Editor license and legal terms

CKEditor is dual-licensed. This means you can choose between an open-source and a commercial license.

The open-source distribution of CKEditor 5 is licensed under the terms of GPL 2+. If you plan to use CKEditor 5 under this license, you can register your application using the CKEditor 5 GPL 2+ license registration form.

If you are running an open-source project with an OSS license incompatible with GPL please contact us – we will be happy to support your project with a CKEditor 5 open-source license that works for you.

The following features are available for the GPL-compliant projects, but their availability varies depending on the commercial licensing plans:

• Page break
• Remove format
• Special characters
• Layout tables
• Column resize
• Image Resize
• Simple Upload Adapter
• Base64 adapter
• HTML embed
• Restricted editing
• Paste From Office
• Word count
• Find and replace
• Bookmarks
• Full page HTML
• Table and cell properties
• List properties
• Multi-root editor

The commercial license unlocks many benefits:

• No GPL restrictions
• Self-hosted CKEditor 5
• Additionally paid Premium features such as:
  • Asynchronous and Real-Time Collaboration
  • Import from Word
  • Export to Word
  • Export to PDF
  • Multi-level Lists
  • Advanced Productivity
  • Advanced Page Management
  • CKEditor AI
  • CKBox for file storage and management
• White-labeling
• Technical support

Visit the CKEditor 5 Pricing page to find out more or start the 14-day free trial.

Where not otherwise indicated, all CKEditor 5 content is authored by CKSource engineers and consists of CKSource-owned intellectual property. In some specific instances, CKEditor will incorporate work done by developers outside of CKSource with their express permission.

CKEditor is a trademark of CKSource Holding sp. z o.o. All other brand and product names are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of their respective holders.