Comparison of HTML editors

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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of (purportedly) WYSIWYG HTML editors. 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. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.

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[edit] General information

Editor Version Creator Cost (USD) Software license Website
Amaya 9.55 W3C, INRIA Free W3C [1]
Aptana 1.0.0 build 3242 Aptana free basic edition/$100 professional edition APL/GPL [2]
Arachnophilia 5.3, build 2198 Paul Lutus Free CareWare [3]
Blaze Composer 3.0 Nikhil Baliga Free Closed source [4]
Bluefish 1.0.7 Bluefish Free GPL [5]
CoffeeCup HTML Editor 2007 CoffeeCup Software US $49 Closed source [6]
Contribute 4 Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) US $149 Closed source [7]
Dreamweaver CS3 (9.0) Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) US $399 Closed source [8]
Evrsoft First Page 2006 Evrsoft US $59.95 Closed source [9]

FrontPage (Discontinued)

 2003 Microsoft US $199 Closed source [10]

Freeway

 2008 SoftPress US $50 Closed source [11]

GoLive (Discontinued)

 9.0 Adobe Systems (formerly GoLive Systems) US $399 Closed source [12]
HomeSite 5.5 Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) EUR €123 USD $99 Adobe Acrobat License [13]
HTML-Kit 292 Chami.com free to use/$79 optional registration Closed source [14]
KompoZer 0.7.10 Kaze Free MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 [15]
Microsoft Expression Web 2006 Microsoft US $299 Closed source [16]
Mozilla Composer (Discontinued) 1.7.13 Mozilla Foundation Free MPL/GPL/LGPL [17]
Nvu (Discontinued) 1.0 Daniel Glazman Free MPL/GPL/LGPL [18]
OPEN BEXI HTML BUILDER 2.0 arcazj Free GPL [19]
Quanta Plus 3.5.6 The Quanta Team Free GPL [20]
RapidWeaver 3.5.1 Realmac Software US $39.95 Closed source [21]
SeaMonkey Composer 1.1.5 SeaMonkey Council Free MPL/GPL/LGPL [22]
Serif WebPlus 10 Serif US $79.99 Closed source [23]
TrellianWebPage  ? Trellian Free Closed source [24]
Virtual Mechanics SiteSpinner 2.7 Virtual Mechanics US $49.00 Closed source [25]
WebCreator 4 Lmsoft US $49.95 Closed source [26]
Website X5 7.0.7 Incomedia EUR €59.95 (VAT excluded) Closed source [27]
Web Studio 4.0, build 429 Back To The Beach Software US $149.99 Closed source [28]

[edit] Operating system support

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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
Blaze Composer Yes No No 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 Yes Yes No No No No
GoLive Yes Yes Dropped No No No
HTML-Kit Yes No No No No No
Kompozer [1] Yes Yes No Yes Yes 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)
Microsoft Expression Web Yes No No No No No
Microsoft FrontPage Terminated (2003) No No[2] Partial (Wine) No No
Nvu [3] Yes Yes No? Yes Yes No
Quanta Plus No No No Yes Yes ?
SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
SiteSpinner Yes No No No No No
WebCreator Yes No No No No No
Web Studio Yes No No No No No

[edit] Editor features

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Editor FTP Upload WebDAV Upload Server-side scripting Shared editing Spell checking Templates Page Preview
Amaya No ? No No Yes Partial[4] ?
Aptana Yes ? Yes (via plugins) Yes No Some (i.e. Snippets) ?
Arachnophilia ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
CoffeeCup HTML Editor Yes ? No No Yes Yes ?
Dreamweaver Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Evrsoft First Page Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes ?
Freeway Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes ?
GoLive Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
HTML-Kit Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes ?
Kompozer Yes No No No Yes Yes ?
Microsoft Expression Web Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft FrontPage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nvu Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes
Quanta Plus Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes ?
SeaMonkey Composer Yes? Yes No No Yes No ?
SiteSpinner Yes ? No No Yes Yes ?
WebCreator Yes ? No ? Yes Yes ?
Web Studio Yes No No No Yes Yes ?

[edit] Web technology support

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Editor CSS2 Frames Java JavaScript XSLT XHTML † MathML XForms RSS Atom XPath
Amaya Partial No No No No Yes Yes No No No ?
Aptana Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No
Arachnophilia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Blaze Composer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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
Microsoft Expression Web Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
FrontPage Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 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 Partial Yes No Yes No No No No No
Nvu Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No No No
Quanta Plus Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ?
SeaMonkey Composer No Yes No Yes No No No No No No ?
SiteSpinner Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No
WebCreator Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No No
Web Studio Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No

[edit] Image format support

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Editor JPEG GIF PNG MNG TIFF SVG
Amaya Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Aptana Yes Yes Yes No (coming soon) Yes Depends
Arachnophilia ? ? ? ? ? ?
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
Microsoft Expression Web Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
FrontPage[5] Yes Yes Yes Depends Yes? Depends
GoLive Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Kompozer Yes Yes Yes No No No
Nvu Yes Yes Yes No No No
SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes Yes No No No
SiteSpinner Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
WebCreator Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Web Studio Yes Yes Yes No Yes No

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nvu/Kompozer can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
  2. ^ A version for Mac OS was released around 1998, but has since been discontinued.
  3. ^ Nvu can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
  4. ^ Amaya homepage on templates
  5. ^ Actual amount of supported formats depend on installed converter. FrontPage uses Microsoft Office converters.

[edit] See also