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Comparison of HTML editors

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of HTML editors.

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General information

Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

EditorDeveloperLatest releaseLicense
VersionDate
AmayaW3C, INRIA11.4.41 2012-01-18W3C
Apache OpenOfficeApache Foundation4.1.152 2023-12-22MPL/Apache-2.0/others
Aptana StudioAptana3.7.22018-07-30GPL
ArachnophiliaPaul Lutus 35.5.29534 2020-10-29GPL-2.0-or-later
AtomGitHub1.63.15 2022-11-23MIT
BluefishBluefish open source community2.2.166 2024-09-22GPL-3.0-or-later
BlueGriffonDisruptive Innovations3.178 2017-12-04MPL-2.0
BracketsAdobe2.2.19 2023-03-22MIT
Claris HomepageClaris3.01998Proprietary
CodaPanic, Inc.2.7.710 2020-11-05Proprietary
CodelobsterCodelobster Software2.5.011 2024-01-08Proprietary
CoffeeCup HTML EditorCoffeeCup Software17.0.88212 2022-04-08Proprietary
CudaTextUVViewSoft131.217.5.114 2024-09-05MPL-2.0
ContributeAdobe Systems15CS6.5 (8)2012-08-23Proprietary
DreamweaverAdobe Systems1621.417 2024-05-06Proprietary
EZGeneratorImage-Line4.12012-12Proprietary
FreewaySoftpress7.1.32016-05-05Proprietary
GoLiveAdobe Systems189.02007-06-01Proprietary
Google Web DesignerGoogle, Inc.2018-07Proprietary
HTML-KitChami.com292Proprietary
KompoZerKaze0.7.1019 2007-10-05MPL-1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
LibreOfficeThe Document Foundation25.2.320 2025-04-28MPL-2.0/Apache-2.0/others
MaqettaIBM10.0.221 2013-07-03BSD-3-Clause or AFL-2.1
Microsoft Expression WebMicrosoft4.0.1460.02012-12-20Proprietary
Microsoft Office FrontPageMicrosoft11.0.81742003-10-21Proprietary
Microsoft FrontPage ExpressMicrosoft2.01997Proprietary
Microsoft SharePoint DesignerMicrosoft20072006-12-04Proprietary
Microsoft Visual Studio CodeMicrosoft1.99.322 2025-04-17MIT
Microsoft Visual Web DeveloperMicrosoft2008Proprietary
MobiriseMobirise.com5.8.1423 2023-05-29Proprietary
Mozilla ComposerMozilla FoundationMPL-1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
NvuLinspire / Daniel Glazman1.024 2005-06-28MPL-1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
OpenOffice.orgSun Microsystems (1999–2009)Oracle Corporation (2010–2011)3.3.025 2011-01-17LGPL-3.026
oXygenXML Editor27Syncro Soft24.128 2022-03-10Proprietary29
Quanta PlusTrinity Desktop Environment3.5.930 2008-02-26GPL-2.0-or-later
RocketCakeAmbiera5.131 2023-03-15Proprietary
SeaMonkey ComposerSeaMonkey Council2.53.2032 2025-01-07MPL-2.0
TextMateMacromates2.0.2333 2021-10-12GPL-3.0-or-later
TOWebLauyan Software10.0634 2022-02-07Proprietary
WebStorm IDEJetBrains2022.1352022-04-11Proprietary
EditorDeveloperLatest releaseLicense
VersionDate

Operating system support

EditorWindowsmacOSGNU/LinuxBSDUnixiOSAndroid
AmayaTerminated 2012Terminated 2012Terminated 2012Terminated 2012Terminated 2012NoNo
AptanaYesYesYesYesNoNoNo
ArachnophiliaYesYesYesYesNoNoNo
AtomYesYesYesNoNoNoNo
BluefishYesYesYesYesYesNoNo
BlueGriffonYesYesYesNoNoNoNo
BracketsYesYesYesNoNoNoNo
Claris HomepageTerminated (3.0)NoNoNoNoNoNo
CodelobsterYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
CoffeeCup HTML EditorYesYesNoNoNoNoNo
CudaTextYesYesYesYesYesNoNo
ContributeYesYesNoNoNoNoNo
DreamweaverYesYesNoNoNoNoNo
EZGeneratorYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
FreewayNoYesNoNoNoNoNo
GoLiveTerminated (9.0)Terminated (9.0)NoNoNoNoNo
HTML-KitYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
KompoZer36YesYesYesYesNoNoNo
LibreOfficeYesYesYessource onlysource onlyNoNo
MaqettaYesYesCloud37Cloud38NoNoNo
Microsoft Expression WebYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
Microsoft FrontPageTerminated (2003)NoNoNoNoNoNo
Microsoft SharePoint DesignerYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
Microsoft Visual Web DeveloperYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
MobiriseYesYesNoNoNoNoYes
Mozilla ComposerTerminated (1.7.13)Terminated (1.7.13)Terminated (1.7.13)Terminated (1.7.13)Terminated (1.7.13)NoNo
Nvu39Terminated (1.0)Terminated (1.0)Terminated (1.0)Terminated (1.0)NoNoNo
OpenOffice.orgYesYesYessource onlysource onlyNoNo
oXygenXML EditorYesYesYesYesYesNoNo
Quanta Gold (deprecated)YesYesYesNoNoNoNo
Quanta PlusNoNoYesYesNoNoNo
RocketCakeYesYesNoNoNoNoNo
SeaMonkey ComposerYesYesYesYesYesNoNo
TOWebYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
WebStorm IDEYesYesYesYesYesNoNo
EditorWindowsmacOSGNU/LinuxBSDUnixiOSAndroid

Editor features

EditorWYSIWYGFTP UploadWebDAV UploadServer-side scriptingShared editingSpell checkingTemplatesTemplates Update SyncPage PreviewForm Handler
AmayaYesNoYesNoNoYesPartial40NoYes?
AptanaNoYes?Yes41YesNoSome42?Yes?
ArachnophiliaNo????YesYes?Yes?
BluefishNoYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYes
BlueGriffonYesNo43No?NoYesYes44NoYes?
Brackets"Live Preview" in-browserYes45NoYesNoYes46Yes47NoYes?
Claris HomepageYesYesNoNoNoYesYesNoYes?
CodelobsterNoYesNoYesNoNoYes?Yes?
CoffeeCup HTML EditorNoYes?NoNoYesYes?Yes?
DreamweaverYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
EZGeneratorYesYes???YesYes?Yes?
FreewayYesYesNoYesNoYesYes?YesYes
GoLiveYesYesYesYesNoYesYes?Yes?
HTML-KitNoYes?YesNoYesYes?Yes?
KompoZerYesYesNoNoNoYesYesNoYes?
LibreOfficeYesYes??YesYesYes?Yes?
MaqettaYes???????Yes?
Microsoft Expression WebYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes?
Microsoft FrontPageYesYesYesYesYesYesYes?Yes?
Microsoft SharePoint DesignerYesYesYesYesYesYesYes?Yes?
Microsoft Visual Web DeveloperYesYesYesYesYesYesYes?Yes?
MobiriseYesYesNoYesNoNoYes?YesYes
NvuYesYesYesNoNoYesYesNoYes?
OpenOffice.orgYesYes??YesYesYes?Yes?
oXygenXML EditorPartial48Yes and SFTPYesYesYesYesYesYesPartial49Depends
Quanta PlusYesYesNo50YesYesYesYesYesYes?
RocketCakeYesYesNoYesNoNoYesYesYesYes
SeaMonkey ComposerYesYesYesNoNoYesNoNoYes?
TOWebYesYesNoYesNoYesYes?YesYes
EditorWYSIWYGFTP UploadWebDAV UploadServer-side scriptingShared editingSpell checkingTemplatesTemplates Update SyncPage PreviewForm Handler

Web technology support

EditorCSS2CSS3FramesJavaJavaScriptXSLTXHTMLMathMLXFormsRSSAtomXPath
Amaya51Partial?NoNoNoNoYesYesNoNoNo?
AptanaYes?YesYesYesNoYesNoNoNoNoNo
ArachnophiliaYes?Yes?Yes?Yes?????
BluefishYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
BlueGriffonYes52?????YesYes53????
BracketsYes?YesYesYes?Yes??YesYes?
Claris HomepagePartial?YesNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
CodelobsterYes?YesNoYesYesYesNoNoNoNoNo
CoffeeCup HTML EditorYes?YesNoYesNoYesNoNoYesYesNo
DreamweaverYes?YesYesYesYesYesPartialYes[1]Yes?Yes
FreewayYes?YesPartialYesYesYesNoNoYesNoNo
GoLiveYes?YesYesYesNoYesNoNoNoNoNo
HTML-KitYes?YesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoNoNo
KompoZerYes?NoYesYesNoYesNoNoNoNoNo
LibreOfficeYes?YesYes (optional)Yes (and Python)YesYesYes????
MaqettaYes??NoYes???????
Microsoft Expression WebYes?YesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYes
Microsoft FrontPagePartial?YesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoNoNo
Microsoft SharePoint DesignerYes?YesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYes
Microsoft Visual Web DeveloperYes?YesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYes
NvuYes?NoNoYesNoYesNoNoNoNoNo
OpenOffice.orgYes?Yes?YesYesYesYes????
oXygenXML EditorYes?YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Quanta PlusYes?YesYesYesYesYes?YesYes?Yes
RocketCakeYes?NoYesYes???NoNoNo?
SeaMonkey ComposerYes?YesNoYesNoYesYes54NoNoNo?
TOWebYes?YesYesYesNoYesYesNoYesNoNo
WebStorm IDEYes?YesNoYesYesYesNoNo??Yes
EditorCSS2CSS3FramesJavaJavaScriptXSLTXHTML MathMLXFormsRSSAtomXPath

HTML/XHTML specification support

SpecificationHTML 3.2HTML 4.01HTML 5XHTML 1.0XHTML 1.1Validating
Variantstricttrans.f.setstricttrans.f.set
AmayaNoNoYesNoNoYesYesNoYesYes
Aptana?YesYes?YesYesYesYesYes?
Arachnophilia????NoYes???Yes
BluefishYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes55
BlueGriffonNoYesYes?YesYesYes???
Brackets????Yes?????
Claris Homepage????No?????
CodelobsterYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
CoffeeCup HTML EditorNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Contribute??????????
DreamweaverYesYesYesYesYes 56YesYesYesYesYes
FreewayYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYes
GoLiveYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYesYes?
HTML-Kit??Yes?No?Yes??Yes
LibreOffice?YesYes?YesYesYes?Yes?
KompoZerNoYesYesNoNoYesYesNoNoYes
Maqetta????Yes?????
Microsoft Expression WebNoYesYesYesYes57YesYesYesYesYes
Microsoft FrontPage????No?????
Microsoft SharePoint Designer????No?????
Microsoft Visual Web Developer????No?????
Mozilla Composer????No?????
OpenOffice.org?YesYes?YesYesYes?Yes?
oXygenXML EditorYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Quanta Gold????No?????
Quanta PlusYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
RocketCake??Yes?Yes?????
SeaMonkey ComposerYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
TOWebNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoYes
WebStorm IDE????Yes?????
Variantstricttrans.f.setstricttrans.f.set
SpecificationHTML 3.2HTML 4.01HTML 5XHTML 1.0XHTML 1.1Validating

Image format support

Image file formats are standardized means of organizing and storing digital images. Image files are composed of digital data in one of several formats. Some formats of image files may be preferred by website designers for smaller file size and higher image quality. Here are the most popular formats of image files and the table below makes a comparison about whether the software for website design can display the file format on the web page.

EditorJPEGGIFPNGTIFFSVG
AmayaYesYesYesYesYes
AptanaYesYesYesYesDepends
Arachnophilia?????
BluefishYesYesYesYesYes
BlueGriffonYesYesYesNoYes
BracketsYesYesYesNoYes(via extension)58
Claris HomepageYesYesNoNoNo
CodelobsterYesYesYesNoNo
CoffeeCup HTML EditorYesYesYesYesNo
DreamweaverYesYesYesYesYes
FreewayYesYesYesYesYes
GoLiveYesYesYesNoYes
KompoZerYesYesYesNoNo
Maqetta?????
Microsoft Expression WebYesYesYesYesNo
Microsoft FrontPage59YesYesYes?Depends
Microsoft SharePoint DesignerYesYesYesYesNo
Microsoft Visual Web DeveloperYesYesYesYesNo
MobiriseYesYesYesYesYes
NvuYesYesYesNoNo
OpenOffice.orgYesYesYesYesYes
oXygenXML EditorYesYesYesYesYes
Quanta PlusYesYesYesYesYes
RocketCakeYesYesYesNoNo
SeaMonkey ComposerYesYesYesNoYes
TOWebYesYesYesNoNo
WebStorm IDEYesYesYesNoNo
EditorJPEGGIFPNGTIFFSVG

Early HTML comparisons

The following is a comparison of early HTML editors.

Comparison of early HTML editors
ProgramAuthor or Based OnVersionSystemHTML CompliantDisplayFormsTablesIntegrated BrowserCost
asWeditAndrzej Stochniol1.1UnixHTML 3sourceYesYesNofreeware
HoTMetaLSoftQuad1.0+Unix,WindowsHTML 1WYSIWYGPartialNoNofreeware
HoTMetaL proSoftQuad1Unix, Windows, MacintoshHTML 2WYSIWYGYesYesNocommercial
Live MarkupMediaTech16b4aWindowsHTML 2WYSIWYGNoNoNocommercial
SymposiaGRIF0.8UnixHTML 2WYSIWYGYesYesYesbeta
TkhtmlLiem Bahenmann2.3UnixNosourceYesNoNofreeware
PhoenixUniversity of Chicago0.1.7UnixNoWYSIWYGNoNoYesfreeware
WebPagesDART Software1.7NextStepHTML 1WYSIWYGNoNoNocommercial
WebMagicSiliconGraphics1IrixHTML 2WYSIWYGNoNoNocommercial
WebtorJochen Schales.91prealpha2MacintoshHTML2WYSIWYGNoNoNofreeware

See also

References

  1. "Amaya 11.4.4". 8 January 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2015. https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-amaya/2012JanMar/0016.html

  2. "Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15". 22 December 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024. https://openoffice.apache.org/blog/announcing-apache-openoffice-4-1-15.html

  3. "Paul Lutus". 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-02-16. http://arachnoid.com/administration

  4. "Arachnophilia Revision History". https://arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/Documentation/RevHistory.html

  5. "Release 1.63.1". 23 November 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022. https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/tag/v1.63.1

  6. https://bluefish.openoffice.nl/download.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://bluefish.openoffice.nl/download.html

  7. "Release 3.1". 14 October 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020. http://www.bluegriffon.org

  8. "Release 3.1". 4 December 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020. https://github.com/therealglazou/bluegriffon/releases/tag/3.1

  9. "Brackets 2.2.1 release". 22 March 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023. https://github.com/brackets-cont/brackets/releases/tag/v2.2.1

  10. https://library.panic.com/releasenotes/coda2/. Retrieved 25 July 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://library.panic.com/releasenotes/coda2/

  11. . 8 January 2024 https://www.codelobster.com/news.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://www.codelobster.com/news.html

  12. https://www.coffeecup.com/forums/html-editor/html-editor-change-logs/?page=3. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://www.coffeecup.com/forums/html-editor/html-editor-change-logs/?page=3

  13. alexey_t, kvichans, matthias030.

  14. "Release 1.217.5.1". https://github.com/Alexey-T/CudaText/releases/tag/1.217.5.1

  15. Formerly Macromedia. /wiki/Macromedia

  16. Formerly Macromedia. /wiki/Macromedia

  17. "Feature summary | Dreamweaver (May 2024 release)". 6 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024. https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/whats-new/2024.html

  18. Formerly GoLive Systems.

  19. https://sourceforge.net/projects/kompozer/files/current/0.7.10/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://sourceforge.net/projects/kompozer/files/current/0.7.10/

  20. Italo Vignoli (30 April 2025). "Announcing LibreOffice 25.2.3". Retrieved 30 April 2025. https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/announce/msg00413.html

  21. "Release 10.0.2". 3 July 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2018. https://github.com/maqetta/maqetta/releases/tag/Release10.0.2

  22. "Release 1.99.3". 17 April 2025. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.99.3

  23. "Mobirise 5.8.14 May 29 in General". 29 May 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023. https://forums.mobirise.com/discussion/31645/mobirise-5-8-14

  24. "Nvu Download Page". Archived from the original on 30 June 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050630014532/http://www.nvu.com/download.html

  25. "3.3.0 - Release Notes". https://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.3.0.html

  26. "Licenses". Apache Software Foundation. Retrieved 21 January 2012. http://www.openoffice.org/license.html

  27. Though the focus of this software is clearly XML, it covers so much of the HTML and XHTML features (all of them, basically) as well as generating HTML and XHTML based documents and sites (e.g. WebHelp, ePub, etc.) that leaving it out just appears a bit weird.

  28. https://www.oxygenxml.com/history.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://www.oxygenxml.com/history.html

  29. Some components under Apache-2.0. /wiki/Apache_License_2.0

  30. http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/quantaplus/releases. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/quantaplus/releases

  31. https://www.ambiera.com/forum.php?t=11604. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://www.ambiera.com/forum.php?t=11604

  32. "SeaMonkey 2.53.20 released". 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025. https://www.seamonkey-project.org/news#2025-01-07

  33. https://github.com/textmate/textmate/releases/tag/v2.0.23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://github.com/textmate/textmate/releases/tag/v2.0.23

  34. https://www.lauyan.com/en/toweb-updates.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://www.lauyan.com/en/toweb-updates.html

  35. "Download WebStorm: The Smartest JavaScript IDE by JetBrains". JetBrains. Retrieved 2022-04-15. https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/download/

  36. Nvu/Kompozer can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.

  37. [Google Chrome (current release), Mozilla Firefox 4 users can edit HTML if Maqetta is running in the cloud.]

  38. [Google Chrome (current release), Mozilla Firefox 4 users can edit HTML if Maqetta is running in the cloud.]

  39. Nvu can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.

  40. "Templates". www.w3.org. http://www.w3.org/Amaya/Templates/Overview.html

  41. Via plugins.

  42. i.e. Snippets.

  43. Via add-on.[31]

  44. Via commercial proprietary add-on.[32]

  45. Via extension.

  46. Via extension.

  47. Via extension.

  48. More like WYSIWYM. /wiki/WYSIWYM

  49. Via XSLT to browser.

  50. cvs instead. /wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System

  51. Not Unicode-savvy. /wiki/Unicode

  52. Via commercial proprietary add-on.[32]

  53. Via commercial proprietary add-on.[32]

  54. Rendering, but no tools.

  55. External tools such as weblint and tidy are integrated

  56. Available with CS5 using the Adobe Dreamweaver Add-on pack available at http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/html5pack.html Archived 2010-06-21 at the Wayback Machine http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/html5pack.html

  57. For error checking on markup and intellisense on tags and attributes an add-in is needed. This is available at http://gallery.expression.microsoft.com/en-us/Web4HTML5SchemaAddIn Archived 2011-01-03 at the Wayback Machine . http://gallery.expression.microsoft.com/en-us/Web4HTML5SchemaAddIn

  58. "peterflynn/svg-preview". April 1, 2019 – via GitHub. https://github.com/peterflynn/svg-preview

  59. Actual amount of supported formats depend on installed converter. FrontPage uses Microsoft Office converters. /wiki/Microsoft_Office