WYSIWYG Editors

A review of WYSIWYG javascript editors:

Legend: '!' - dealbreaker '+' - advantage '-' - disadvantage

Candidates:

bootstrap-wysiwyg

• • doesn't use iframe
• • uses jQuery
• • not tested on IE8+

Hallo

• • doesn't use iframe
• • uses jQuery
• • incomplete

Current editor:

Aloha Editor

• • doesn't use iframe
• • uses jQuery
• • large codebase

Previously used:

CLEditor

• • uses iframe
• • uses jQuery
• • easy to customize and extend

nicEdit

• • doesn't use iframe
• ! no updates since 2009

jWYSIWYG

• • uses iframe
• • uses jQuery

Considered:

TinyMCE

• • uses iframe
• ! bloated and hard to work with
• • default editor in WP

CKEditor

• • uses iframe
• • too big

jquery.contenteditable

• • doesn't use iframe
• ! incompatible licensing

bootstrap-wysihtml5

• • uses iframe
• • uses jQuery