Comparison of HTML editors

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	11.4.4 [1]	2012-01-18	W3C
Apache OpenOffice	Apache Foundation	4.1.15 [2]	2023-12-22	MPL/Apache-2.0/others
Aptana Studio	Aptana	3.7.2	2018-07-30	GPL
Arachnophilia	Paul Lutus [3]	5.5.2953 [4]	2020-10-29	GPL-2.0-or-later
Atom	GitHub	1.63.1 [5]	2022-11-23	MIT
Bluefish	Bluefish open source community	2.2.17 [6]	2025-03-31	GPL-3.0-or-later
BlueGriffon	Disruptive Innovations	3.1 [7] [8]	2017-12-04	MPL-2.0
Brackets	Adobe	2.2.1 [9]	2023-03-22	MIT
Claris Homepage	Claris	3.0	1998	Proprietary
Coda	Panic, Inc.			Proprietary
Codelobster	Codelobster Software	2.5.0 [10]	2024-01-08	Proprietary
CoffeeCup HTML Editor	CoffeeCup Software	17.0.882 [11]	2022-04-08	Proprietary
CudaText	UVViewSoft [a]	1.226.4.0 [12]	2025-08-15	MPL-2.0
Contribute	Adobe Systems [b]	CS6.5 (8)	2012-08-23	Proprietary
Dreamweaver	Adobe Systems [b]			Proprietary
EZGenerator	Image-Line	4.1	2012-12	Proprietary
Freeway	Softpress	7.1.3	2016-05-05	Proprietary
GoLive	Adobe Systems [c]	9.0	2007-06-01	Proprietary
Google Web Designer	Google, Inc.		2018-07	Proprietary
HTML-Kit	Chami.com	292		Proprietary
KompoZer	Kaze			MPL-1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
LibreOffice	The Document Foundation	25.8.1 [13]	2025-08-28	MPL-2.0/Apache-2.0/others
Maqetta	IBM	10.0.2 [14]	2013-07-03	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	1.103.2 [15] [16]	2025-08-21	MIT
Microsoft Visual Web Developer	Microsoft		2008	Proprietary
Mobirise	Mobirise.com	5.8.14 [17]	2023-05-29	Proprietary
Mozilla Composer	Mozilla Foundation			MPL-1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
Nvu	Linspire / Daniel Glazman	1.0 [18]	2005-06-28	MPL-1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
OpenOffice.org	Sun Microsystems (1999–2009) Oracle Corporation (2010–2011)			LGPL-3.0 [19]
oXygenXML Editor [d]	Syncro Soft	24.1 [20]	2022-03-10	Proprietary [e]
Quanta Plus	Trinity Desktop Environment	3.5.9 [21]	2008-02-26	GPL-2.0-or-later
RocketCake	Ambiera	5.1 [22]	2023-03-15	Proprietary
SeaMonkey Composer	SeaMonkey Council	2.53.21 [23]	2025-06-05	MPL-2.0
TextMate	Macromates	2.0.23 [24]	2021-10-12	GPL-3.0-or-later
TOWeb	Lauyan Software	10.06 [25]	2022-02-07	Proprietary
WebStorm IDE	JetBrains	2025.2.1 [26]	2025-08-29	Proprietary
Editor	Developer	Latest release		License
		Version	Date

1. alexey_t, kvichans, matthias030.
2. Formerly Macromedia.
3. Formerly GoLive Systems.
4. 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.
5. Some components under Apache-2.0.

Operating system support

Editor	Windows	macOS	GNU/Linux	BSD	Unix	iOS	Android
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 [a]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
LibreOffice	Yes	Yes	Yes	source only	source only	No	No
Maqetta	Yes	Yes	Cloud [b]	Cloud [b]	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 [c]	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

1. Nvu/Kompozer can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
2. [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	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Partial [27]	No	Yes	?
Aptana	No	Yes	?	Yes [a]	Yes	No	Some [b]	?	Yes	?
Arachnophilia	No	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?
Bluefish	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BlueGriffon	Yes	No [c]	No	?	No	Yes	Yes [d]	No	Yes	?
Brackets	"Live Preview" in-browser	Yes [e]	No	Yes	No	Yes [e]	Yes [e]	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 [f]	Yes and SFTP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial [g]	Depends
Quanta Plus	Yes	Yes	No [h]	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

1. Via plugins.
2. i.e. Snippets.
3. Via add-on. ^[28]
4. Via commercial proprietary add-on. ^[29]
5. Via extension.
6. More like WYSIWYM.
7. Via XSLT to browser.
8. cvs instead.

Web technology support

Editor	CSS2	CSS3	Frames	Java	JavaScript	XSLT	XHTML	MathML	XForms	RSS	Atom	XPath
Amaya [a]	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 [b]	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes [c]	?	?	?	?
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 [d]	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. ^[29]
3. Via commercial proprietary add-on. ^[29]
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 [30]
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 [31]	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 [32]	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 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) [33]
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 [34]	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

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

• List of HTML editors
• Website builder
• Tableless web design

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34. Actual amount of supported formats depend on installed converter. FrontPage uses Microsoft Office converters.