ckeditor/ckeditor5
Powerful rich text editor framework with a modular architecture, modern integrations, and features like collaborative editing. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 96
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 14.0
- age_days: 4255
- days_rel: 28
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 43
Adoption not part of the score
10481 stars · 3699 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
CKEditor 5 is a modern JavaScript/TypeScript rich-text (WYSIWYG) editor framework with a modular plugin architecture, custom data model, and virtual DOM. It supports everything from simple text editing to Google Docs-style real-time collaboration, AI-assisted writing, and Word/PDF import-export.
Use cases
- add a wysiwyg rich text editor to my web app
- embed a contenteditable editor with formatting toolbar in javascript
- build a google docs-like collaborative editing experience
- let users paste from word and excel with formatting preserved
- export editor content to pdf or word documents
- create a custom editor framework with plugins in typescript
- add comments and track changes to document editing
- integrate an ai writing assistant into a text editor
When to choose
- you need a production-grade, actively maintained rich text editor with extensive features
- you want real-time or asynchronous collaboration with comments and track changes
- you need a modular framework to build custom editing experiences or plugins
- your users need Word/PDF import-export or paste-from-Office fidelity
- you want TypeScript support and modern bundler integration
When to avoid
- you only need a lightweight markdown or plain-text editor
- you require a fully open-source license for premium features like collaboration or AI, which are commercial
- you need a mobile-native (non-web) text editing solution
- your project needs a minimal dependency footprint and cannot afford a large editor bundle
Facets
framework · maturity stable
editor ui-components frontend-framework plugin-system templating web-development frontend text-editors cms developer-tools browser cross-platform wysiwyg rich-text-editor contenteditable collaborative-editing typescript wysiwyg-editor rte html-editor markdown real-time-collaboration javascript nodejs web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5 · fetched 2026-08-28 · 31400f56f0d1
- homepage: https://ckeditor.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0f2a32128cfd
- site_page: https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-5/capabilities/productivity-features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 418aeb8d60dc
- site_page: https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-5/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3ac622e60a21
- site_page: https://ckeditor.com/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · e5ca8caea5d0
- site_page: https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-5/capabilities/ai-features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 22d192221ebb
- site_page: https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-5/capabilities/collaboration-features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1d8161c7fa22
- site_page: https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-5/capabilities/content-conversion-and-embedding-features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2a6355a07834
- site_page: https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-5/capabilities/customization-features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 49e88b2c6ef8
- site_page: https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-5/capabilities/core-editing-features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 75681c96225f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ckeditor/ckeditor5 | main | 98 |
For agents
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