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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.

General information

Editor Version Creator Cost (USD) Software license Website
Amaya 11.2 (July 3 2009) W3C, INRIA Free W3C [1]
Aptana 2.0.2 Aptana Free APL/GPL [2]
BestAddress HTML Editor 2008 (13.0) Multimedia Australia Non-free US $54.95 Proprietary [3]
Arachnophilia 5.3, build 2198 Paul Lutus Free Proprietary [4]
Bluefish 1.0.7 Bluefish Free GPL [5]
Claris Homepage (Discontinued) 3.0 Claris Non-free ? Proprietary ?
CoffeeCup HTML Editor 2008 CoffeeCup Software Non-free US $49 Proprietary [6]
Contribute CS4 (6) Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) Non-free US $149 Proprietary [7]
Dreamweaver CS4 (10.0) Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) Non-free US $399 Proprietary [8]
Evrsoft First Page 2006 Evrsoft Non-free US $59.95 Proprietary [9]
Freeway 2008 SoftPress Non-free US $50 Proprietary [10]
GNU Emacs 22.3 FSF Free GPL [11]
GoLive (Discontinued) 9.0 Adobe Systems (formerly GoLive Systems) Non-free US $399 Proprietary [12]
HTML-Kit 292 Chami.com Free ($79 optional registration) Proprietary [13]
KompoZer 0.7.10; 2007 Kaze Free MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 [14]
Microsoft Expression Web 3.0 Microsoft Non-free US $299 Proprietary [15]
Microsoft FrontPage (Discontinued) 2003 Microsoft Non-free US $199 Proprietary [16]
Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 Microsoft Free Proprietary [17]
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Microsoft Free Proprietary [18]
Mozilla Composer (Discontinued) 1.7.13 Mozilla Foundation Free MPL/GPL/LGPL [19]
Nvu (Discontinued) 1.0 Daniel Glazman Free MPL/GPL/LGPL [20]
Girasol Editor 1.3 PsiqueWare Free GNU [21]
OpenOffice.org 3.1 Sun Microsystems Free GPL [22]
Quanta Plus 3.5.9 The Quanta Team Free GPL [23]
RapidWeaver 4.2 Realmac Software Non-free US $79 Proprietary [24]
SeaMonkey Composer 1.1.17 SeaMonkey Council Free MPL/GPL/LGPL [25]
Editor Version Creator Cost (USD) Software license Website

Operating system support

Editor Windows Mac OS X Mac OS 9 Linux BSD Unix
Amaya Yes Yes No Yes source only source only
Aptana Yes Yes No Yes No No
Arachnophilia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
BestAddress HTML Editor Yes No No No No No
Bluefish Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Claris Homepage Terminated (3.0) No Terminated (3.0) No No No
CoffeeCup HTML Editor Yes No No No No No
Contribute Yes Yes No No No No
Dreamweaver Yes Yes Dropped Partial (Wine) No No
Evrsoft First Page Yes No No No No No
Freeway No Yes Dropped No No No
GNU Emacs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GoLive Terminated (9.0) Terminated (9.0) Dropped (6.0) No No No
HTML-Kit Yes No No No No No
KompoZer [1] Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Microsoft Expression Web Yes No No No No No
Microsoft FrontPage Terminated (2003) No Dropped (1998)[2] No No No
Microsoft SharePoint Designer Yes No No No No No
Microsoft Visual Web Developer Yes 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)
Nvu [3] Terminated (1.0) Terminated (1.0) No Terminated (1.0) Terminated (1.0) No
Girasol Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
OpenOffice.org Yes Yes No Yes source only source only
Quanta Gold Yes Yes No Yes No No
Quanta Plus No No No Yes Yes Yes
RapidWeaver No Yes No No No No
SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Editor Windows Mac OS X Mac OS 9 Linux BSD Unix

Editor features

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[4] No ?
Aptana No Yes ? Yes (via plugins) Yes No Some (i.e. Snippets) ? Yes
Arachnophilia No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BestAddress HTML Editor Yes Yes ? No No Yes Yes ? Yes
Bluefish No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Claris Homepage Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes
CoffeeCup HTML Editor Yes Yes ? No No Yes Yes ? Yes
Dreamweaver Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Evrsoft First Page No Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes ? ?
Freeway Yes Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes ? ?
Girasol Editor Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
GNU Emacs No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[5] ? Yes
GoLive Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes
HTML-Kit Yes Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes
KompoZer Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes
Microsoft Expression Web 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
Nvu Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No 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 ?
Editor WYSIWYG FTP Upload WebDAV Upload Server-side scripting Shared editing Spell checking Templates Templates Update Sync Page Preview

Web technology support

Editor CSS2 Frames Java JavaScript XSLT XHTML Template:Refun MathML XForms RSS Atom XPath
Amaya[6] Partial No No No No Yes Yes No No No ?
Aptana Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No
Arachnophilia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BestAddress HTML Editor Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No No
Bluefish ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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 ? Yes
Evrsoft First Page Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Freeway Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
GNU Emacs Yes Yes Yes[7] Yes[8] Yes Yes[9][10] Yes ? ? ? ?
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
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
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 ?
Editor CSS2 Frames Java JavaScript XSLT XHTML Template:Refun MathML XForms RSS Atom XPath

Image format support

Editor JPEG GIF PNG MNG TIFF SVG
Amaya Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Aptana Yes Yes Yes No (coming soon) Yes Depends
Arachnophilia ? ? ? ? ? ?
BestAddress HTML Editor Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Bluefish ? ? ? ? ? ?
Claris Homepage Yes Yes No No No No
CoffeeCup HTML Editor Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Dreamweaver Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Evrsoft First Page Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Freeway Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Girasol Editor Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
GNU Emacs Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
GoLive Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
KompoZer Yes Yes Yes No No No
Microsoft Expression Web Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Microsoft FrontPage[11] 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
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
Editor JPEG GIF PNG MNG TIFF SVG

References

  1. ^ Nvu/Kompozer can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
  2. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions About FrontPage". Microsoft. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
  3. ^ Nvu can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
  4. ^ Amaya homepage on templates
  5. ^ Yasnippet
  6. ^ not Unicode-savvy
  7. ^ JDEE for Emacs
  8. ^ Various Javascript modules for Emacs
  9. ^ Emacs nXml for XML
  10. ^ Emacs nXhtml for XHTML, php etc
  11. ^ Actual amount of supported formats depend on installed converter. FrontPage uses Microsoft Office converters.

See also

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