No. 15 of 37 ·Rich Text Editor Software

Squire

Web

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One barScore 5.3

Squire is ranked #15 of 37 in rich text editor software on Freedom251. It runs on Web.

Compared on rich text editor software

Deployment: self_hosted
Structured content: No
Media handling: Images can be inserted by URL and image paste events are exposed

Product: Squire is an HTML5 rich text editor designed to handle arbitrary HTML with cross-browser normalization.
Package size: The README describes Squire as a lightweight package of 16KB of JavaScript after minification and gzip, with no dependencies.
Email composition: Squire was designed for email composition in the Fastmail web app, including forwarding and quoting third-party HTML.
Integration: Squire is designed to integrate with an application's own UI framework and does not provide its own toolbar, widgets, or overlays.
Browser support: Squire supports reasonably recent browsers and no longer supports any version of Internet Explorer.
Production use: The README lists Fastmail, Proton Mail, SnappyMail, StartMail, Tutanota, Zoho Mail, Superhuman, Teamwork Desk, and Google Earth as users.
Security: The README says developers must safely convert raw HTML into DOM nodes; Squire uses DOMPurify if present or a configured custom sanitizer.
Formatting: Squire provides editor methods for text formatting, links, lists, code, text alignment, and quote levels.
Integration options: The README documents installing Squire with npm or loading its JavaScript file through a script tag.
License: Squire is released under the MIT license.
Maker and headquarters: Fastmail says it is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.
Maker history: Fastmail says it has been an independent email service since 1999.

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