WYSIWYG editor for a new Rails project

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  • tiptap

    The headless rich text editor framework for web artisans.

  • If you want bell and whistles - https://tiptap.dev/

  • jodit

    Jodit - Best WYSIWYG Editor for You

  • I use https://xdsoft.net/jodit/

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • quill

    Quill is a modern WYSIWYG editor built for compatibility and extensibility.

  • I started with Quill... wound up hitting lots of challenges. There are bugs/issues like, "don't add extra margin or it will be converted to extra spaces." I also struggled to embed Quill into an HTML form element, which I though would be easy.

  • medium-editor

    Medium.com WYSIWYG editor clone. Uses contenteditable API to implement a rich text solution.

  • The MediumEditor clone looks great, but I wanted a traditional toolbar and the last commit it seems was 3+ years ago.

  • trix

    A rich text editor for everyday writing

  • Trix was the winner. It was easy to style, is well maintained, has documentation for embedding it into a form, is easy to create custom keyboard shortcuts for, has great examples on how to save/load content or modify it with javascript.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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