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title: "Rich text editors (RTE)"
manual: "TYPO3 Explained"
version: "13.4"
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source: "ApiOverview/Rte/Index.rst"
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# Rich text editors (RTE) {#rte}

This chapter contains general information about Rich Text Editors (RTE)
in TYPO3, how they are integrated
in the TYPO3 Backend and what transformations get applied along the
various processes (saving to the database, rendering to the frontend, etc.)

## CKEditor rich text editor {#rte-ckeditor}

TYPO3 comes with the system extension [`typo3/cms-rte-ckeditor`](https://packagist.org/packages/typo3/cms-rte-ckeditor)
"CKEditor Rich Text Editor" which integrates CKEditor
functionality into the Core for editing of rich text content.

> [!NOTE]
> **See also**
>
> -   [TYPO3 RTE by CKEditor](https://docs.typo3.org/c/typo3/cms-rte-ckeditor/13.4/en-us/Index.html#start)
> -   [Configuration Quickstart](https://docs.typo3.org/c/typo3/cms-rte-ckeditor/13.4/en-us/Configuration/QuickStart.html#config-quickstart)
> -   [Configuration Examples](https://docs.typo3.org/c/typo3/cms-rte-ckeditor/13.4/en-us/Configuration/Examples.html#config-examples)
> -   [Configuration Reference](https://docs.typo3.org/c/typo3/cms-rte-ckeditor/13.4/en-us/Configuration/Reference.html#config-ref)