What is OpenWYSIWYG?
openWYSIWYG is an open source, web-based What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) text editor. It allows users to visually format text, insert images, create lists, and add hyperlinks while editing content directly in the browser.
As an open source project, openWYSIWYG is free to download and use. It is lightweight and customizable, enabling developers to modify the editor's functionality and appearance to suit their specific needs. The editor generates clean, valid XHTML output that can be saved as HTML or converted to other document formats.
Some key features of openWYSIWYG include:
- Graphical toolbar for applying formatting like bold, italics, font sizes, text color, bullets, etc.
- Ability to insert images from URLs and local files
- Integration with online image libraries such as Flickr and Picasa
- Insertion of links, email links, and anchor tags
- Output filtering to prevent XSS vulnerabilities
- Support for localized interface languages
- Customizable through plugin architecture and theming
- Compatible with all modern browsers
With its lightweight footprint, customizability, and active development community, openWYSIWYG serves as a flexible and user-friendly open source WYSIWYG editor option for web applications and sites.
Adobe Dreamweaver, TinyMCE, CKEditor, HTML 5 WYSIWYG Editor, WYMeditor, Aloha Editor, ContentTools Editor, N1ED, PageBreeze HTML Editor, VisualNEO Web, elRTE are some alternatives to OpenWYSIWYG.