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

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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:Rh2 | Brackets Adobe Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh2 | Claris Homepage Claris 3.0 1998 Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | Coda Panic, Inc. Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Proprietary
Template:Rh | Codelobster Codelobster Software Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Proprietary
Template:Rh | CoffeeCup HTML Editor CoffeeCup Software Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | Contribute Adobe Systems[a] CS6.5 (8) 2012-08-23 Proprietary
Template:Rh | Dreamweaver Adobe Systems[a] Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | EZGenerator Image-Line 4.1 2012-12 Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | Freeway Softpress 7.1.3 2016-05-05 Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | GoLive Adobe Systems[b] 9.0 2007-06-01 Proprietary
Template:Rh | Google Web Designer Google, Inc. 2018-07 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 Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Office FrontPage Microsoft 11.0.8174 2003-10-21 Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft FrontPage Express Microsoft 2.0 1997 Proprietary
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft SharePoint Designer Microsoft 2007 2006-12-04 Proprietary
Template:Rh | Microsoft Visual Studio Code Microsoft Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source
Template:Rh2 | Microsoft Visual Web Developer Microsoft 2008 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 Editor[c] Syncro Soft Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Proprietary[d]
Template:Rh | RocketCake Ambiera Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata 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 Proprietary
Template:Rh | WebStorm IDE JetBrains 2025.2.1[2] 2025-08-29 Proprietary
Editor Developer Latest release License
Version Date

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  1. ^ a b Formerly Macromedia.
  2. ^ Formerly GoLive Systems.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Some components under Apache-2.0.

Operating system support

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Editor Windows macOS GNU/Linux BSD Unix iOS Android References
Template:Rh2 | Amaya Terminated 2012 Terminated 2012 Terminated 2012 Source only, terminated 2012 Source only, terminated 2012 No No [3][4]
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:Rh2 | 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: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 | KompoZer[a] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Template:Rh | LibreOffice Yes Yes Yes source only source only No No
Template:Rh2 | Maqetta Yes Yes Cloud[b] Cloud[b] 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: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 | Nvu[c] 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 | 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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  1. ^ Nvu/Kompozer can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
  2. ^ a b [Google Chrome (current release), Mozilla Firefox 4 users can edit HTML if Maqetta is running in the cloud.]
  3. ^ Nvu can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.

Editor features

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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[5] No Partial [6] No No Yes[7] Partial[8] No Yes[9] ?
Template:Rh2 | Aptana No Yes ? Yes[a] Yes No Some[b] ? 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 No[c] No ? No Yes Yes[d] No Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Brackets "Live Preview" in-browser Yes[e] No Yes No Yes[e] Yes[e] 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 | 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: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 Partial[f] Yes and SFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[g] Depends
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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  1. ^ Via plugins.
  2. ^ i.e. Snippets.
  3. ^ Via add-on.[10]
  4. ^ Via commercial proprietary add-on.[11]
  5. ^ a b c Via extension.
  6. ^ More like WYSIWYM.
  7. ^ Via XSLT to browser.

Web technology support

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Editor CSS2 CSS3 Frames Java JavaScript XSLT XHTML MathML XForms RSS Atom XPath
Template:Rh2 | Amaya[a] 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 Yes[b] ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes[c] ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh2 | 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 | 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 Yes
Template:Rh | SeaMonkey Composer Yes ? Yes No Yes No Yes Yes[d] 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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  1. ^ Not Unicode-savvy.
  2. ^ Via commercial proprietary add-on.[11]
  3. ^ Via commercial proprietary add-on.[11]
  4. ^ Rendering, but no tools.

HTML/XHTML specification support

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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[12]
Template:Rh | BlueGriffon No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Template:Rh2 | 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:Rh | Dreamweaver Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [13] 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: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[14] 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 | 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.

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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:Rh2 | Brackets Yes Yes Yes No Yes
(via extension)[15]
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[16] 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: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: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

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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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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Paul Lutus". 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Download WebStorm: The Smartest JavaScript IDE by JetBrains". JetBrains. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Amaya Binary Releases". The Amaya binary distribution is available for PC Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. Users having other architectures are expected to compile the Amaya source code.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Release History". Amaya 11.4.4 18 January 2012
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dubie, Bill; Sciuto, Dave (30 November 2006). "Amaya a win for Web coding". Seacoast online. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WebDAV Functions in Amaya". Amaya has an optional and limited support for WebDAV.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Amaya User Manual" (PDF). Amaya provides a multilingual spell checker.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Templates". www.w3.org.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Templates". web.mit.edu. It is a dynamic WYSIWYG view, in the sense that, at all times, it displays the changes you are making to the document.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bluegriffon's FireFTP ads shortcut to FTP client".
  11. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BlueGriffon". www.bluegriffon.com.
  12. ^ External tools such as weblint and tidy are integrated
  13. ^ Available with CS5 using the Adobe Dreamweaver Add-on pack available at http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/html5pack.html Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  14. ^ 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 Script error: No such module "webarchive". .
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."peterflynn/svg-preview". April 1, 2019 – via GitHub.
  16. ^ Actual amount of supported formats depend on installed converter. FrontPage uses Microsoft Office converters.

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