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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
Brackets is an open source text editor (https://github.com/brackets-cont/brackets)

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
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Approaches

Software

Applications

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