Package

ckeditor

JavaScript WYSIWYG web text editor.

v4.12.1(GPL-2.0 OR LGPL-2.1 OR MPL-1.1)CommonJSTypes: NoneRich text and code editors

$ npm install ckeditor

npm GitHub Homepage

Deprecated on npm

We have renamed the @ckeditor package. New versions are available under the @ckeditor4 name.

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 27.4k; -16% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: -; v4.12.1
GitHub stars: 519; 399 forks
Open issues / PRs: 7 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 2

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

27,437 downloads last week, 136,299 in the last month. The 12-month change of -16% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 4.12.1
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 10 Jul 202676 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 7
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 2
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 6.5 MB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install ckeditor

CDN

jsDelivr: 3.3m requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ckeditor@4.12.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/ckeditor@4.12.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/ckeditor@4.12.1

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Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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