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@ckeditor/ckeditor5-core

The core architecture of CKEditor 5 – the best browser-based rich text editor.

v48.5.2, 22 Sept 2026SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.mdESM onlyTypes: BundledRich text and code editors
$ npm install @ckeditor/ckeditor5-core
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
893.9k
- over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
5
Direct, from package.json
Last release
3 days ago
v48.5.2
GitHub stars
10.5k
3.7k forks
Open issues / PRs
720 / 12
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
3,128

Downloads

No weekly download data in the snapshot.

893,862 downloads last week, 4,430,066 in the last month. No 52-week series has been fetched yet.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
26130 in total
Latest version
48.5.2, 22 Sept 20263 days ago
First published
19 Jan 2017
Last push to GitHub
24 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
720
Open pull requests
12
Commits, last 52 weeks
3,128
Dependents on npm
461

Major versions

  1. v48 first release 48.0.0, 31 Mar 2026
  2. v47 first release 47.0.0, 1 Oct 2025
  3. v46 first release 46.0.0, 9 Jul 2025
  4. v45 first release 45.0.0, 7 Apr 2025
  5. v44 first release 44.0.0, 2 Dec 2024
  6. v43 first release 43.0.0, 7 Aug 2024
  7. v42 first release 42.0.0, 26 Jun 2024
  8. v41 first release 41.0.0, 17 Jan 2024
  9. v40 first release 40.0.0, 4 Oct 2023
  10. v39 first release 39.0.0, 2 Aug 2023
  11. v38 first release 38.0.0, 22 May 2023
  12. v37 first release 37.0.0, 5 Apr 2023
  13. v36 first release 36.0.0, 25 Jan 2023
  14. v35 first release 35.0.0, 3 Aug 2022
  15. v34 first release 34.0.0, 12 Apr 2022
  16. v33 first release 33.0.0, 9 Mar 2022
  17. v32 first release 32.0.0, 31 Jan 2022
  18. v31 first release 31.0.0, 26 Oct 2021
  19. v30 first release 30.0.0, 29 Sept 2021
  20. v29 first release 29.0.0, 7 Jul 2021
  21. v28 first release 28.0.0, 7 Jun 2021
  22. v27 first release 27.0.0, 24 Mar 2021
  23. v26 first release 26.0.0, 3 Mar 2021
  24. v25 first release 25.0.0, 27 Jan 2021
  25. v24 first release 24.0.0, 10 Dec 2020
  26. v23 first release 23.0.0, 30 Sept 2020
  27. v22 first release 22.0.0, 27 Aug 2020
  28. v21 first release 21.0.0, 29 Jul 2020
  29. v20 first release 20.0.0, 24 Jun 2020
  30. v19 first release 19.0.0, 29 Apr 2020
  31. v18 first release 18.0.0, 19 Mar 2020
  32. v17 first release 17.0.0, 20 Feb 2020
  33. v16 first release 16.0.0, 4 Dec 2019
  34. v15 first release 15.0.0, 23 Oct 2019
  35. v12 first release 12.0.0, 28 Feb 2019
  36. v11 first release 11.0.0, 18 Jul 2018
  37. v10 first release 10.0.0, 25 Apr 2018
  38. v0 first release 0.5.0, 19 Jan 2017

Recent releases

VersionPublished
47.7.522 Sept 2026
48.5.222 Sept 2026
47.7.416 Sept 2026
48.5.116 Sept 2026
48.5.02 Sept 2026
48.4.05 Aug 2026
47.7.314 Jul 2026
48.3.114 Jul 2026
48.3.01 Jul 2026
48.2.02 Jun 2026
47.7.218 May 2026
48.1.118 May 2026
48.1.013 May 2026
47.7.123 Apr 2026

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
1.3 MB
Dependencies (5)
es-toolkit@ckeditor/ckeditor5-ui@ckeditor/ckeditor5-utils@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine@ckeditor/ckeditor5-watchdog

Install

npm install @ckeditor/ckeditor5-core

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-core@48.5.2/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-core@48.5.2/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-core@48.5.2

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

Indexability: Indexed.