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 |
Amaya |
11 |
W3C, INRIA |
Free |
W3C |
Aptana |
1.0.0 build 3242 |
Aptana |
free basic edition/$100 professional edition |
APL/GPL |
BestAddress HTML Editor |
2008 (13.0) |
Multimedia Australia |
US $54.95 |
Closed source |
Arachnophilia |
5.3, build 2198 |
Paul Lutus |
Free |
Free Careware |
Bluefish |
1.0.7 |
Bluefish |
Free |
Free GPL |
Claris Homepage (Discontinued) |
3.0 |
Claris |
? |
Closed source |
CoffeeCup HTML Editor |
2008 |
CoffeeCup Software |
US $49 |
Closed source |
Contribute |
CS4 (6) |
Adobe Systems(formerly Macromedia) |
US $149 |
Closed source |
Dreamweaver |
CS4 (10.0) |
Adobe Systems(formerly Macromedia) |
US $399 |
Closed source |
Evrsoft First Page |
2006 |
Evrsoft |
US $59.95 |
Closed source |
Freeway |
2008 |
SoftPress |
US $50 |
Closed source |
GNU Emacs |
22.3 |
FSF |
Free |
Free GPL |
GoLive (Discontinued) |
9.0 |
Adobe Systems(formerly GoLive Systems) |
US $399 |
Closed source |
HTML-Kit |
292 |
Chami.com |
Free ($79 optional registration) |
Closed source |
KompoZer |
0.7.10; 2007 |
Kaze |
Free |
Free MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 |
Microsoft Expression Web |
2.0 |
Microsoft |
US $299 |
Closed source |
Microsoft FrontPage (Discontinued) |
2003 |
Microsoft |
US $199 |
Closed source |
Microsoft SharePoint Designer |
2007 |
Microsoft |
Free |
Closed source |
Microsoft Visual Web Developer |
2008 |
Microsoft |
Free |
Closed source |
Mozilla Composer (Discontinued) |
1.7.13 |
Mozilla Foundation |
Free |
FreeMPL/GPL/LGPL |
Nvu (Discontinued) |
1.0 |
Daniel Glazman |
Free |
FreeMPL/GPL/LGPL |
OpenOffice |
2.4 |
Sun Microsystems |
Free |
Free GPL |
Quanta Plus |
3.5.9 |
The Quanta Team |
Free |
Free GPL |
RapidWeaver |
4.2 |
Realmac Software |
US $79 |
Closed source |
SeaMonkeyComposer |
1.1.17 |
SeaMonkey Council |
Free |
FreeMPL/GPL/LGPL |
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 |
BestAddress HTML Editor |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Bluefish |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Claris Homepage |
Termi-nated (3.0) |
No |
Termi-nated (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 |
GNU Emacs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
GoLive |
Termi-nated (9.0) |
Termi-nated (9.0) |
Dropped (6.0) |
No |
No |
No |
HTML-Kit |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
KompoZer |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Microsoft Expression Web |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Microsoft FrontPage |
Termi-nated (2003) |
No |
Dropped (1998) |
No |
No |
No |
Microsoft SharePoint Designer |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Microsoft Visual Web Developer |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Mozilla Composer |
Termi-nated (1.7.13) |
Termi-nated (1.7.13) |
Dropped (1.2.1) |
Termi-nated (1.7.13) |
Termi-nated (1.7.13) |
Termi-nated (1.7.13) |
Nvu |
Termi-nated (1.0) |
Termi-nated (1.0) |
No |
Termi-nated (1.0) |
Termi-nated (1.0) |
No |
OpenOffice |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
source only |
source only |
Quanta Plus |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
RapidWeaver |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
SeaMonkeyComposer |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Editor features
Editor |
WYSI-WYG |
FTP Upload |
Web DAV Upload |
Server-side scrip-ting |
Shared editing |
Spell che-cking |
Temp-lates |
Temp-lates Update Sync |
Page Pre-view |
Amaya |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Partial |
No |
? |
Aptana |
No |
Yes |
? |
Yes (via plugins) |
Yes |
No |
Some (i.e. Snip- pets) |
? |
Yes |
Arachnophilia |
No |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
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 |
? |
? |
Freeway |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
? |
GNU Emacs |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
GoLive |
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 |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Yes |
? |
? |
Yes |
Quanta Plus |
Yes |
Yes |
No (cvsinstead) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
RapidWeaver |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
SeaMonkeyComposer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
? |
Web technology support
Editor |
CSS2 |
Frames |
Java |
Java Script |
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 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
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 |
No |
No |
No |
GNU Emacs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes [10] |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
? |
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 |
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 |
SeaMonkeyComposer |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
? |
Image format support
Editor |
JPEG |
GIF |
PNG |
MNG |
TIFF |
SVG |
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 |
No |
GNU Emacs |
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[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 |
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 |
References
- ^ Nvu/Kompozer can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
- ^ «Frequently Asked Questions About FrontPage». Microsoft.http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/frontpage/2002faq.asp. Retrieved on 2006-12-12.
- ^ Nvu can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
- ^ Amaya homepage on templates
- ^ [Yasnippet]
- ^ not Unicode-savvy
- ^ JDEE for Emacs
- ^ Various Javascript modules for Emacs
- ^ Emacs nXml for XML
- ^ Emacs nXhtml for XHTML, php etc
- ^ Actual amount of supported formats depend on installed converter. FrontPage uses Microsoft Office converters.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_HTML_editors
Published - July 2009
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