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title: "CKEditor Rich Text Editor"
manual: "TYPO3 Explained"
version: "12.4"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:rte-ckeditor@12.4"
source: "ApiOverview/Rte/RteCkeditorSysext.rst"
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# CKEditor Rich Text Editor {#rte-ckeditor}

TYPO3 comes with the system extension "CKEditor Rich Text Editor"
(rte_ckeditor) which integrates CKEditor
functionality into the Core for editing of rich text content.

-   [Configuration quickstart (rte_ckeditor) ➜](https://docs.typo3.org/c/typo3/cms-rte-ckeditor/12.4/en-us/Configuration/QuickStart.html#config-quickstart)
-   [Configuration examples (rte_ckeditor) ➜](https://docs.typo3.org/c/typo3/cms-rte-ckeditor/12.4/en-us/Configuration/Examples.html#config-examples)
-   [Configuration reference (rte_ckeditor) ➜](https://docs.typo3.org/c/typo3/cms-rte-ckeditor/12.4/en-us/Configuration/Reference.html#config-ref)