About us

CKSource took its first steps in 2003 when Frederico Caldeira Knabben accepted the challenge of giving the online community a WYSIWYG text editor. The initial project carried his initials, later renamed CKEditor. Since then, CKEditor acquired an important role in the web applications universe, becoming the most used browser-based text editor on the globe, achieving over 7 million downloads.

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  • CKEditor 4 released

    CKEditor 4

    The new CKEditor 4 introduces a unique Inline Editing solution, enhanced DOM and CSS performance, reformatted source code and many other improvements...

    November 2012

2012

  • Drupal Logo

    CKEditor for Drupal released

    We present a unique solution that integrates CKEditor and CKFinder into Drupal.

    November 2011

  • Joomla Logo

    CKEditor for Joomla released

    A new integration of CKEditor and CKFinder into Joomla is introduced.

    September 2011

  • Aid for Japan

    We quickly decide to help Japan overcome their struggles! We decide to donate 10% of our gross revenue to help the Japanese people after the disastrous tsunami.

    April 2011

  • CKEditor reaches 6 million downloads!

    January 2011

2011

  • CKFinder 2.0 release

    CKFinder Logo

    New CKFinder with improved user interface, drag & drop and new powerful plugin system.

    May 2010

  • CKEditor for SharePoint

    Launch of the innovative CKEditor for SharePoint - our first commercial integration of CKEditor.

    2010

  • We achieve an incredible 110% growth in revenue in one year!

    2010

2010

  • Redesing

    New logos and websites for CKEditor and CKFinder.

    2009

  • CKEditor 3.0 released

    CKEditor 4

    Our new WYSIWYG HTML editor makes a grand entrance. It is a complete rewrite of FCKeditor with special attention to: performance, accessibility, new UI, and many more features. From now on, “CK” stands for "Content and Knowledge"

    August 2009

2009

  • IBM agreement signed

    IBM Logo

    We are proud that from now on our project will be utilized in IBM’s development strategy. We are sure that this cooperation will be fruitful for both sides.

    December 2008

  • FCKeditor reaches 3 million downloads!

    August 2008

  • CKFinder for ASP and ColdFusion

    A brand new version of CKFinder with native support for ASP and ColdFusion is released.

    January 2008

2008

  • FCKeditor reaches 2 million downloads!

    August 2007

  • CKFinder 1.0 is born

    First release of our Ajax File Manager. Compatible with PHP and ASP.NET.

    July 2007

  • First employee

    Martin Kou joins us - our first hired JavaScript developer!

    June 2007

  • FCKeditor in ColdFusion

    Adobe chooses FCKeditor as one of the great new features of its next major release of ColdFusion.

    May 2007

  • Oracle agreement signed

    Oracle Logo

    New partnership with Oracle Corporation will have CKEditor enhancing their products.

    March 2007

2007

  • CKSource is born

    CKEditor 4

    CKSource is established as an official company. The growth just started!

    June 2006

  • FCKeditor reaches 1 million downloads!

    June 2006

2006

  • IBM Logo

    Headquarters established in Poland

    After a few years in Italy, we are moving to Warsaw with plans to officially establish a company.

    2005

2005

  • FCKeditor reaches 100 000 downloads!

    December 2003

  • Sourceforge awards FCKeditor

    FCKeditor has been selected "Project of the Month" at Sourceforge!

    December 2003

  • FCKeditor is born

    FCKeditor

    FCKeditor 0.8 is released as Open Source Software with XHTML support, "Paste from Word" and Internet Explorer 5.0 compatibility (yes, it's true...)

    March 2003

  • The beginning

    Frederico Caldeira Knabben takes on the challenge to start a new and creative project called "FCKeditor” aimed to build a new WYSIWYG online HTML editor.

    2003

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