Comparison of XML editors
This is a list of XML editors. Note that any text editor can be used to edit XML, so this page only lists software programs that specialize in this task. Text editors that merely do simple syntax coloring or expanding/collapsing of nodes are not included.
| Name | Version | Software license | Active | Type | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | Textual editor? | Tree View editor? | Graphical editor? | WYSIWYG editors? | Syntax highlighting for (XML,XSD,XSL,XSLT,...) | Tag Folding | Intellisense/Autocompletion (using schema.xsd for text) | Full-featured free trial period | Price for commercial version (exc. VAT) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbortext Editor | 6.0 | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | £515.00 |
| XmlGrid.net | 2013 | Free Browser-based | Yes | Web-app | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | — | ? |
| FOXE Firstobject Free SuperFast XML Editor | 2011 | Proprietary | ? | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | — | —[1] |
| CAM XML Editor | 2012 | Open Source | Yes | Standalone | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | ? |
| EditiX XML Editor | 2013 | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $79 |
| emacs/ nxml-mode |
current | GNU GPL | ? | Emacs mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Essential XML Editor | 1.6.4 | Proprietary (old version open source) | Yes | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | DTD validation only: free; plugin support for Relax NG and Schema: 8.40 Euro |
| Jedit XML Plugin | 2.8.3 (2012) | GNU GPL | Yes | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Liquid XML Studio | 11.0.8.4549 (2013) | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone + Visual Studio Plugin | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Starts at US$99 + Educational Discounts |
| Oxygen XML Editor | 14.2 (2013) | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone[2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Template:Starts at $349. Academic version at $99 |
| Quark XML Author | 3 | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Rinzo | 1.1.2 | GNU LGPL | Yes | Eclipse Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes[3] | ? | ? |
| Serna XML Editor | 4.4 (2011) | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $749 |
| Stylus Studio XML IDE | X14 (2012) | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $840.95 |
| Xerlin | 1.3 (2005) | Open Source | No | Standalone | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XMetaL | 7.0 | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XMLmind XML Editor | 5.6 (2013) | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | $330 |
| XML Notepad | 2.5 (2007) | Microsoft Public License | No | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XMLSeed XSD/XML Editor | 1.5.10.18 | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | 30 | 41 EUR |
| XMLSpy | 2013 | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone Eclipse Plugin |
Yes | No[4] | Yes[4][5] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 30 | 399 EUR |
| XMLBlueprint XML editor | 2013 | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| XML Copy Editor | 1.2.0.9 (2012) | GNU GPL | Yes | Standalone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Xmplify XML Editor for Mac | 1.3.4 (2013) | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone | No | Yes | No | Yes | Read-only Tree View | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | $59 incl VAT ($39 incl VAT for Educational users) |
| XML ValidatorBuddy | 4.3 (2013) | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | $39 |
| XML Marker | 2.2 (2013) | Proprietary | Yes | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | $125 |
| XTrans | 1.8 | GNU GPL | No | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Additional XML development tools, including a parser and scripting language, are available starting at $249
- ^ Older Eclipse plugin versions work in current (Indigo) Eclipse.
- ^ By DTD/XSD or already written elements if DTD/XSD isn't present. Also proposes Java elements.
- ^ a b Plugin version
- ^ Wine supported
External links
- XML Editors at Curlie
- List of editors from xml.com
- Publicly Available Software for SGML/XML/DSSSL, Cover Pages
- Rinzo Source Forge page
- XML Copy Editor Source Forge Page
- Serna XML Editor - GPL open source Link
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