CKEditor

Warsaw, Poland

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.

According to our data, CKEditor ranks 75th among the JavaScript libraries we track.
It has 0.6% of the JavaScript library market share and is detected on 0.5% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data

💸 Pricing

CKEditor is available in both free and paid versions.

Free version ✔️GNU GPL v2+, open source
Cloud
Free version ✔️1K editor loads per month
Essential
(5K editor loads)$160/month
Professional
(20K editor loads)$450/month
Extra editor loads$30-60/1K

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 CKEditor Awards

⚡ Sites Using CKEditor

We have data on 15,236 websites that use the CKEditor JavaScript library. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using CKEditor is goodreads.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 goodreads.com #134 United States English
2 youradchoices.com #311 English
3 agenziaentrate.gov.it #1,050 Italy Italian
4 collegeboard.org #1,124 English
5 hh.ru #1,131 Russia Russian
6 gva.es #1,212 Spain Catalan
7 yale.edu #1,281 United States English
8 archives.gov #1,432 United States English
9 licindia.in #1,493 India American English
10 prefeitura.sp.gov.br #1,592 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
11 mo.gov #1,738 United States English
12 gba.gob.ar #1,833 Argentina Spanish
13 uwaterloo.ca #1,920 Canada English
14 reverbnation.com #1,948 English
15 markt.de #2,231 Germany German
16 comunidad.madrid #2,297 Spain Spanish
17 xunta.gal #2,371 Spain Galician
18 mci.ir #2,439 Iran Persian
19 band.us #2,512 Korea English
20 nishinippon.co.jp #2,633 Japan Japanese

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use CKEditor:

Most of the sites using CKEditor are from the United States, France, and Spain.

  • United States 15%
  • France 6.6%
  • Spain 6.1%
  • Russia 6%
  • Germany 5.7%
  • Ukraine 4.7%
  • United Kingdom 4.4%
  • Italy 3.8%
  • Canada 2.5%
  • Other 45.2%

Most CKEditor users speak English, Russian, or Spanish.

  • English 42.8%
  • Russian 7.3%
  • Spanish 6.6%
  • French 6.4%
  • German 5.6%
  • Ukrainian 3.5%
  • Italian 2.8%
  • Dutch 2.3%
  • Portuguese 2.2%
  • Other 20.5%

The CKEditor JavaScript library is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 28.6%
  • .org 9.2%
  • .ru 4.3%
  • .de 3.4%
  • .fr 2.8%
  • .es 2.7%
  • .com.ua 2.5%
  • .net 2.5%
  • .it 2.5%
  • Other 41.5%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing CKEditor include business, education and reference, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Business 17.6%
  • Education/Reference 11.7%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 7.5%
  • Government/Military 4.6%
  • Health 4.6%
  • Forum/Bulletin Boards 4.1%
  • Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 4%
  • Public Information 3.6%
  • Travel 3.4%
  • Other 38.9%

🔢 CKEditor Versions

The most common version of CKEditor is 4.5, used by 13.3% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 10% of sites use CKEditor 4.11, and 8.3% use CKEditor 4.18.

The CKEditor version distribution shows significant fragmentation, with 36.7% of sites using versions other than the top ones.

  • 4.5 13.3%
  • 4.11 10%
  • 4.18 8.3%
  • 3.0 6.7%
  • 4.4 6.7%
  • 19.0 5%
  • 4.0 5%
  • 4.19 5%
  • 4.16 3.3%
  • Other 36.7%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best CKEditor alternatives.

RankName
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TinyMCE
Palo Alto, California, United States

A JavaScript-based WYSIWYG rich text editor that transforms HTML textarea or designated elements into a full editing interface for web applications.

FreeOpen source$92+/month
178
Froala
Austin, Texas, United States

A commercial JavaScript WYSIWYG HTML editor that enables rich text editing within web applications and content management systems.

$629+/year
206
Quill
Covina, California, United States

An open-source JavaScript WYSIWYG text editor designed to provide consistent content editing across browsers using a structured document model.

FreeOpen source
296
Editor.js
Russia

An open-source JavaScript text editor that uses block-based editing and stores content as structured JSON rather than HTML.

FreeOpen source
310
HugeRTE

An open-source JavaScript WYSIWYG rich text editor forked from the last MIT-licensed release of TinyMCE before its license changed to a dual GPL or commercial model.

FreeOpen source

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Where is CKEditor's headquarters?

CKEditor is located in Warsaw, Poland.

Does CKEditor offer a free plan?

Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.

How much is CKEditor per month?

CKEditor is priced from $160 per month for the Essential plan.

Is there a free trial available?

Yes, CKEditor provides a 14-day free trial that allows users to test its full functionality at no cost.

Which country uses CKEditor the most?

The majority of CKEditor users are from the United States.

Who uses CKEditor?

According to our data, CKEditor is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as goodreads.com, youradchoices.com, and agenziaentrate.gov.it.

Is CKEditor used on government websites?

Yes, for example, it is used by agenziaentrate.gov.it, archives.gov, and prefeitura.sp.gov.br. In total, we found CKEditor on 67 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use CKEditor?

Yes. The most notable of these is yale.edu. In total, we know of 76 academic websites in the United States that use CKEditor.

How does CKEditor stack up against the competition?

CKEditor is a moderately popular JavaScript library, ranking ahead of 235 other JavaScript libraries we track.

What are the alternatives to CKEditor?

Alternatives and possible competitors to CKEditor may include TinyMCE, Froala, and Quill.

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