Comparison of HTML editors

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

This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up to date. Please see the individual products' articles for further information, and comparison of text editors for information on text editors, many of which have features to assist with writing HTML.

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General information [edit]

Editor Version Creator Cost (USD) Software license Website
Amaya 11.4.4 (January 18, 2012) W3C, INRIA Free W3C [1]
Aptana 3.0.9 (February 2, 2012) Aptana Free APL/GPL [2]
Arachnophilia 5.5, build 2705 (August 24, 2012) Paul Lutus [1] Free Careware[3] [4]
Bluefish 2.2.4 (February 12, 2013) Bluefish Free GPL [5]
BlueGriffon 1.6.2 (February 28, 2013) Disruptive Innovations Template:Free - paid addons MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 [6]
Claris Homepage (Discontinued) 3.0 (1998) Claris Proprietary ?
Coda 2 (2012) Panic, Inc. US $99 Proprietary [7]
CoffeeCup HTML Editor 2010SE (August 4, 2010) CoffeeCup Software US $49 Proprietary [8]
Contribute CS5.5 (7) Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) US $199 Proprietary [9]
Dreamweaver CS6 (12.0) 22 April 2012 Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) US $399 Proprietary [10]
EZGenerator 3.0 Image-Line US $129 Proprietary [11]
Freeway 5.4.2 (November 2009) Softpress US $79(Express)/US $249(Pro) Proprietary [12]
GoLive (Discontinued) 9.0 (June 1, 2007) Adobe Systems (formerly GoLive Systems) US $399 Proprietary [13]
HTML Egg 5.10 (April, 2013) htmlegg.com US $15.99 Proprietary [14]
HTML-Kit 292 Chami.com Free ($79 optional registration) Proprietary [15]
KompoZer 0.7.10/0.8b3 (August 30, 2007/ March 1, 2010) Kaze Free MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 [16]
Maqetta Preview 5 (March 28, 2012) IBM Free BSD or AFL [17]
Microsoft Expression Web (Discontinued) 4.0.1460.0 (December 20, 2012) Microsoft Free Proprietary [18]
Microsoft FrontPage (Discontinued) 2003 (October 21, 2003) Microsoft US $199 Proprietary [19]
Microsoft FrontPage Express (Discontinued) Microsoft Free Proprietary
Web Architect 6.9.1 (July 25, 2012) mirabyte US $69 Proprietary [20]
Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 (December 4, 2006) Microsoft Free Proprietary [21]
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Microsoft Free Proprietary [22]
Mozilla Composer (Discontinued) 1.7.13 (April 21, 2006) Mozilla Foundation Free MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 [23]
Nvu (Discontinued) 1.0 (June 28, 2005) Linspire / Daniel Glazman Free MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 [24]
OpenBEXI 4.1 (July, 2012) Arcazj Free GPL [25]
OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 (January 25, 2011) Oracle Corporation (formerly Sun Microsystems) Free GPL [26]
Quanta Plus 3.5.9 (February 20, 2008) The Quanta Team Free GPL [27]
RapidWeaver 5.2.2 (March 27, 2012) Realmac Software US $79 Proprietary [28]
SeaMonkey Composer 2.16 (February 21, 2013) SeaMonkey Council Free MPL [29]
WebStorm IDE 5.0.2 (Oct 1, 2012) WebStorm IDE US $49 Proprietary [30]
Editor Version Creator Cost (USD) Software license Website

Operating system support [edit]

Editor Windows Mac OS X Mac OS 9 Linux BSD Unix iOS Android
Amaya Yes Yes No Yes source only source only No No
Aptana Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No
Arachnophilia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Bluefish Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
BlueGriffon Yes Yes No Yes No No No No
Claris Homepage Terminated (3.0) No Terminated (3.0) No No No No No
CoffeeCup HTML Editor Yes Yes No No No No No No
Contribute Yes Yes No No No No No No
Dreamweaver Yes Yes Dropped No No No No No
EZGenerator Yes No No No No No No No
Freeway No Yes Dropped No No No No No
GoLive Terminated (9.0) Terminated (9.0) Dropped (6.0) No No No No No
HTML Egg No No No No No No Yes[2] Yes[3]
HTML-Kit Yes No No No No No No No
KompoZer [4] Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No
Maqetta Yes Yes No Cloud[5] Cloud[5] No No No
Microsoft Expression Web Yes No No No No No No No
Microsoft FrontPage Terminated (2003) No Dropped (1998)[6] No No No No No
Microsoft SharePoint Designer Yes No No No No No No No
Microsoft Visual Web Developer Yes No No No No No No No
Web Architect Yes No No No No No No No
Mozilla Composer Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) Dropped (1.2.1) Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) No No
Nvu [7] Terminated (1.0) Terminated (1.0) No Terminated (1.0) Terminated (1.0) No No No
OpenBEXI Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No
OpenOffice.org Yes Yes No Yes source only source only No No
Quanta Gold (deprecated) Yes Yes No Yes No No No No
Quanta Plus No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
RapidWeaver No Yes No No No No No No
SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
WebStorm IDE Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Editor Windows Mac OS X Mac OS 9 Linux BSD Unix iOS Android

Editor features [edit]

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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
Amaya Yes No Yes No No Yes Partial[8] No Yes ?
Aptana No Yes ? Yes (via plugins) Yes No Some (i.e. Snippets) ? Yes ?
Arachnophilia No ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Bluefish No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
BlueGriffon Yes Yes
(via add-on)[9]		 No ? No Yes Yes No Yes ?
Claris Homepage Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
CoffeeCup HTML Editor No Yes ? No No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Dreamweaver Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
EZGenerator Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Freeway Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
GoLive Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
HTML Egg Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
(via add-on)[10]
HTML-Kit No Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
KompoZer Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
Maqetta Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? Yes  ?
Microsoft Expression Web Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Microsoft FrontPage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Microsoft SharePoint Designer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Microsoft Visual Web Developer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Web Architect No Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Nvu Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
OpenBEXI Yes Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
OpenOffice.org Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ?
Quanta Plus Yes Yes No (cvs instead) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
RapidWeaver Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes ?
Editor WYSIWYG FTP Upload WebDAV Upload Server-side scripting Shared editing Spell checking Templates Templates Update Sync Page Preview Form Handler

Web technology support [edit]

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Editor CSS2 Frames Java JavaScript XSLT XHTML MathML XForms RSS Atom XPath
Amaya[11] Partial No No No No Yes Yes No No No ?
Aptana Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No
Arachnophilia Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Bluefish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
BlueGriffon Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes
(via add-on)[12]		 ? ? ? ?
Claris Homepage Partial Yes No Yes No No No No No No No
CoffeeCup HTML Editor Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No
Dreamweaver Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes[31] Yes ? Yes
Freeway Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No
GoLive Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No
HTML-Kit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
KompoZer Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No
Maqetta Yes  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Microsoft Expression Web Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft FrontPage Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Microsoft SharePoint Designer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Visual Web Developer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Nvu Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No No No
OpenBEXI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No
OpenOffice.org Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quanta Plus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes
RapidWeaver Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No
SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No ?
Web Architect Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes ?
WebStorm IDE Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No ? ? Yes
Editor CSS2 Frames Java JavaScript XSLT XHTML  MathML XForms RSS Atom XPath

HTML/XHTML specification support [edit]

Specification HTML 3.2 HTML 4.0 HTML 4.01 HTML 5 XHTML 1.0 XHTML 1.1 Validating
Variant strict trans. f.set strict trans. f.set strict trans. f.set
Amaya No No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Aptana ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Arachnophilia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No Yes ? ? ? Yes
Bluefish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[13]
BlueGriffon No No No No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Claris Homepage ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
CoffeeCup HTML Editor No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Contribute ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Dreamweaver Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes [14] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Freeway Yes No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes
GoLive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
HTML-Kit ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? No ? Yes ? ? Yes
KompoZer No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes
Maqetta ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Microsoft Expression Web No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes[15] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft FrontPage ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Microsoft SharePoint Designer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Microsoft Visual Web Developer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Mozilla Composer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
OpenBEXI ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
OpenOffice.org ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quanta Gold ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Quanta Plus ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
RapidWeaver ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SeaMonkey Composer ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Web Architect Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[16]
WebStorm IDE ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Variant strict trans. f.set strict trans. f.set strict trans. f.set
Specification HTML 3.2 HTML 4.0 HTML 4.01 HTML 5 XHTML 1.0 XHTML 1.1 Validating

Image format support [edit]

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Editor JPEG GIF PNG MNG APNG TIFF SVG
Amaya Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes
Aptana Yes Yes Yes No
(coming soon)		 ? Yes Depends
Arachnophilia ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Bluefish Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes
BlueGriffon Yes Yes Yes No Yes
(presumed)
 ? Yes
Claris Homepage Yes Yes No No ? No No
CoffeeCup HTML Editor Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes No
Dreamweaver Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes
Freeway Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes
GoLive Yes Yes Yes No ? No Yes
HTML Egg Yes Depends Yes No ? No No
KompoZer Yes Yes Yes No ? No No
Maqetta ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Microsoft Expression Web Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes No
Microsoft FrontPage[17] Yes Yes Yes Depends ? Yes? Depends
Microsoft SharePoint Designer Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes No
Microsoft Visual Web Developer Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes No
Nvu Yes Yes Yes No ? No No
OpenBEXI Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes
OpenOffice ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quanta Plus Yes Yes Yes No
(next version)		 ? Yes Yes
RapidWeaver Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes No
SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes Yes No ? No No
Web Architect Yes Yes Yes Depends ? Yes Depends
WebStorm IDE Yes Yes Yes No ? No No
Editor JPEG GIF PNG MNG APNG TIFF SVG

See also [edit]

Comparison of early HTML editors

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Paul Lutus". 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-02-16. 
  2. ^ "HTML Egg on App Store". Apple. Retrieved 2011-07-14. 
  3. ^ "HTML Egg on Google Play". Google. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 
  4. ^ Nvu/Kompozer can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
  5. ^ a b [Google Chrome (current release), Mozilla Firefox 4 users can edit HTML if Maquetta is running in the cloud.]
  6. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions About FrontPage". Microsoft. Retrieved 2006-12-12. 
  7. ^ Nvu can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
  8. ^ Amaya homepage on templates
  9. ^ FireFtp for BlueGriffon
  10. ^ Integrating Touch Forms with HTML Egg
  11. ^ not Unicode-savvy
  12. ^ BlueGriffon homepage includes MathML add-on information
  13. ^ External tools such as weblint and tidy are integrated
  14. ^ Available with CS5 using the Adobe Dreamweaver Add-on pack available at http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/html5pack.html
  15. ^ 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 .
  16. ^ External tools such as W3C validator services and tidy are integrated
  17. ^ Actual amount of supported formats depend on installed converter. FrontPage uses Microsoft Office converters.

External links [edit]
Open source
Scintilla-based
Freeware
Commercial software
Discontinued
Web-based
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