Unchained Editor

A custom Django WYSIWYG editor widget.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3).

Features

• Rich Text Editing: Style text (bold, italic, etc.), insert images, videos, tables, and more.
• Django Integration: A drop-in replacement for Django’s TextField or CharField in models and forms.
• Toolbar Customization: Easily configure buttons for formatting, lists, links, alignment, images, etc.
• CSS/JS Customization: Ships with default styles.css and script.js—override or expand them as needed.

Installation

1. Install via PyPI:

pip install unchained-editor

2. Add to settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    'unchained_editor',
    # ...
]

UNCHAINED_EDITOR_LICENSE_KEY = "your license key (get from the author)"

3. Add to urls.py in the main project

urlpatterns = [
    # ...
    path('unchained_editor/', include('unchained_editor.urls', namespace='unchained_editor')), 
    # ...
]

4. Collectstatic to load WYSIWYG styles

python manage.py collectstatic

Usage

A. Model Field

# myapp/models.py
from django.db import models
from unchained_editor.fields import CustomWYSIWYGField

class Post(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    content = CustomWYSIWYGField()
    # ...

In Django Admin or any ModelForm, content will now render as a rich text editor.

B. Form Field

# myapp/forms.py
from django import forms
from unchained_editor.widgets import CustomWYSIWYGWidget

class PostForm(forms.Form):
    title = forms.CharField(max_length=200)
    content = forms.CharField(widget=CustomWYSIWYGWidget())

License

Unchained Editor is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3).