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Ask HN: Best modern web WYSIWYG editor?

9 points by KingOfCoders ↗ HN
I haven't been using a WYSIWYG editor for some years in projects. Now I start a new project were I need/might need one.

What editor do you currently use? What is "the best"?

[Edit] I do think I'd prefer the editor to generate Markdown that I want to store, but it could generate "clean" HTML/XML/JSON too.

[Edit2] I thought about a Javascript editor to be embedded in a website.

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warrenm
What kind of "WYSIWYG editor" are you looking for?

Something that'll render Markdown as you type? There are a few

Something that's more-or-less Dreamweaver...but on the web?

Something like Google Docs?

KingOfCoders
Thanks

I do think I'd prefer the editor to generate Markdown that I want to store, but it could generate "clean" HTML/XML/JSON too.

codingdave
I don't know that it is "the best", but CKEditor 5 is what we use because of how flexible and extensible it is. It has a plugin that can convert it to using Markdown instead of HTML.

Out-of-the-box, it likely isn't what you want, but if you learn how it and its plugin system works, you can make it what you want.

Their team also is fairly awesome - as we've twisted it to our needs, their support folks have always been there for us to not only answer questions, but even going so far as to understand what we are trying to do, and having their dev staff send us sample code to help us out.

ztc
Webflow? Not sure if they generate Markdown, but they can export HTML/CSS/JS
gitgud
Quill.js is simple and highly extensible. It has a nice clean look too. The best part is it's, plugin architecture
KingOfCoders
Do you know if Quill can output Markdown? I haven't found something definitive.
gitgud
Quill outputs HTML, you could probably wire-up a html-2-md to convert the output from quill.
bigbassroller
TinyMCE is what Ive been using. Its what WordPress uses too.
andfrob
Tiny founder here. You can definitely get what you're looking for in TinyMCE! And it has a great team behind it :)
armchairhacker
ToastUI editor. Easy to embed, supports Markdown and WYSIWYG.
nicbou
Definitely not Redactor. It has the same bugs it had 4 years ago, and there is no place to report them. The redactor team never returned my emails.