Overview

This website contains links to software which is either no longer maintained or will be supported only until the end of 2019 (CKFinder 2). For the latest documentation about current CKSource projects, including software like CKEditor 4/CKEditor 5, CKFinder 3, Cloud Services, Letters, Accessibility Checker, please visit the new documentation website.

If you look for an information about very old versions of CKEditor, FCKeditor and CKFinder check also the CKEditor forum, which was closed in 2015. If not, please head to StackOverflow for support.

What is the FCKeditor?

The FCKeditor is an Open Source HTML editor based on JavaScript. It provides most of the common used functions from desktop editors like Word to the web. By using the FCKeditor you can write text, format it, create tables and many more. The editor doesn't need any kind of installation on your home computer. The only thing that you should have to by able to work with FCKeditor is an working Internet browser e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera.

Who is FCKeditor for?

The FCKeditor is designed for developers who effectively grab the code of the program and than put it in their products.The products that the developers make are used by "Final users" which this user's guide is made for. FCKeditor can appear in many programs which have very different functions and are designed to do different things, but the basis remains the same. So you can find FCKeditor in a place you would never expect.