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Medium.js is a lightweight JavaScript library that enhances HTML5 contenteditable elements to create clean, semantic editing experiences. It's designed for developers building content editors and supports features like… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Medium.js: A tiny JS library for making content-editable beautiful launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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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 Editor▲266

   The dead simple inline editor toolbar

   2016 · yabwe.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Pts.js – A library for visualization and creative coding▲611

   Pts is a javascript library for visualization and creative-coding.

   2018 · ptsjs.org · its alternatives →

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   Play (for Medium)▲595

   Listen to Medium Stories with a Chrome Extension

   2016 · 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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   Medium▲409

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

   2015 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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   Weekend project, Intro.js▲716

   2013 · usablica.github.com · its alternatives →

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   Minified.js – a fully-featured, 4K alternative to jQuery and MooTools▲158

   2013 · minifiedjs.com · its alternatives →

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   Umbrella JS, a 2.5kb jQuery alternative▲132

   :umbrella: Lightweight javascript library for DOM manipulation and events

   2018 · umbrellajs.com · its alternatives →

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    Medium API▲472

    Official Medium API

    2015 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    TinyJS▲14

    A tiny JavaScript library for creating HTML elements

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Zuck.js, a JavaScript library that lets you add Stories everywhere▲339

    A javascript library that lets you add stories EVERYWHERE. - ramonszo/zuck.js

    2017 · 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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    Medium Editor▲10

    A clone of medium.com inline editor toolbar.

    2019 · github.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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    Mizu.js – Lightweight HTML templating library for any-side rendering▲225

    Hey HN, I'd like to share a fun project I've been working on: mizu.js. It's a js library that add functional attributes support into your html, designed to be a simple and flexible alternative to fully-fledged web frameworks (such as Vue, React, and Angular), while offering more capabilities than other lightweight options (like Alpine.js and htmx). As it's written using modern ES features and due to its isomorphic nature, it can be run in both browsers and runtimes (Node, Deno, Bun) without any changes. This makes it ideal for client-side and server-side rendering, as well as static site…

    2024 · mizu.sh · its alternatives →

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    Chart.js▲263

    Simple, clean & engaging charts for designers and developers

    2014 · chartjs.org · its alternatives →

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    TinyMCE▲129

    Full featured web based JavaScript WYSIWYG HTML Editor

    2016 · tiny.cloud · its alternatives →

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    1 KB JavaScript library for building front end apps▲242

    1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ztext.js – JavaScript library that makes any font 3D▲257

    2020 · bennettfeely.com · its alternatives →

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    Play for Medium writers▲252

    Add audio to all your Medium Articles with one click

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    particles.js▲113

    A lightweight JavaScript library for creating particles.

    2014 · vincentgarreau.com · its alternatives →

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    Stitches▲135

    The modern CSS-in-JS library with near-zero runtime.

    2020 · stitches.dev · its alternatives →

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    Draft.js▲166

    A framework for building rich text editors in React

    2016 · facebook.github.io · its alternatives →

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