Best WYSIWYG editor for Rails?

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Froala is beautiful and works perfectly but at $250/year is a bit steep. What else do you use that integrates easily with Rails and looks modern? (must support image upload too)

Marc Köhlbrugge · Accepted Answer

You could add functionality like that to Trix. Chris (@excid3) did a GoRails episode about [adding @mentions to Trix](https://gorails.com/episodes/at-mentions-with-actiontext) you could use as a starting point.

Manuel Frigerio · Answer

didn't know that! thanks Marc

Jankees van Woezik · Answer

Trix is a good solution also because it's made by the people who made Rails, so it's a safe bet.

Manuel Frigerio · Answer

Trix is amazing and I've used it elsewhere, the problem is that I need something that can handle custom dropdowns. The reason being this is an editor for an email and my users need to be able to paste merge tags from a dropdown menu (like MailChimp) :(

Marcel Hagedoorn · Answer

There is a plugin called AtMention for TinyMCE: https://apps.tiny.cloud/products/tiny-pro-bundle/

Marcel Hagedoorn · Answer

I'm using TinyMCE for #mindwave It's pretty nice (so far) but already testing with other editors. All of them seem to have pro's and con's. Here is a quick screen recording of the editor's options: https://www.loom.com/share/c22a5dbdb67b4911a92a36a7e6f2665b

Don't know about the dropdown options in TinyMCE though.

Marc Köhlbrugge · Answer

[Trix](https://trix-editor.org) by Basecamp is quite nice. It integrates really well with Ruby on Rails, and is very extensible. It's also well maintained, so it seems like a good long-term solution even if its functionality is still rather limited.

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