HeroDevs Positions TinyMCE 6 Support Offering as Security-Focused Revenue Opportunity

According to a recent LinkedIn post from HeroDevs, the company is emphasizing security risks associated with the end-of-life status of TinyMCE 6, citing known XSS vulnerabilities such as CVE-2024-29203 and CVE-2024-29881. The post indicates that, with official support ended, organizations face a choice between rapid migration to newer versions or operating with known exposure.

The company’s LinkedIn post highlights a third option it is positioning: a “Never-Ending Support” (NES) offering that provides a secure, drop-in replacement for TinyMCE 6. According to the description, NES aims to deliver ongoing CVE patches, maintain the MIT-licensed v6 codebase, and avoid migration burdens while supplying compliance documentation and continued updates as new vulnerabilities are discovered.

For investors, the post suggests HeroDevs is targeting a niche in the application security and open-source maintenance market, focusing on customers constrained from immediate upgrades. This positioning could generate recurring revenue from enterprises that prioritize security and compliance but lack resources or appetite for rapid migration to TinyMCE v7 or v8.

The emphasis on audit-ready documentation and VEX statements may appeal to regulated industries, potentially increasing average deal sizes and customer stickiness. If HeroDevs can replicate this NES model across additional end-of-life frameworks and libraries, it could build a diversified portfolio of support contracts and strengthen its role in the DevSecOps ecosystem.

However, revenue scalability will likely depend on the size of the remaining TinyMCE 6 installed base and the speed at which customers ultimately migrate away. The post implicitly underscores a time-sensitive opportunity window, suggesting that execution on sales and customer acquisition during this period will be critical to translating this technical offering into sustained financial impact.