Comparison of HTML editors

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

Please see the individual products' articles for further information, comparison of text editors for information on text editors, and comparison of word processors or information on word processors, many of which have features to assist with writing HTML.

General information

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

Editor Developer Latest release License
Version Date
Template:Rh2 | Amaya W3C, INRIA Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
! Template:Rh | Apache OpenOffice Apache Foundation Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh2 | Aptana Studio Aptana 3.7.2 2018-07-30 Template:Open source
Template:Rh | Arachnophilia Paul Lutus [1] Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh2 | Atom GitHub Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh | Bluefish Bluefish open source community Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh2 | BlueGriffon Disruptive Innovations Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh | Brackets Adobe Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh2 | Claris Homepage Claris 3.0 1998 Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | Coda Panic, Inc. Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh | Codelobster Codelobster Software Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh | CoffeeCup HTML Editor CoffeeCup Software Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh | CudaText UVViewSoftTemplate:Efn Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh2 | Contribute Adobe SystemsTemplate:Efn CS6.5 (8) 2012-08-23 Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh | Dreamweaver Adobe SystemsTemplate:Efn Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | EZGenerator Image-Line 4.1 2012-12 Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | Freeway Softpress 7.1.3 2016-05-05 Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | GoLive Adobe SystemsTemplate:Efn 9.0 2007-06-01 Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh | Google Web Designer Google, Inc. 2018-07 Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | HTML-Kit Chami.com 292 Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | KompoZer Kaze Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh | LibreOffice The Document Foundation Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh2 | Maqetta IBM Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Expression Web Microsoft 4.0.1460.0 2012-12-20 Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Office FrontPage Microsoft 11.0.8174 2003-10-21 Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft FrontPage Express Microsoft 2.0 1997 Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft SharePoint Designer Microsoft 2007 2006-12-04 Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh | Microsoft Visual Studio Code Microsoft Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Visual Web Developer Microsoft 2008 Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh | Mobirise Mobirise.com Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | Mozilla Composer Mozilla Foundation Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh2 | Nvu Linspire / Daniel Glazman Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh2 | OpenOffice.org Sun Microsystems (1999–2009)
Oracle Corporation (2010–2011) 		Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh | oXygenXML EditorTemplate:Efn Syncro Soft Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:ProprietaryTemplate:Efn
Template:Rh2 | Quanta Plus Trinity Desktop Environment Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh | RocketCake Ambiera Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh | SeaMonkey Composer SeaMonkey Council Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh | TextMate Macromates Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh | TOWeb Lauyan Software Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh | WebStorm IDE JetBrains 2022.1[2] 2022-04-11 Template:Proprietary
Editor Developer Latest release License
Version Date

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Operating system support

Editor Windows macOS GNU/Linux BSD Unix iOS Android
Template:Rh2 | Amaya Terminated 2012 Terminated 2012 Terminated 2012 Terminated 2012 Terminated 2012 No No
Template:Rh2 | Aptana Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Template:Rh | Arachnophilia Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Template:Rh2 | Atom Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Template:Rh | Bluefish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | BlueGriffon Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Template:Rh | Brackets Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Template:Rh2 | Claris Homepage Terminated (3.0) No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Codelobster Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | CoffeeCup HTML Editor Yes Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | CudaText Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh2 | Contribute Yes Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | Dreamweaver Yes Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh2 | EZGenerator Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh2 | Freeway No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh2 | GoLive Terminated (9.0) Terminated (9.0) No No No No No
Template:Rh2 | HTML-Kit Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh2 | KompoZerTemplate:Efn Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Template:Rh | LibreOffice Yes Yes Yes source only source only No No
Template:Rh2 | Maqetta Yes Yes CloudTemplate:Efn CloudTemplate:Efn No No No
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Expression Web Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft FrontPage Terminated (2003) No No No No No No
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft SharePoint Designer Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Visual Web Developer Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Mobirise Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Template:Rh2 | Mozilla Composer Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) No No
Template:Rh2 | NvuTemplate:Efn Terminated (1.0) Terminated (1.0) Terminated (1.0) Terminated (1.0) No No No
Template:Rh | OpenOffice.org Yes Yes Yes source only source only No No
Template:Rh | oXygenXML Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | Quanta Gold (deprecated) Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Template:Rh2 | Quanta Plus No No Yes Yes No No No
Template:Rh | RocketCake Yes Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | TOWeb Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | WebStorm IDE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Editor Windows macOS GNU/Linux BSD Unix iOS Android

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Editor features

Editor WYSIWYG FTP Upload WebDAV Upload Server-side scripting Shared editing Spell checking Templates Templates Update Sync Page Preview Form Handler
Template:Rh2 | Amaya Yes No Yes No No Yes Partial[3] No Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Aptana No Yes ? YesTemplate:Efn Yes No SomeTemplate:Efn ? Yes ?
Template:Rh | Arachnophilia No ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh | Bluefish No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | BlueGriffon Yes NoTemplate:Efn No ? No Yes YesTemplate:Efn No Yes ?
Template:Rh | Brackets "Live Preview" in-browser YesTemplate:Efn No Yes No YesTemplate:Efn YesTemplate:Efn No Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Claris Homepage Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
Template:Rh | Codelobster No Yes No Yes No No Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh | CoffeeCup HTML Editor No Yes ? No No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh | Dreamweaver Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | EZGenerator Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Freeway Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | GoLive Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | HTML-Kit No Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | KompoZer Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
Template:Rh | LibreOffice Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Maqetta Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Expression Web Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft FrontPage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft SharePoint Designer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Visual Web Developer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh | Mobirise Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Nvu Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
Template:Rh | OpenOffice.org Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh | oXygenXML Editor PartialTemplate:Efn Yes and SFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes PartialTemplate:Efn Depends
Template:Rh2 | Quanta Plus Yes Yes NoTemplate:Efn Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | RocketCake Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes ?
Template:Rh | TOWeb Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Editor WYSIWYG FTP Upload WebDAV Upload Server-side scripting Shared editing Spell checking Templates Templates Update Sync Page Preview Form Handler

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Web technology support

Editor CSS2 CSS3 Frames Java JavaScript XSLT XHTML MathML XForms RSS Atom XPath
Template:Rh2 | AmayaTemplate:Efn Partial ? No No No No Yes Yes No No No ?
Template:Rh2 | Aptana Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | Arachnophilia Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Bluefish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | BlueGriffon YesTemplate:Efn ? ? ? ? ? Yes YesTemplate:Efn ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Brackets Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Claris Homepage Partial ? Yes No Yes No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Codelobster Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | CoffeeCup HTML Editor Yes ? Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | Dreamweaver Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes[1] Yes ? Yes
Template:Rh2 | Freeway Yes ? Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No
Template:Rh2 | GoLive Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh2 | HTML-Kit Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Template:Rh2 | KompoZer Yes ? No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | LibreOffice Yes ? Yes Yes (optional) Yes (and Python) Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Maqetta Yes ? ? No Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Expression Web Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft FrontPage Partial ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft SharePoint Designer Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Visual Web Developer Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Nvu Yes ? No No Yes No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | OpenOffice.org Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | oXygenXML Editor Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Quanta Plus Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes
Template:Rh | RocketCake Yes ? No Yes Yes ? ? ? No No No ?
Template:Rh | SeaMonkey Composer Yes ? Yes No Yes No Yes YesTemplate:Efn No No No ?
Template:Rh | TOWeb Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No
Template:Rh | WebStorm IDE Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No ? ? Yes
Editor CSS2 CSS3 Frames Java JavaScript XSLT XHTML  MathML XForms RSS Atom XPath

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HTML/XHTML specification support

Specification HTML 3.2 HTML 4.01 HTML 5 XHTML 1.0 XHTML 1.1 Validating
Variant strict trans. f.set strict trans. f.set
Template:Rh2 | Amaya No No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Aptana ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | Arachnophilia ? ? ? ? No Yes ? ? ? Yes
Template:Rh | Bluefish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[4]
Template:Rh | BlueGriffon No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Brackets ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Claris Homepage ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Codelobster Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | CoffeeCup HTML Editor No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Contribute ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Dreamweaver Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [5] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Freeway Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Template:Rh2 | GoLive Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | HTML-Kit ? ? Yes ? No ? Yes ? ? Yes
Template:Rh | LibreOffice ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | KompoZer No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes
Template:Rh2 | Maqetta ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Expression Web No Yes Yes Yes Yes[6] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft FrontPage ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft SharePoint Designer ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Visual Web Developer ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Mozilla Composer ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | OpenOffice.org ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh | oXygenXML Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Quanta Gold ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Quanta Plus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | RocketCake ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | TOWeb No No No No Yes No No No No Yes
Template:Rh | WebStorm IDE ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Variant strict trans. f.set strict trans. f.set
Specification HTML 3.2 HTML 4.01 HTML 5 XHTML 1.0 XHTML 1.1 Validating

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. Template:Confusing section

Editor JPEG GIF PNG TIFF SVG
Template:Rh2 | Amaya Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Aptana Yes Yes Yes Yes Depends
Template:Rh | Arachnophilia ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Bluefish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | BlueGriffon Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Template:Rh | Brackets Yes Yes Yes No Yes
(via extension)[7]
Template:Rh2 | Claris Homepage Yes Yes No No No
Template:Rh | Codelobster Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | CoffeeCup HTML Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | Dreamweaver Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Freeway Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | GoLive Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Template:Rh2 | KompoZer Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh2 | Maqetta ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Expression Web Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft FrontPage[8] Yes Yes Yes ? Depends
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft SharePoint Designer Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Visual Web Developer Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | Mobirise Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Nvu Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | OpenOffice.org Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | oXygenXML Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Quanta Plus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | RocketCake Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Template:Rh | TOWeb Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | WebStorm IDE Yes Yes Yes No No
Editor JPEG GIF PNG TIFF SVG

Early HTML comparisons

The following is a comparison of early HTML editors.

Comparison of early HTML editors
Program Author or Based On Version System HTML
Compliant		 Display Forms Tables Integrated
Browser		 Cost
asWedit Andrzej Stochniol 1.1 Unix HTML 3 source Yes Yes No freeware
HoTMetaL SoftQuad 1.0+ Unix,Windows HTML 1 WYSIWYG Partial No No freeware
HoTMetaL pro SoftQuad 1 Unix, Windows, Macintosh HTML 2 WYSIWYG Yes Yes No commercial
Live Markup MediaTech 16b4a Windows HTML 2 WYSIWYG No No No commercial
Symposia GRIF 0.8 Unix HTML 2 WYSIWYG Yes Yes Yes beta
Tkhtml Liem Bahenmann 2.3 Unix No source Yes No No freeware
Phoenix University of Chicago 0.1.7 Unix No WYSIWYG No No Yes freeware
WebPages DART Software 1.7 NextStep HTML 1 WYSIWYG No No No commercial
WebMagic SiliconGraphics 1 Irix HTML 2 WYSIWYG No No No commercial
Webtor Jochen Schales .91prealpha2 Macintosh HTML2 WYSIWYG No No No freeware

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ External tools such as weblint and tidy are integrated
  5. ↑ Available with CS5 using the Adobe Dreamweaver Add-on pack available at http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/html5pack.html Template:Webarchive
  6. ↑ 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 Template:Webarchive .
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Actual amount of supported formats depend on installed converter. FrontPage uses Microsoft Office converters.
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