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24 alternatives to Rich text editor as a service – my free side project
Hey all I've used one too many rich text editors in my career to know that they are cumbersome to add and manage. So I built a tool that I can use for myself and also let others use it. TextEditors is a tool that lets you easily add a rich text editor to your site. You can configure it by clicking on the toolbar elements you want and we give you instructions on how to add to your site. Pretty early days, but happy with the progress so far. Look forward to your feedback. https://www.texteditors.dev PS - yes it's free :)
TextEditors is a free rich text editor tool designed for developers who need to integrate formatting capabilities into their websites. Users configure the editor by selecting which toolbar features they want, then… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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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…
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Text editor that generates static HTML files with many ready-to-add components.
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Open source rich text editor for the modern web. Contribute to Voog/wysihtml development by creating an account on GitHub.
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tiiny web editor▲259The simplest web editor for any HTML template
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Rich text editor for a͟n͟y text box, works on 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿
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Make your writing bold and clear, send to Medium/Wordpress
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The headless rich text editor framework for web artisans. - ueberdosis/tiptap
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TextMate 2.0▲155Powerful and customizable text editor for Mac
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2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Tincta▲87Free, fast and simple open source text editor for Mac
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The text editor that requires only a browser and a keyboard
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CKEditor 5▲74Real-time collaborative WYSIWYG rich text editor.
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medium-draft▲98A medium like rich text editor built upon draft-js
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Web Editor▲85Chrome extension to customize websites without coding chaos
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