CKEditor 5 
CKEditor 5 is a modern JavaScript rich-text editor with MVC architecture, custom data model, and virtual DOM, written from scratch in TypeScript with excellent support for modern bundlers. It provides every type of WYSIWYG editing solution imaginable with extensive collaboration support. From editors similar to Google Docs and Medium to Slack or Twitter-like applications, all is possible within a single editing framework. As a market leader, it is constantly expanded and updated.
Table of contents
- Quick start
- CKEditor 5 Builder
- Build with AI
- TypeScript support
- CKEditor 5 advanced installation
- Documentation and FAQ
- Releases
- Editing and collaboration features
- Create a free account and test full potential
- Contributing and project organization
- Ideas and discussions
- Development
- Reporting issues and feature requests
- License
Quick start
Refer to the Quick Start guide to learn more about CKEditor 5 installation.
CKEditor 5 Builder
The easiest way to start using CKEditor 5 with all the features you need is to prepare a customized setup with the CKEditor 5 Builder. All you need to do is choose the preferred editor type as a base, add all the required plugins, and download the ready-to-use package.
Build with AI
You can also set up CKEditor 5 with an AI coding agent such as Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or Copilot. Install the official CKEditor skill, and your agent will handle the installation, configuration, and licensing for you. See the Build with AI guide.
TypeScript support
CKEditor 5 is a TypeScript project. Starting from v37.0.0, official packages provide native type definitions.
CKEditor 5 advanced installation
For more advanced users or those who need to integrate CKEditor 5 with their applications, we prepared integrations with popular JavaScript frameworks:
CKEditor 5 Framework
CKEditor 5 is also a framework for creating custom-made rich text editing solutions.
To find out how to start building your editor from scratch go to the CKEditor 5 Framework overview section of the CKEditor 5 documentation.
Documentation and FAQ
Extensive documentation dedicated to all things CKEditor 5-related is available. You will find basic guides that will help you kick off your project, advanced deep-dive tutorials to tailor the editor to your specific needs, and help sections with solutions and answers to any of your possible questions. To find out more refer to the following CKEditor 5 documentation sections:
- Installing CKEditor 5
- CKEditor 5 features
- CKEditor 5 examples
- Updating CKEditor 5
- Getting CKEditor 5 support
- CKEditor 5 Framework
- API documentation
For FAQ please go to the CKEditor Ecosystem help center.
For a high-level overview of the project see the CKEditor Ecosystem website.
Releases
Follow the CKEditor 5 changelog for release details and check out the CKEditor 5 release blog posts on the CKSource blog for important release highlights and additional information.
Editing and collaboration features
The CKEditor 5 Framework offers access to a plethora of various plugins, supporting all kinds of editing features.
From collaborative editing support providing comments and tracking changes, through editing tools that let users control the content looks and structure such as tables, lists, and font styles, to accessibility helpers and multi-language support - CKEditor 5 is easily extensible and customizable. Special duty features like Markdown input and output and source editing, or export to PDF and Word provide solutions for users with diverse and specialized needs. Images and videos are easily supported and CKEditor 5 offers various upload and storage systems to manage these.
The number of options and the ease of customization and adding new ones make the editing experience even better for any environment and professional background.
Refer to the CKEditor 5 Features documentation for details.
Create a free account and test full potential
If you want to check full CKEditor 5 capabilities, including premium features, sign up for a free non-commitment 14-day trial.
Contributing and project organization
Ideas and discussions
The development repository of CKEditor 5 is located at https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5. This is the best place for bringing opinions and contributions. Letting the core team know if they are going in the right or wrong direction is great feedback and will be much appreciated!
Development
CKEditor 5 is a modular, multi-package, monorepo project. It consists of several packages that create the editing framework, based on which the feature packages are implemented.
The ckeditor5 repository is the place that centralizes the development of CKEditor 5. It bundles different packages into a single place, adding the necessary helper tools for the development workflow, like the builder and the test runner. Basic information on how to set up the development environment can be found in the documentation.
See the official contributors' guide to learn how to contribute your code to the project.
Reporting issues and feature requests
Report issues in the ckeditor5 repository. Read more in the Getting support section of the CKEditor 5 documentation.
License
Licensed under a dual-license model, this software is available under:
- the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later,
- or commercial license terms from CKSource Holding sp. z o.o.
For more information, see: https://ckeditor.com/legal/ckeditor-licensing-options.
