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.
Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
Editor | Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux | BSD | Unix | iOS | Android |
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Amaya | Terminated 2012 | Terminated 2012 | Terminated 2012 | Terminated 2012 | Terminated 2012 | No | No |
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 |
CudaText | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 |
HTML-Kit | Yes | No | 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 |
Mobirise | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
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 |
Quanta Gold (deprecated) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Quanta Plus | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
RocketCake | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | 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 |
Editor | WYSIWYG | FTP Upload | WebDAV Upload | Server-side scripting | Shared editing | Spell checking | Templates | Templates Update Sync | Page Preview | Form Handler |
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Amaya | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Partial [30] | No | Yes | ? |
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 | ? |
HTML-Kit | No | 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 | ? |
Mobirise | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | 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 |
Quanta Plus | Yes | Yes | No [lower-alpha 8] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
RocketCake | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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 |
Editor | CSS2 | CSS3 | Frames | Java | JavaScript | XSLT | XHTML | MathML | XForms | RSS | Atom | XPath |
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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 | 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 |
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 |
Quanta Plus | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
RocketCake | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | ? |
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 |
Specification | HTML 3.2 | HTML 4.01 | HTML 5 | XHTML 1.0 | XHTML 1.1 | Validating | ||||
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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 [33] |
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 |
Contribute | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Dreamweaver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [34] | 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 | ? |
HTML-Kit | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? | 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 [35] | 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 |
Quanta Gold | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Quanta Plus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RocketCake | ? | ? | 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 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.
This section may be confusing or unclear to readers. In particular, it is not clear what "support" means.(November 2008) |
Editor | JPEG | GIF | PNG | TIFF | SVG |
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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) [36] |
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 [37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Depends |
Microsoft SharePoint Designer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Microsoft Visual Web Developer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Mobirise | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Nvu | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
OpenOffice.org | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
oXygenXML Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Quanta Plus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RocketCake | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
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 |
The following is a comparison of early HTML editors.
Program | Author or Based On | Version | System | HTML Compliant | Display | Forms | Tables | Integrated Browser | Cost |
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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 |
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