Comparison of HTML editors

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.

Contents

General information

Editor Version Creator Cost (USD) Software license Website
Amaya 11.3.1 (December 9, 2009) W3C, INRIA Free W3C [1]
Aptana 3.0.6 (October 26, 2011) Aptana Free APL/GPL [2]
Arachnophilia 5.4.2461 (March 31, 2011) Paul Lutus Free Careware[3] [4]
Bluefish 2.2.0 (November 25, 2011) Bluefish Free GPL [5]
BlueGriffon 1.2.1 (September 30, 2011) Disruptive Innovations Free MPL/GPL/LGPL [6]
Claris Homepage (Discontinued) 3.0 (1998) Claris Proprietary ?
Coda 1.7.4 (2007) Panic, Inc. US $99 Proprietary [7]
CoffeeCup HTML Editor 2010SE (August 4, 2010) CoffeeCup Software US $49 Proprietary [8]
Contribute CS5.5 (7) Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) US $199 Proprietary [9]
Dreamweaver CS5.5 (11.0) 12 April 2010 Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) US $399 Proprietary [10]
EZGenerator 3.0 Image-Line US $129 Proprietary [11]
Freeway 5.4.2 (November 2009) Softpress US $79(Express)/US $249(Pro) Proprietary [12]
GoLive (Discontinued) 9.0 (June 1, 2007) Adobe Systems (formerly GoLive Systems) US $399 Proprietary [13]
HTML-Kit 292 Chami.com Free ($79 optional registration) Proprietary [14]
KompoZer 0.7.10/0.8b3 (August 30, 2007/ March 1, 2010) Kaze Free MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 [15]
Maqetta Preview 3.1 ( August 11, 2011) IBM Free BSD or AFL [16]
Microsoft Expression Web 4.0.1165.0 (June 7, 2010) Microsoft US $129 Proprietary [17]
Microsoft FrontPage (Discontinued) 2003 (October 21, 2003) Microsoft US $199 Proprietary [18]
Microsoft FrontPage Express (Discontinued) Microsoft Free Proprietary
Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 (December 4, 2006) Microsoft Free Proprietary [19]
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Microsoft Free Proprietary [20]
Mozilla Composer (Discontinued) 1.7.13 (April 21, 2006) Mozilla Foundation Free MPL/GPL/LGPL [21]
Nvu (Discontinued) 1.0 (June 28, 2005) Linspire / Daniel Glazman Free MPL/GPL/LGPL [22]
OpenBEXI 3.1 (February, 2011) Arcazj Free GPL [23]
OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 (January 25, 2011) Oracle Corporation (formerly Sun Microsystems) Free GPL [24]
Quanta Plus 3.5.9 (February 20, 2008) The Quanta Team Free GPL [25]
RapidWeaver 4.3.1 (November 18, 2009) Realmac Software US $79 Proprietary [26]
SeaMonkey Composer 2.0.14 (April 28, 2011) SeaMonkey Council Free MPL/GPL/LGPL [27]
WebStorm IDE 2.1 (May 19, 2011) WebStorm IDE US $69 Proprietary [28]
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
Bluefish Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
BlueGriffon Yes Yes No 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 No No No
EZGenerator 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
Maqetta  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
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
OpenBEXI Yes No No Yes Yes 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
WebStorm IDE 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 ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Bluefish No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
BlueGriffon Yes Yes
(via add-on)[5]		 No ? No Yes Yes No Yes ?
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 Yes
EZGenerator Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Freeway Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes ? 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 ?
Maqetta  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
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 Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
OpenBEXI Yes Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes 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 Yes ?
Editor WYSIWYG FTP Upload WebDAV Upload Server-side scripting Shared editing Spell checking Templates Templates Update Sync Page Preview Form Handler

Web technology support

Editor CSS2 Frames Java JavaScript XSLT XHTML 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 Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Bluefish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
BlueGriffon Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes
(via add-on)[7]		 ? ? ? ?
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[29] 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
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
Maqetta  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
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
OpenBEXI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 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 ?
WebStorm IDE Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No ? ? Yes
Editor CSS2 Frames Java JavaScript XSLT XHTML  MathML XForms RSS Atom XPath

HTML/XHTML specification support

Specification HTML 3.2 HTML 4.0 HTML 4.01 HTML 5 XHTML 1.0 XHTML 1.1 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 Yes
Aptana ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Arachnophilia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Bluefish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[8]
BlueGriffon No No No No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Claris Homepage ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
CoffeeCup HTML Editor No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Contribute ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Dreamweaver Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes [9] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Freeway Yes No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes
GoLive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
HTML-Kit ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KompoZer No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes
Maqetta ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Microsoft Expression Web No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes[10] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft FrontPage ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Microsoft SharePoint Designer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Microsoft Visual Web Developer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mozilla Composer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
OpenBEXI ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
OpenOffice.org ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quanta Gold ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quanta Plus ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RapidWeaver ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SeaMonkey Composer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
WebStorm IDE ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Image format support

Editor JPEG GIF PNG MNG APNG TIFF SVG
Amaya Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes
Aptana Yes Yes Yes No
(coming soon)		 ? Yes Depends
Arachnophilia ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Bluefish Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes
BlueGriffon Yes Yes Yes No Yes
(presumed)
 ? Yes
Claris Homepage Yes Yes No No ? No No
CoffeeCup HTML Editor Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes No
Dreamweaver Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes
Freeway Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes
GoLive Yes Yes Yes No ? No Yes
KompoZer Yes Yes Yes No ? No No
Maqetta ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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
OpenBEXI Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes
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
WebStorm IDE Yes Yes Yes No ? No No
Editor JPEG GIF PNG MNG APNG 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. http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/frontpage/2002faq.asp. Retrieved 2006-12-12. 
  3. ^ Nvu can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
  4. ^ Amaya homepage on templates
  5. ^ FireFtp for BlueGriffon
  6. ^ not Unicode-savvy
  7. ^ BlueGriffon homepage includes MathML add-on information
  8. ^ External tools such as weblint and tidy are integrated
  9. ^ Available with CS5 using the Adobe Dreamweaver Add-on pack available at http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/html5pack.html
  10. ^ 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 .
  11. ^ Actual amount of supported formats depend on installed converter. FrontPage uses Microsoft Office converters.

See also

Open source
Scintilla-based
Freeware
Commercial software
Discontinued
Web-based