If you are a JavaScript, ReactJS, or NextJS developer who is working on some CMS and you want to integrate a WYSIWYG Editor in your application, then in this article we have the perfect list of the best WYSIWYG Editors that you can try.
WYSIWYG editor or Rich text editors are editors like Micrsoft Word, where you get formatting features like Bold, Italic, Underline, Headings, List, Table, etc. add images, create links, and a lot more.
What is WYSIWYG Editor?
WYSIWYG stands for "What you see is what you get", which means how the text looks in the editor, you will get exactly the same text content along with proper formatting in place.
The formatting can be HTML based with HTML tags used for formatting the text content, for example <h1> tag for heading, <a> tag for anchor link, <img> tag for image, etc. Or, the formatting can be JSON based too. A lot of modern WYSIWYG editors generates JSON based output too, where the entire content formatting is delivered in JSON format.
Use of WYSIWYG Editor
Wherever you want a rich text editor, you can use the WYSIWYG Editor. For example,
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In a content management system , to create a blogpost, you need a WYSIWYG Editor.
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If you have a Forum, there also for posting question and answer, you can use a WYSIWYG Editor.
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And other similar use cases.
Now its time to see the best WYSIWYW Editors for ReactJS and NextJS.
Best WYSIWYW Editor for ReactJS and NextJS
We have only included the most modern WYSIWYG Editors in our list. You will not find any Old tools in our list, only the latest and modern tools and packages.
1. Tiptap Editor
This is one of the most popular WYSIWYG Editor when it comes to ReactJS and NextJS. If you want an editor that is completely customizable and you can control every piece of it, then this one is for you. A lot of customizations are possible in this headless content editor. Looks wise, it can be styled to look like Notion content editor.
You can use it for Collab editing, basic CMS, AI content generation, etc.
You will find many videos on YouTube for it's implementation. You can find it here: Tiptap Editor
2. TinyMCE
This one is a great rich text editor that comes packed with tonnes of features. But, its PAID, yes and that's the biggest turn off. But you can still use it for FREE for small projects. In the FREE tier, 1000 Editor loads are allowed in one month.
TinyMCE is used in over 100m+ Apps. Major enterprise level products use this editor.
You can find it here: TinyMCE
3. Lexical
This is another very good, feature rich, WYSIWYG Editor, that I really like, although I haven't used it yet, but it looks like its a great rich text editor. As per its official website, Lexical is super light weight, works with different platforms like iOS, Android, Web, etc. and can be easily extended to implement any use case.
You can find it here: Lexical Editor
4. AlloyEditor
This is based on the classis, battle-tested CKEditor. With pretty modern user interface, this one is a nice and simple to implement WYSIWYG editor that you can use in your next project.
You can find it here: Alloy Editor
5. CKEditor
CKEditor 5 is a great rich text editor. In fact I am writing this article using the CKEditor version 4 (we are still to upgrade to CKeditor version 5). It comes packed with tonnes of formatting features and is amazingly customizable.
You can create your own plugins and use with the rich text editor. We have implemented simple plugins like Code Output (to show output for any code example), then Note plugin (to show some text as highlighted note), and a Video plugin, to add a video snippet in between content.
Now with the latest version, collaborative editing, revision history, comments, etc. a lot of advanced features have been included in CKEditor.
You can find it here: CKEditor
6. Quill
This is a good powerful rich text editor. It is super easy to implement a basic version of this editor. It is API driven, and fully customizable. The documentation for the Quicll editor looks properly wriiten.
You can find it here: Quill
Conclusion
These are our Top 6 WYSIWYG Editors. Yes, there are many more rich text editors available in the market, but these are the best.
You will find plenty of resources on the Internet to implement these in your next ReactJS, or NextJS projects.
