintoapp.com · its alternatives →

15. 15HA
    hColumns – a jQuery plugin that looks like OS X Finder Column View▲26

    2013 · hax4.in · its alternatives →

16. 16PG
    PolyBrowser goes open source on GitHub. Let’s re-imagine web browsing▲47

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17CF
    CodePicnic: Full-stack code containers running in your browser▲25

    2015 · codepicnic.com · its alternatives →

18. 18BA
    Barley - A web content editor for developers, now public.▲15

    2013 · getbarley.com · its alternatives →

19. 19JO
    Jekyll+ – Open Source CMS for GitHub Pages and Jekyll Websites▲8

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Bigfoot▲8

    A jQuery plugin for empowering footnotes

    2013 · its alternatives →

21. 21IE
    Isometricks, easy isometric editor in the browser▲9

    2020 · isometricks.com · its alternatives →

22. 22BW
    Beautiful Web Type (new version) – detailed guide to open-source type▲12

    2018 · beautifulwebtype.com · its alternatives →

23. 23AM
    An MS-DOS inspired web text editor▲13

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    TypeIt▲5

    A jQuery plugin that types stuff for you.

    2016 · 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 →