🆚 CKEditor vs. Handlebars

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Handlebars is twice as popular as CKEditor.
🌎 Handlebars is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 CKEditor is more popular in France, Russia, and Ukraine.

CKEditor

Handlebars

Type

JavaScript library

About

CKEditor is a JavaScript-based WYSIWYG rich text editor used in web applications to create and edit formatted content directly in the browser.

It provides rich text and media editing, real-time and asynchronous collaboration, HTML and Markdown output, import from Word, export to Word and PDF, over 100 available plugins, and native integrations with frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, and Laravel.

Handlebars is a Mustache-compatible templating engine that compiles templates into JavaScript functions.

Headquarters

Warsaw, Poland

Website

ckeditor.com #13,371

handlebarsjs.com #1,554,120

Pricing

Free version ✔️GNU GPL v2+, open source

CloudFree version ✔️1K editor loads per month
Essential
(5K editor loads)$160/month
Professional
(20K editor loads)$450/month
Extra editor loads$30-60/1K

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Handlebars JavaScript library is 2 times more popular than CKEditor.

Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Handlebars is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while CKEditor is more popular in France, Russia, and Ukraine.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Spain

France

Italy

Canada

Australia

Russia

Netherlands

Awards

⬆️ 52nd most popular in Kazakhstan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 53rd most popular in Nepal in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 55th most popular in Ukraine in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 56th most popular in Belarus in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 63rd most popular in Korea in the JavaScript Libraries category.

⬆️ 52nd most popular in Vietnam in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 56th most popular in Pakistan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 56th most popular in Luxembourg in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 58th most popular in Denmark in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 59th most popular in Sri Lanka in the JavaScript Libraries category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Handlebars is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising, while CKEditor is more commonly used on government and military, and forum, bulletin boards sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Health

Entertainment

Real Estate

Travel

Sports

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO