---
title: "Hosting the TinyMCE .zip package with the React framework"
description: "A guide on integrating a .zip version of TinyMCE into the React framework by self-hosting it."
canonical_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/latest/react-zip-host/"
md_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/react-zip-host/index.md"
version: "6"
last_updated: "2022-04-27T02:15:26Z"
tokens: 1112
---
Important This page documents TinyMCE 6. For new projects, Tiny recommends using the latest, most up-to-date version. [See TinyMCE 8 documentation](../../latest/react-zip-host/).
# Hosting the TinyMCE .zip package with the React framework

The [Official TinyMCE React component](https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce-react) integrates TinyMCE into React projects. This procedure creates a [basic React application](https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app) containing a TinyMCE editor.

For examples of the TinyMCE integration, visit [the tinymce-react storybook](https://tinymce.github.io/tinymce-react/).

## Prerequisites

This procedure requires [Node.js (and npm)](https://nodejs.org/).

## Procedure

1. Use the [Create React App](https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app) package to create a new React project named `tinymce-react-demo`.

```sh
npx create-react-app tinymce-react-demo
```
2. Change to the newly created directory.

```sh
cd tinymce-react-demo
```
3. Install the `tinymce-react` package and save it to your `package.json` with `--save`.

```sh
npm install --save @tinymce/tinymce-react
```
4. Unzip the content of the `tinymce/js` folder from the [TinyMCE zip](/my-account/downloads/) into the `public` folder. Afterwards the directory listing should be similar to below:

> `tree -L 2 public`
```text
public
├── favicon.ico
├── index.html
├── logo192.png
├── logo512.png
├── manifest.json
├── robots.txt
└── tinymce
    ├── icons
    ├── langs
    ├── license.txt
    ├── models
    ├── plugins
    ├── skins
    ├── themes
    ├── tinymce.d.ts
    └── tinymce.min.js
```
5. Using a text editor, open `./src/App.js` and replace the contents with:

```jsx
import React, { useRef } from 'react';
import { Editor } from '@tinymce/tinymce-react';

export default function App() {
  const editorRef = useRef(null);
  const log = () => {
    if (editorRef.current) {
      console.log(editorRef.current.getContent());
    }
  };
  return (
    <>
      <Editor
        tinymceScriptSrc={process.env.PUBLIC_URL + '/tinymce/tinymce.min.js'}
        onInit={(evt, editor) => editorRef.current = editor}
        initialValue='<p>This is the initial content of the editor.</p>'
        init={{
          height: 500,
          menubar: false,
          plugins: [
            'advlist', 'autolink', 'lists', 'link', 'image', 'charmap',
            'anchor', 'searchreplace', 'visualblocks', 'code', 'fullscreen',
            'insertdatetime', 'media', 'table', 'preview', 'help', 'wordcount'
          ],
          toolbar: 'undo redo | blocks | ' +
            'bold italic forecolor | alignleft aligncenter ' +
            'alignright alignjustify | bullist numlist outdent indent | ' +
            'removeformat | help',
          content_style: 'body { font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px }'
        }}
      />
      <button onClick={log}>Log editor content</button>
    </>
  );
}
```
6. Test the application using the Node.js development server.

  - To start the development server, navigate to the `tinymce-react-demo` directory and run:

```sh
npm run start
```
  - To stop the development server, select on the command line or command prompt and press *Ctrl+C*.

## Deploying the application to a HTTP server

The application will require further configuration before it can be deployed to a production environment. For information on configuring the application for deployment, see: [Create React App - Deployment](https://create-react-app.dev/docs/deployment).

To deploy the application to a local HTTP Server:

1. Navigate to the `tinymce-react-demo` directory and run:

```sh
npm run build
```
2. Copy the contents of the `tinymce-react-demo/build` directory to the root directory of the web server.

The application has now been deployed on the web server.

> **Note:** Additional configuration is required to deploy the application outside the web server root directory, such as http://localhost:<port>/my_react_application.

## Next Steps

- For examples of the TinyMCE integration, see: [the tinymce-react storybook](https://tinymce.github.io/tinymce-react/).
- For information on customizing:

  - TinyMCE integration, see: [TinyMCE React integration technical reference](../react-ref/).
  - TinyMCE, see: [Basic setup](../basic-setup/).
  - The React application, see: [Create React App](https://create-react-app.dev/docs/getting-started) or [the React documentation](https://reactjs.org/docs/getting-started.html).