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    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

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    Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

    Editor Developer Latest release License
    Version Date
    AmayaW3C, INRIA11.4.4[1] Edit this on Wikidata2012-01-18 W3C
    Apache OpenOfficeApache Foundation4.1.15[2] Edit this on Wikidata2023-12-22 MPL/Apache-2.0/others
    Aptana StudioAptana3.7.2 2018-07-30 GPL
    ArachnophiliaPaul Lutus [3]5.5.2953[4] Edit this on Wikidata2020-10-29 GPL-2.0-or-later
    AtomGitHub1.63.1[5] Edit this on Wikidata2022-11-23 MIT
    BluefishBluefish open source community 2.2.16[6] Edit this on Wikidata2024-09-22 GPL-3.0-or-later
    BlueGriffonDisruptive Innovations 3.1[7][8] Edit this on Wikidata2019-10-14 MPL-2.0
    BracketsAdobe2.2.1[9] Edit this on Wikidata2023-03-22 MIT
    Claris HomepageClaris3.0 1998 Proprietary
    CodaPanic, Inc. 2.7.7[10] Edit this on Wikidata2020-11-05 Proprietary
    CodelobsterCodelobster Software 2.5.0[11] Edit this on Wikidata2024-01-08 Proprietary
    CoffeeCup HTML EditorCoffeeCup Software17.0.882[12] Edit this on Wikidata2022-04-08 Proprietary
    CudaText UVViewSoft[a]1.217.5.1[13] Edit this on Wikidata2024-09-05 MPL-2.0
    ContributeAdobe Systems[b]CS6.5 (8) 2012-08-23 Proprietary
    DreamweaverAdobe Systems[b]21.4[14] Edit this on Wikidata2024-05-06 Proprietary
    EZGeneratorImage-Line4.1 2012-12 Proprietary
    FreewaySoftpress7.1.3 2016-05-05 Proprietary
    GoLiveAdobe Systems[c]9.0 2007-06-01 Proprietary
    Google Web DesignerGoogle, Inc.2018-07 Proprietary
    HTML-Kit Chami.com 292 Proprietary
    KompoZerKaze 0.7.10[15] Edit this on Wikidata2007-10-05 MPL-1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
    LibreOfficeThe Document Foundation25.2.2[16] Edit this on Wikidata2025-03-27 MPL-2.0/Apache-2.0/others
    MaqettaIBM10.0.2[17] Edit this on Wikidata2013-07-03 BSD-3-Clause or AFL-2.1
    Microsoft Expression WebMicrosoft4.0.1460.0 2012-12-20 Proprietary
    Microsoft Office FrontPageMicrosoft11.0.8174 2003-10-21 Proprietary
    Microsoft FrontPage ExpressMicrosoft2.0 1997 Proprietary
    Microsoft SharePoint DesignerMicrosoft2007 2006-12-04 Proprietary
    Microsoft Visual Studio CodeMicrosoft1.99.3[18] Edit this on Wikidata2025-04-17 MIT
    Microsoft Visual Web DeveloperMicrosoft2008 Proprietary
    MobiriseMobirise.com 5.8.14[19] Edit this on Wikidata2023-05-29 Proprietary
    Mozilla ComposerMozilla FoundationMPL-1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
    NvuLinspire / Daniel Glazman1.0[20] Edit this on Wikidata2005-06-28 MPL-1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
    OpenOffice.orgSun Microsystems (1999–2009)
    Oracle Corporation (2010–2011)     		3.3.0[21] Edit this on Wikidata2011-01-17 LGPL-3.0[22]
    oXygenXML Editor[d]Syncro Soft24.1[23] Edit this on Wikidata2022-03-10 Proprietary[e]
    Quanta Plus Trinity Desktop Environment3.5.9[24] Edit this on Wikidata2008-02-26 GPL-2.0-or-later
    RocketCake Ambiera 5.1[25] Edit this on Wikidata2023-03-15 Proprietary
    SeaMonkey Composer SeaMonkey Council 2.53.20[26] Edit this on Wikidata2025-01-07 MPL-2.0
    TextMateMacromates2.0.23[27] Edit this on Wikidata2021-10-12 GPL-3.0-or-later
    TOWebLauyan Software 10.06[28] Edit this on Wikidata2022-02-07 Proprietary
    WebStorm IDE JetBrains2022.1[29]2022-04-11 Proprietary
    Editor Developer Latest release License
    Version Date
    1. ^alexey_t, kvichans, matthias030.
    2. ^ abFormerly 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

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    Editor WindowsmacOSGNU/LinuxBSDUnixiOSAndroid
    AmayaTerminated 2012 Terminated 2012 Terminated 2012 Terminated 2012 Terminated 2012 No No
    AptanaYes Yes Yes Yes No No No
    ArachnophiliaYes Yes Yes Yes No No No
    AtomYes Yes Yes No No No No
    BluefishYes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
    BlueGriffonYes Yes Yes No No No No
    BracketsYes Yes Yes No No No No
    Claris HomepageTerminated (3.0) No No No No No No
    CodelobsterYes No No No No No No
    CoffeeCup HTML EditorYes Yes No No No No No
    CudaText Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
    ContributeYes Yes No No No No No
    DreamweaverYes Yes No No No No No
    EZGeneratorYes No No No No No No
    FreewayNo Yes No No No No No
    GoLiveTerminated (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
    LibreOfficeYes Yes Yes source only source only No No
    MaqettaYes Yes Cloud[b]Cloud[b]No No No
    Microsoft Expression WebYes No No No No No No
    Microsoft FrontPageTerminated (2003) No No No No No No
    Microsoft SharePoint DesignerYes No No No No No No
    Microsoft Visual Web DeveloperYes No No No No No No
    MobiriseYes Yes No No No No Yes
    Mozilla ComposerTerminated (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.orgYes Yes Yes source only source only No No
    oXygenXML EditorYes 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
    TOWebYes No No No No No No
    WebStorm IDE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
    Editor WindowsmacOSGNU/LinuxBSDUnixiOSAndroid
    1. ^Nvu/Kompozer can be built successfully on any platform with the Netscape Portable Runtime.
    2. ^ ab[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

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    Editor WYSIWYGFTP UploadWebDAV UploadServer-side scriptingShared editingSpell checkingTemplatesTemplates Update Sync Page Preview Form Handler
    AmayaYes No Yes No No Yes Partial[30]No Yes ?
    AptanaNo Yes ? Yes[a]Yes No Some[b]? Yes ?
    ArachnophiliaNo ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ?
    BluefishNo Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    BlueGriffonYes 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 HomepageYes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
    CodelobsterNo Yes No Yes No No Yes ? Yes ?
    CoffeeCup HTML EditorNo Yes ? No No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
    DreamweaverYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    EZGeneratorYes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ?
    FreewayYes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
    GoLiveYes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
    HTML-Kit No Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
    KompoZerYes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
    LibreOfficeYes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
    MaqettaYes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ?
    Microsoft Expression WebYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
    Microsoft FrontPageYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
    Microsoft SharePoint DesignerYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
    Microsoft Visual Web DeveloperYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
    MobiriseYes Yes No Yes No No Yes ? Yes Yes
    NvuYes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
    OpenOffice.orgYes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
    oXygenXML EditorPartial[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 ?
    TOWebYes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
    Editor WYSIWYGFTP UploadWebDAV UploadServer-side scriptingShared editingSpell checkingTemplatesTemplates Update Sync Page Preview Form Handler
    1. ^Via plugins.
    2. ^i.e. Snippets.
    3. ^Via add-on.[31]
    4. ^Via commercial proprietary add-on.[32]
    5. ^ abcVia extension.
    6. ^More like WYSIWYM.
    7. ^Via XSLT to browser.
    8. ^cvs instead.

    Web technology support

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    Editor CSS2CSS3FramesJavaJavaScriptXSLTXHTMLMathMLXFormsRSSAtomXPath
    Amaya[a]Partial ? No No No No Yes Yes No No No ?
    AptanaYes ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No
    ArachnophiliaYes ? Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
    BluefishYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    BlueGriffonYes[b]? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes[c]? ? ? ?
    BracketsYes ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes Yes ?
    Claris HomepagePartial ? Yes No Yes No No No No No No No
    CodelobsterYes ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
    CoffeeCup HTML EditorYes ? Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No
    DreamweaverYes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes[1]Yes ? Yes
    FreewayYes ? Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No
    GoLiveYes ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No
    HTML-Kit Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
    KompoZerYes ? No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No
    LibreOfficeYes ? Yes Yes (optional) Yes (and Python) Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
    MaqettaYes ? ? No Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    Microsoft Expression WebYes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
    Microsoft FrontPagePartial ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
    Microsoft SharePoint DesignerYes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
    Microsoft Visual Web DeveloperYes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
    NvuYes ? No No Yes No Yes No No No No No
    OpenOffice.orgYes ? Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
    oXygenXML EditorYes ? 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 ?
    TOWebYes ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No
    WebStorm IDE Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No ? ? Yes
    Editor CSS2CSS3FramesJavaJavaScriptXSLTXHTML  MathMLXFormsRSSAtomXPath
    1. ^Not Unicode-savvy.
    2. ^Via commercial proprietary add-on.[32]
    3. ^Via commercial proprietary add-on.[32]
    4. ^Rendering, but no tools.

    HTML/XHTML specification support

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    Specification HTML 3.2HTML 4.01HTML 5XHTML 1.0XHTML 1.1Validating
    Variant strict trans. f.set strict trans. f.set
    AmayaNo No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
    Aptana? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
    Arachnophilia? ? ? ? No Yes ? ? ? Yes
    BluefishYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[33]
    BlueGriffonNo Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
    Brackets? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
    Claris Homepage? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ?
    CodelobsterYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    CoffeeCup HTML EditorNo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    Contribute ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    DreamweaverYes Yes Yes Yes Yes [34]Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    FreewayYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
    GoLiveYes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
    HTML-Kit ? ? Yes ? No ? Yes ? ? Yes
    LibreOffice? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
    KompoZerNo Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes
    Maqetta? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
    Microsoft Expression WebNo 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 EditorYes 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
    TOWebNo No No No Yes No No No No Yes
    WebStorm IDE ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
    Variant strict trans. f.set strict trans. f.set
    Specification HTML 3.2HTML 4.01HTML 5XHTML 1.0XHTML 1.1Validating

    Image format support

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    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 JPEGGIFPNGTIFFSVG
    AmayaYes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    AptanaYes Yes Yes Yes Depends
    Arachnophilia? ? ? ? ?
    BluefishYes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    BlueGriffonYes Yes Yes No Yes
    BracketsYes Yes Yes No Yes
    (via extension)[36]
    Claris HomepageYes Yes No No No
    CodelobsterYes Yes Yes No No
    CoffeeCup HTML EditorYes Yes Yes Yes No
    DreamweaverYes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    FreewayYes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    GoLiveYes Yes Yes No Yes
    KompoZerYes Yes Yes No No
    Maqetta? ? ? ? ?
    Microsoft Expression WebYes Yes Yes Yes No
    Microsoft FrontPage[37]Yes Yes Yes ? Depends
    Microsoft SharePoint DesignerYes Yes Yes Yes No
    Microsoft Visual Web DeveloperYes Yes Yes Yes No
    MobiriseYes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    NvuYes Yes Yes No No
    OpenOffice.orgYes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    oXygenXML EditorYes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    Quanta Plus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    RocketCake Yes Yes Yes No No
    SeaMonkey Composer Yes Yes Yes No Yes
    TOWebYes Yes Yes No No
    WebStorm IDE Yes Yes Yes No No
    Editor JPEGGIFPNGTIFFSVG

    Early HTML comparisons

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    The following is a comparison of early HTML editors.

    Comparison of early HTML editors
    ProgramAuthor or Based OnVersionSystemHTML
    Compliant    		DisplayFormsTablesIntegrated
    Browser    		Cost
    asWeditAndrzej Stochniol1.1UnixHTML 3sourceYesYesNofreeware
    HoTMetaLSoftQuad1.0+Unix,WindowsHTML 1WYSIWYGPartialNoNofreeware
    HoTMetaL proSoftQuad1Unix, Windows, MacintoshHTML 2WYSIWYGYesYesNocommercial
    Live MarkupMediaTech16b4aWindowsHTML 2WYSIWYGNoNoNocommercial
    SymposiaGRIF0.8UnixHTML 2WYSIWYGYesYesYesbeta
    TkhtmlLiem Bahenmann2.3UnixNosourceYesNoNofreeware
    PhoenixUniversity of Chicago0.1.7UnixNoWYSIWYGNoNoYesfreeware
    WebPagesDART Software1.7NextStepHTML 1WYSIWYGNoNoNocommercial
    WebMagicSiliconGraphics1IrixHTML 2WYSIWYGNoNoNocommercial
    WebtorJochen Schales.91prealpha2MacintoshHTML2WYSIWYGNoNoNofreeware

    See also

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    References

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    1. ^"Amaya 11.4.4". 8 January 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
    2. ^"Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15". 22 December 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
    3. ^"Paul Lutus". 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
    4. ^"Arachnophilia Revision History".
    5. ^"Release 1.63.1". 23 November 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
    6. ^https://bluefish.openoffice.nl/download.html.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    7. ^"Release 3.1". 14 October 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
    8. ^"Release 3.1". 4 December 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
    9. ^"Brackets 2.2.1 release". 22 March 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
    10. ^https://library.panic.com/releasenotes/coda2/. Retrieved 25 July 2021.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    11. ^. 8 January 2024 https://www.codelobster.com/news.html.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    12. ^https://www.coffeecup.com/forums/html-editor/html-editor-change-logs/?page=3.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    13. ^"Release 1.217.5.1".
    14. ^"Feature summary | Dreamweaver (May 2024 release)". 6 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
    15. ^https://sourceforge.net/projects/kompozer/files/current/0.7.10/.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    16. ^Italo Vignoli (27 March 2025). "Announcement of LibreOffice 25.2.2 and LibreOffice 24.8.6". Retrieved 27 March 2025.
    17. ^"Release 10.0.2". 3 July 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
    18. ^"Release 1.99.3". 17 April 2025.
    19. ^"Mobirise 5.8.14 May 29 in General". 29 May 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
    20. ^"Nvu Download Page". Archived from the original on 30 June 2005.
    21. ^"3.3.0 - Release Notes".
    22. ^"Licenses". Apache Software Foundation. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
    23. ^https://www.oxygenxml.com/history.html.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    24. ^http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/quantaplus/releases.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    25. ^https://www.ambiera.com/forum.php?t=11604.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    26. ^"SeaMonkey 2.53.20 released". 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
    27. ^https://github.com/textmate/textmate/releases/tag/v2.0.23.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    28. ^https://www.lauyan.com/en/toweb-updates.html.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    29. ^"Download WebStorm: The Smartest JavaScript IDE by JetBrains". JetBrains. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
    30. ^"Templates". www.w3.org.
    31. ^"Bluegriffon's FireFTP ads shortcut to FTP client".
    32. ^ abc"BlueGriffon". www.bluegriffon.com.
    33. ^External tools such as weblint and tidy are integrated
    34. ^Available with CS5 using the Adobe Dreamweaver Add-on pack available at http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/html5pack.htmlArchived 2010-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
    35. ^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/Web4HTML5SchemaAddInArchived 2011-01-03 at the Wayback Machine .
    36. ^"peterflynn/svg-preview". April 1, 2019 – via GitHub.
    37. ^Actual amount of supported formats depend on installed converter. FrontPage uses Microsoft Office converters.
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