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.
General information
Editor | Version | Creator | Cost (USD) | Software license | Website |
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Amaya | 11.3.1 (December 9, 2009) | W3C, INRIA | Free | W3C | [1] |
Aptana | 2.0.2 (November 1, 2009) | Aptana | Free | APL/GPL | [2] |
BestAddress HTML Editor | 2009 (15.0) | Multimedia Australia | Non-free US $54.95 | Proprietary | [3] |
Arachnophilia | 5.4.2411 (October 26,2009) | Paul Lutus | Free | Proprietary | [4] |
Bluefish | 1.0.7/2.0.0-rc1
(October 30, 2006/December 23, 2009) |
Bluefish | Free | GPL | [5] |
Claris Homepage (Discontinued) | 3.0 (1998) | Claris | Non-free ? | Proprietary | ? |
CoffeeCup HTML Editor | 20089 (August 24, 2009) | 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 | 5.4.2 (November 2009) | Softpress | Non-free US $79(Express)/$249(Pro) | Proprietary | [10] |
GoLive (Discontinued) | 9.0 (June 1, 2007) | Adobe Systems (formerly GoLive Systems) | Non-free US $399 | Proprietary | [11] |
HTML-Kit | 292 | Chami.com | Free ($79 optional registration) | Proprietary | [12] |
KompoZer | 0.7.10/0.8b1 (August 30, 2007/ October 12, 2009) | Kaze | Free | MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 | [13] |
Microsoft Expression Web | 3.0.1762.0 (July 20, 2009) | Microsoft | Non-free US $149 | Proprietary | [14] |
Microsoft FrontPage (Discontinued) | 2003 (October 21, 2003) | Microsoft | Non-free US $199 | Proprietary | [15] |
Microsoft SharePoint Designer | 2007 (December 4, 2006) | Microsoft | Free | Proprietary | [16] |
Microsoft Visual Web Developer | 2008 | Microsoft | Free | Proprietary | [17] |
mirabyte Web Architect | 9.0.4 (February, 2010) | mirabyte | Non-free US $69 | Proprietary | [18] |
Mozilla Composer (Discontinued) | 1.7.13 (April 21, 2006) | Mozilla Foundation | Free | MPL/GPL/LGPL | [19] |
Nvu (Discontinued) | 1.0 (June 28, 2005) | Daniel Glazman | Free | MPL/GPL/LGPL | [20] |
Girasol Editor | 1.3 | PsiqueWare | Free | GNU | [21] |
OpenOffice.org | 3.2 (February 11, 2010) | Sun Microsystems | Free | GPL | [22] |
Quanta Plus | 3.5.9 (February 20, 2008) | The Quanta Team | Free | GPL | [23] |
RapidWeaver | 4.3.1 (November 18, 2009) | Realmac Software | Non-free US $79 | Proprietary | [24] |
SeaMonkey Composer | 2.0.2 (January 11, 2010) | SeaMonkey Council | Free | MPL/GPL/LGPL | [25] |
Editor | Version | Creator | Cost (USD) | Software license | Website |
Operating system support
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Editor | Windows | Mac OS X | Mac OS 9 | Linux | BSD | Unix |
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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 |
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
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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 |
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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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | |
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 | ? | Yes | |
Freeway | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | |
Girasol Editor | 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
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Editor | CSS2 | Frames | Java | JavaScript | XSLT | XHTML | MathML | XForms | RSS | Atom | XPath |
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Amaya[5] | 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 | 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 |
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 | MathML | XForms | RSS | Atom | XPath |
HTML Specification support
Specification | HTML 3.2 | HTML 4.0 | HTML 4.01 | HTML 5 | XHTML 1.0 | XHTML 1.1 | XHTML 2.0 | XHTML 5 | 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 | No | No | Yes |
Aptana | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Arachnophilia | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
BestAddress HTML Editor | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Bluefish | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Claris Homepage | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
CoffeeCup HTML Editor | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Contribute | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Dreamweaver | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Evrsoft First Page | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Freeway | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
GoLive | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
HTML-Kit | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
KompoZer | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Microsoft Expression Web | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Microsoft FrontPage | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Microsoft SharePoint Designer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Microsoft Visual Web Developer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Mozilla Composer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Girasol Editor | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
OpenOffice.org | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Quanta Gold | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Quanta Plus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
RapidWeaver | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SeaMonkey Composer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Image format support
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Editor | JPEG | GIF | PNG | MNG | APNG | TIFF | SVG |
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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 | Yes |
Girasol Editor | 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[6] | 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 | APNG | TIFF | SVG |
References
- ^ Nvu/Kompozer can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions About FrontPage". Microsoft. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
- ^ Nvu can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
- ^ Amaya homepage on templates
- ^ not Unicode-savvy
- ^ Actual amount of supported formats depend on installed converter. FrontPage uses Microsoft Office converters.
See also
- HTML editor
- List of HTML editors
- Comparison of text editors
- Comparison of word processors
- Website builder
- mw:WYSIWYG editor - WYSIWYG editing and software for MediaWiki and some wiki farms.