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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

Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

Editor Developer Latest release License
Version Date
Amaya W3C, INRIA W3C
Apache OpenOffice Apache Foundation MPL/Apache-2.0/others
Aptana Studio Aptana 3.7.2 2018-07-30 GPL
Arachnophilia Paul Lutus [1] GPL-2.0-or-later
Atom GitHub MIT
Bluefish Bluefish open source community GPL-3.0-or-later
BlueGriffon Disruptive Innovations MPL-2.0
Brackets Adobe MIT
Claris Homepage Claris 3.0 1998 Proprietary
Coda Panic, Inc. Proprietary
Codelobster Codelobster Software Proprietary
CoffeeCup HTML Editor CoffeeCup Software Proprietary
Contribute Adobe Systems[lower-alpha 1] CS6.5 (8) 2012-08-23 Proprietary
Dreamweaver Adobe Systems[lower-alpha 1] Proprietary
EZGenerator Image-Line 4.1 2012-12 Proprietary
Freeway Softpress 7.1.3 2016-05-05 Proprietary
GoLive Adobe Systems[lower-alpha 2] 9.0 2007-06-01 Proprietary
Google Web Designer Google, Inc. 2018-07 Proprietary
KompoZer Kaze MPL-1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
LibreOffice The Document Foundation MPL-2.0/Apache-2.0/others
Maqetta IBM BSD-3-Clause or AFL-2.1
Microsoft Expression Web Microsoft 4.0.1460.0 2012-12-20 Proprietary
Microsoft Office FrontPage Microsoft 11.0.8174 2003-10-21 Proprietary
Microsoft FrontPage Express Microsoft 2.0 1997 Proprietary
Microsoft SharePoint Designer Microsoft 2007 2006-12-04 Proprietary
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Microsoft MIT
Microsoft Visual Web Developer Microsoft 2008 Proprietary
Mozilla Composer Mozilla Foundation MPL-1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
Nvu Linspire / Daniel Glazman MPL-1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
OpenOffice.org Sun Microsystems (1999–2009)
Oracle Corporation (2010–2011) 		LGPL-3.0[2]
oXygenXML Editor[lower-alpha 3] Syncro Soft Proprietary[lower-alpha 4]
RocketCake Ambiera Proprietary
SeaMonkey Composer SeaMonkey Council MPL-2.0
TextMate Macromates GPL-3.0-or-later
TOWeb Lauyan Software Proprietary
WebStorm IDE JetBrains 2025.2.1[3] 2025-08-29 Proprietary
Editor Developer Latest release License
Version Date
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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

Editor Windows macOS GNU/Linux BSD Unix iOS Android References
Amaya Terminated 2012 Terminated 2012 Terminated 2012 Source only, terminated 2012 Source only, terminated 2012 No No [4][5]
Aptana Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Arachnophilia Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Atom Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Bluefish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
BlueGriffon Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Brackets Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Claris Homepage Terminated (3.0) No No No No No No
Codelobster Yes No No No No No No
CoffeeCup HTML Editor Yes Yes No No No No No
Contribute Yes Yes No No No No No
Dreamweaver Yes Yes No No No No No
EZGenerator Yes No No No No No No
Freeway No Yes No No No No No
GoLive Terminated (9.0) Terminated (9.0) No No No No No
KompoZer[lower-alpha 1] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
LibreOffice Yes Yes Yes source only source only No No
Maqetta Yes Yes Cloud[lower-alpha 2] Cloud[lower-alpha 2] No No No
Microsoft Expression Web Yes No No No No No No
Microsoft FrontPage Terminated (2003) No No No No No No
Microsoft SharePoint Designer Yes No No No No No No
Microsoft Visual Web Developer Yes No No No No No No
Mozilla Composer Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) No No
Nvu[lower-alpha 3] Terminated (1.0) Terminated (1.0) Terminated (1.0) Terminated (1.0) No No No
OpenOffice.org Yes Yes Yes source only source only No No
oXygenXML Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
TOWeb Yes No No No No No No
WebStorm IDE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Editor Windows macOS GNU/Linux BSD Unix iOS Android
  1. ↑ Nvu/Kompozer can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 [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

Editor WYSIWYG FTP Upload WebDAV Upload Server-side scripting Shared editing Spell checking Templates Templates Update Sync Page Preview Form Handler
Amaya Yes[6] No Partial [7] No No Yes[8] Partial[9] No Yes[10] ?
Aptana No Yes ? Yes[lower-alpha 1] Yes No Some[lower-alpha 2] ? Yes ?
Arachnophilia No ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Bluefish No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
BlueGriffon Yes No[lower-alpha 3] No ? No Yes Yes[lower-alpha 4] No Yes ?
Brackets "Live Preview" in-browser Yes[lower-alpha 5] No Yes No Yes[lower-alpha 5] Yes[lower-alpha 5] No Yes ?
Claris Homepage Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
Codelobster No Yes No Yes No No Yes ? 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 Yes
GoLive Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
KompoZer Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
LibreOffice Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? 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 ?
Nvu Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
OpenOffice.org Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
oXygenXML Editor Partial[lower-alpha 6] Yes and SFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[lower-alpha 7] Depends
SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes ?
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
  1. ↑ Via plugins.
  2. ↑ i.e. Snippets.
  3. ↑ Via add-on.[11]
  4. ↑ Via commercial proprietary add-on.[12]
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Via extension.
  6. ↑ More like WYSIWYM.
  7. ↑ Via XSLT to browser.

Web technology support

Editor CSS2 CSS3 Frames Java JavaScript XSLT XHTML MathML XForms RSS Atom XPath
Amaya[lower-alpha 1] 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 Yes
BlueGriffon Yes[lower-alpha 2] ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes[lower-alpha 3] ? ? ? ?
Brackets Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes Yes ?
Claris Homepage Partial ? Yes No Yes No No No No No No No
Codelobster Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes 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[1] 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
KompoZer Yes ? No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No
LibreOffice Yes ? Yes Yes (optional) Yes (and Python) Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Maqetta Yes ? ? No 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
OpenOffice.org Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
oXygenXML Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SeaMonkey Composer Yes ? Yes No Yes No Yes Yes[lower-alpha 4] No No No ?
TOWeb Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No
WebStorm IDE Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No ? ? Yes
Editor CSS2 CSS3 Frames Java JavaScript XSLT XHTML  MathML XForms RSS Atom XPath
  1. ↑ Not Unicode-savvy.
  2. ↑ Via commercial proprietary add-on.[12]
  3. ↑ Via commercial proprietary add-on.[12]
  4. ↑ Rendering, but no tools.

HTML/XHTML specification support

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
Amaya 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[13]
BlueGriffon No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Brackets ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Claris Homepage ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Codelobster Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CoffeeCup HTML Editor No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dreamweaver Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [14] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Freeway Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
GoLive Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
LibreOffice ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
KompoZer No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes
Maqetta ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Microsoft Expression Web 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 ? ? ? ? ?
OpenOffice.org ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
oXygenXML Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
TOWeb No No No No Yes No No No No Yes
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.

Editor JPEG GIF PNG TIFF SVG
Amaya Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Aptana Yes Yes Yes Yes Depends
Arachnophilia ? ? ? ? ?
Bluefish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
BlueGriffon Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Brackets Yes Yes Yes No Yes
(via extension)[16]
Claris Homepage Yes Yes No No No
Codelobster Yes Yes Yes No No
CoffeeCup HTML Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Dreamweaver Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Freeway Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GoLive Yes Yes Yes No Yes
KompoZer Yes Yes Yes No No
Maqetta ? ? ? ? ?
Microsoft Expression Web Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Microsoft FrontPage[17] Yes Yes Yes ? Depends
Microsoft SharePoint Designer Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Microsoft Visual Web Developer Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Nvu Yes Yes Yes No No
OpenOffice.org Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
oXygenXML Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes Yes No Yes
TOWeb Yes Yes Yes No No
WebStorm IDE Yes Yes Yes No No
Editor JPEG GIF PNG TIFF SVG

Early HTML comparisons

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

  1. ↑ "Paul Lutus". 2013-02-15. http://arachnoid.com/administration. 
  2. ↑ "Licenses". Apache Software Foundation. http://www.openoffice.org/license.html. 
  3. ↑ "Download WebStorm: The Smartest JavaScript IDE by JetBrains" (in en). https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/download/. 
  4. ↑ "Amaya Binary Releases". https://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/BinDist.html. "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." 
  5. ↑ "Release History". https://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/New.html. "Amaya 11.4.4 18 January 2012" 
  6. ↑ Dubie, Bill; Sciuto, Dave (30 November 2006). "Amaya a win for Web coding". Seacoast online. http://archive.seacoastonline.com/news/11302006/business-b-11.30_shareware.html. 
  7. ↑ "WebDAV Functions in Amaya". https://dev.w3.org/Amaya/doc/WX/WebDAV.html. "Amaya has an optional and limited support for WebDAV." 
  8. ↑ "Amaya User Manual". https://www.w3.org/Amaya/Distribution/manual.pdf. "Amaya provides a multilingual spell checker." 
  9. ↑ "Templates". https://www.w3.org/Amaya/Templates/Overview.html. 
  10. ↑ "Templates". https://web.mit.edu/outland/share/lib/amaya/doc/amaya/Manual.html#L932. "It is a dynamic WYSIWYG view, in the sense that, at all times, it displays the changes you are making to the document." 
  11. ↑ "Bluegriffon's FireFTP ads shortcut to FTP client". http://bluegriffon.org/post/2011/04/27/FireFtp-for-BlueGriffon. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "BlueGriffon". http://www.bluegriffon.com/index.html. 
  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. ↑ "peterflynn/svg-preview". April 1, 2019. https://github.com/peterflynn/svg-preview. 
  17. ↑ Actual amount of supported formats depend on installed converter. FrontPage uses Microsoft Office converters.



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