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24 alternatives to Medium Editor

The dead simple inline editor toolbar

Medium Editor is an open-source inline text editor that mimics Medium.com's WYSIWYG functionality using the contenteditable API. It provides a simple toolbar for rich text editing with support for image uploads and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Medium Editor launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Medium Editor▲10

   A clone of medium.com inline editor toolbar.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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

   Open source rich text editor for the modern web. Contribute to Voog/wysihtml development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   An open-source, collaborative, WYSIWYG Markdown editor▲460

   Inspired by the design and UI/UX of apps like Notion, and utility of open-source apps like StackEdit, I decided to create a minimalistic, local-only WYSIWYG Markdown editor. Some features worth highlighting: - Monaco editor and Prettier integration for code snippets - Tables (apparently the holy grail of WYSIWYG editing) - Embeds (for CodePen, CodeSandbox and YouTube, most useful for HTML or JSON exports) - Accepts Markdown paste-in, and "exports"/generates HTML, Markdown and JSON outputs - Collaboration (with real-time awareness and initial commenting system, available only when…

   2023 · editor.vrite.io · its alternatives →

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   OverType – A Markdown WYSIWYG editor that's just a textarea▲471

   Hi HN! I got so frustrated with modern WYSIWYG editors that I started to play around with building my own. The problem I had was simple: I wanted a low-tech way to type styled text, but I didn't want to load a complex 500KB library, especially if I was going to initialize it dozens of times on the same page. Markdown in a plain was the best alternative to a full WYSIWYG, but its main drawback is how ugly it looks without any formatting. I can handle it, but my clients certainly can't. I went down the ContentEditable rabbit hole for a few years, but always came to realize others had solved it…

   2025 · its alternatives →

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   Medium▲409

   Everyone's stories, now w/ an inline editor, tags & stream

   2015 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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   Editor.js▲723

   A block-styled editor with clean JSON output

   2019 · editorjs.io · its alternatives →

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   medium-draft▲98

   A medium like rich text editor built upon draft-js

   2016 · bitwiser.in · its alternatives →

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   WP Medium Editor▲142

   Replace your WordPress post editor with Medium Editor.

   2017 · wordpress.org · its alternatives →

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   Typefully 2.0▲931

   Effortlessly publish on Twitter and LinkedIn, now with AI

   2023 · typefully.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    HTML Editor▲187

    Create HTML snippets with a simple WYSIWYG editor

    2017 · htmleditor.io · its alternatives →

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    Hemingway Editor 3.0▲410

    Make your writing bold and clear, send to Medium/Wordpress

    2017 · hemingwayapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Tweetable Rich Text▲96

    Rich text editor for a͟n͟y text box, works on 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿

    2021 · tweetable-rich-text.agiliq.com · its alternatives →

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    Flowbite WYSIWYG▲349

    Open-source text editor with Tailwind CSS

    2024 · flowbite.com · its alternatives →

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    Medium for Publishers▲360

    New custom tool for Medium's publishers

    2016 · publishers.medium.com · its alternatives →

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    tiiny web editor▲259

    The simplest web editor for any HTML template

    2023 · tiiny.host · its alternatives →

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    Medium.js: A tiny JS library for making content-editable beautiful▲16

    Medium.js is a tiny JavaScript library for making HTML5

    2013 · jakiestfu.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Type Studio 2.0▲277

    The easiest way to edit your content focused videos

    2022 · streamlabs.com · its alternatives →

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    Minimal Theme for Twitter by Typefully▲425

    Remove distractions, improve your Twitter experience

    2023 · typefully.com · its alternatives →

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    AiEditor▲589

    An open source AI-powered rich text editor

    2024 · aieditor.dev · its alternatives →

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    tinykiwi▲406

    Simple yet powerful image editor, tailor-made for makers

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Markdown Editor▲126

    Clean, modern & open-source WYSIWYG markdown editor

    2019 · mdown.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    A renderless and extendable rich-text editor for Vue.js▲278

    The headless rich text editor framework for web artisans. - ueberdosis/tiptap

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Make Medium Readable Again▲193

    Make Medium Readable Again — a browser extension. Contribute to thebaer/MMRA development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hemingway Editor 2.0▲494

    An editor that makes your writing bold and clear

    2015 · hemingwayapp.com · its alternatives →

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