Ckeditor releases by ckeditor

Official distribution releases of CKEditor 4.

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Verdict 58/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 2 open CVEs

Self-host Ckeditor releases on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
58 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
525
405 forks

About Ckeditor releases

From the project's README at github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor-releases. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

CKEditor 4 - Releases ===================== CKEditor 4: End of Life and Extended Support Model until Dec 2026

CKEditor 4 was launched in 2012 and reached its End of Life (EOL) on June 30, 2023.

A special edition, CKEditor 4 LTS ("Long Term Support"), is available under commercial terms ("Extended Support Model") for anyone looking to extend the coverage of security updates and critical bug fixes.

With CKEditor 4 LTS, security updates and critical bug fixes are guaranteed until December 2026. Releases Code

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
80
maturity
30
community
72
security
85
sustainability
53
adoption
28

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 525 github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor-releases
GitHub forks 405 github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor-releases

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age13.6 yearssince Dec 2012
Last commit1.4 years agoFeb 5, 2025
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

12 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 2 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2024-43407.

Ready to self-host Ckeditor releases?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

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