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An editor in the context of the indieweb most often refers to a user interface for editing (making changes to) a post, whether an existing post, or when creating a new post. The term editor may also refer to a person who edits a post after an author has written it, or even more rarely, the editor of a specification, like micropub, who is the primary contributor and/or verifier of contributions.

Approaches

There are a spectrum of different approaches / opinions / desires for different post creating / editing interfaces / preferences / formats.

From most directly visual, to least visual and code-like, to some code, to all code:

• WYSIWYG (e.g. MediaWiki, WordPress, Known)
• "minimal" WYSIWYG (e.g. Etherpad, Medium)
• plain text only (e.g. some comment forms?)
• plain text auto-linked (e.g. Falcon notes, Bundle notes, ...)
• markdown (e.g. Ello, Ghost...)
• HTML (e.g. Falcon articles, Bundle articles, ...)

There are also various types of editors including text, photo, audio, video, etc.

Software

• TinyMCE
• ProseMirror
• Quill.js, an open-source, free WYSIWYG editor that provides a streamlined “feel” while still providing the full range of most text-editing needs, allowing you to include a text editor on any web page with just a bit of Javascript.
• Gutenberg for WordPress, Drupal

Applications

see also: Micropub Clients for a longer list of post editors

• iA Writer
• Hemmingway app
• MarsEdit
• Ulysses
• Zapier can be used to integrate a variety of non-traditional blogging apps to become editor interfaces for posting to a website.
• Byword iOS ecosystem apps that use Markdown, and integrates with WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, and even Evernote
• ...

See Also

• create
• UI
• Micropub/Clients
• delete
• books
• CMS, most platforms come bundled with some sort of editor posting interface
• https://typefully.app/, a Twitter editor/client primarily intended for composing and posting tweetstorms to Twitter. Also includes the ability to create multiple drafts, schedule tweetstorms for later, and importing content.