CKEditor 5 – development repository

Project Status (October 2017)

1.0.0-alpha.1 was released on October 3, 2017. This is the 12th developer preview of the new CKEditor 5.

Read more about the status of the project in the CKEditor 5 v1.0.0-alpha.1 release blog post.

The first alpha version will be followed by several releases before it reaches v1.0.0. See the roadmap to 1.0.0 and beyond.

Demos

To play with the editors see the CKEditor 5 Builds website.

You can also find out more examples (such as Markdown output or text autoformatting) in the Features section of the documentation.

Follow us!

• Periodic news and updates about the project.
• Roadmap to 1.0.0 and beyond.

Documentation

For a high-level overview of the project see:

• CKEditor 5 Builds website
• CKEditor 5 Framework website.

To find out more see the following CKEditor 5 documentation sections:

• API documentation
• CKEditor 5 Framework documentation
• CKEditor 5 Builds documentation
• CKEditor 5 Features documentation
• CKEditor 5 Examples

The documentation is far from being complete and will be constantly evolving (as will the editor) until it is ready for v1.0.0.

Project Organization

Design and discussions

https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5 is the CKEditor 5 main development repository. 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!

(Note: At the early stage, most of the high-level discussions were lead in ckeditor5-design repository.)

Development

CKEditor 5 is a modular, multi-package, multi-repository project. It consists of a several packages which 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.

Reporting issues and feature requests

Each repository independently handles its issues. However, it's recommended to report issues in this repository unless you know to which specific repository the issue belongs.

Read more in the Support page.

Packages

Core libraries

Package	Status
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine The editing engine.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-core The core editor architecture.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-ui The editor UI library.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-utils The editor utilities library.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-upload Introduces the file upload utilities.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-widget Introduces the widget API.

Editors

Package	Status
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-editor-classic The classic editor implementation.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-editor-inline The inline editor implementation.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-editor-balloon The balloon editor (Medium-like) implementation.

Features

Package	Status
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-adapter-ckfinder Introduces the CKFinder adapter for features which require upload capabilities.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-autoformat Introduces the autoformatting feature. Replaces predefined characters with a corresponding format (e.g. **foo** becomes bolded <strong>foo</strong>).
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-basic-styles Introduces the bold, italic, underline and code features.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-block-quote Introduces the block quote feature.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-clipboard Introduces the clipboard integration.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-enter Introduces the Enter key feature.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-easy-image Introduces Easy Image with Cloud Services feature.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-heading Introduces the heading feature.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-image Introduces the image feature. Supports image styles and captioning.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-link Introduces the link feature.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-list Introduces numbered and bulleted lists feature.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm Introduces GitHub-flavored Markdown data processor.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-paragraph Introduces the paragraph feature.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-typing Introduces typing and deleting features.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-undo Introduces the undo feature.

Themes

Package	Status
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-theme-lark The Lark theme.

Builds

Package	Status
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-classic The classic editor build.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-inline The inline editor build.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-balloon The balloon editor (Medium-like) build.

License

Licensed under the GPL, LGPL and MPL licenses, at your choice. For full details about the license, please check the LICENSE.md file.