Text Editors

**stymiee** · Feb 11, 2006 15:52

Since this seems to be an extremely common question amongst SitePoint members I've decided to make a sticky that just lists what is available. Please help make me a list of available software. I guess what we would need to know for each piece of software is:

- Name
- Cost/Free
- Platforms it runs on
- Programming languages it supports
- URL

I'll periodically update this list so we can have a one-stop thread for text editors.

I'll start:

UltraEdit
Cost: $ 39.95 (€ 34.76)
Platform: Windows
Languages Supported: All

**Aaron D.** · Feb 11, 2006 17:07

Edit Plus
Cost: Sharware/$30
Platform: Windows
Languages: HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, Perl, C/C++, Java, JavaScript and VBScript

Kate
Cost: Free
Platform: Linux
Languages: ALL (everything from PHP to Ruby to Pascal to AVR Assembler)

**RetroNetro** · Feb 11, 2006 17:49

Name - Crimson Editor
Cost/Free - Free
Platforms it runs on - Windows
Programming languages it supports - Alot - See Site
URL - http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

**hannson** · Feb 25, 2006 08:44

Name - gPHPEdit
Cost/Free - Free
Platforms it runs on - Linux (also native AMD64)
Programming languages it supports - PHP, HTML, CSS, SQL
URL - http://www.gphpedit.org/

Recommend it for PHP developement

**vgarcia** · Feb 25, 2006 08:49

jEdit
Cost: $0
Platforms: anything with a Java runtime
Programming languages: anything I've thrown at it! I mostly use it for JSP, XSLT, and Ruby, though PHP, ASP, CF, SQL, HTML, CSS, etc. all work too.

**ses5909** · Feb 25, 2006 09:03

TextPad
Cost: $ 28.80 (€ 24.30)/Try before you buy
Platform: Windows
Languages Supported: All
Description: Whether you simply need a powerful replacement for Notepad, a tool for editing your web pages, or a programming IDE, TextPad does what you want, the way you would expect.

**Jelena** · Feb 25, 2006 09:15

PHP Designer 2006
Cost: Free
Platform: Windows
Languages Supported: PHP, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Perl, JavaScript, VB, C#, Java & SQL

**KLB** · Feb 25, 2006 20:38

UltraEdit
Cost: $40
Platform: Windows
Languages Supported: PHP, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Perl, JavaScript, VB, C#, Java & SQL

**Egor** · Feb 26, 2006 02:58

skEdit
Cost: $24.95
Platform: OS X
Languages Supported: HTML, ColdFusion, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, ASP, Perl, and Python.

Smultron
Cost: Free
Platform: OS X

TextMate
Cost: €39
Platform: OS X

SubEthaEdit
Cost: $35.00
Platform: OS X

BBEdit
Cost: $199.00
Platform: OS X

TextWrangler
Cost: Free
Platform: OS X

Style Master
Cost: $59.99
Platform: OS X, Windows
Languages Supported: CSS

CSSEdit
Cost: $24.99
Platform: OS X
Languages Supported: CSS

SEEdit
Cost: $29.95
Platform: OS X
Languages Supported: HTML, CSS, JS

uEdit
Cost: Free
Platform: OS X

**echo2501** · Mar 8, 2006 10:28

Nvu
Cost: Free
Platform: Win, OS X, Linux
Languages: XHTML, CSS, Javascript, and I think PHP/ASP
Description: Generates clean code. Features file management and uploading. WYSIWYG editor.

SubEthaEdit
Cost: $35 (v. 2.3), Free (v. 2.2)
Platform: OS X
Languages: XHTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP/ASP, ...
Description: Collaborative editing using Bonjour network. Multiple people can edit the same file at the same time and see each other make edits as they type.

**bbolte** · Mar 8, 2006 17:03

AceHTML
Windows
FREE
HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, etc
wysiwyg viewer

**papaman** · Mar 9, 2006 03:29

Eclipse + Phpeclipse
Cost: free
Platform: Windows, Linux
Languages Supported: HTML, PHP, Javascript, CSS, ...

I don't think it's something you can't do with Eclipse. It's a great editor

**ebarstad** · Apr 20, 2006 10:03

WeBuilder 2006
$49.85 US
Windows
PHP, (X)HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, VBSCRIPT, ASP, XML, PERL, SQL
http://www.blumentals.net/

TopStyle Pro 3
$79.95 US
Windows
PHP (partial), (X)HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT
http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct...rodID=TopStyle

**dreamscape** · May 10, 2006 10:12

Originally Posted by Egor

BBEdit
Cost: $199.00
Platform: OS X

TextWrangler
Cost: Free
Platform: OS X

Not sure how to enter this, so I'll just say it. You can get BBEdit for $99. If you register TextWrangler (which is free), then you can "crossgrade" to BBEdit for $99. Your get the coupon in your TextWrangler registration email. Not sure why BareBones doesn't just charge $99 in the first place, but anyways just wanted to point out that you don't have to pay $199 for BBEdit anymore.

You can also get the $99 crossgrade price if you have Dreamweaver or GoLive.

**Skyblaze** · May 11, 2006 00:46

noone said or knows style master from westciv? it's the best css editor i think and it has a very low cost.

**vgarcia** · May 11, 2006 05:56

Originally Posted by Skyblaze

noone said or knows style master from westciv? it's the best css editor i think and it has a very low cost.

I've used it (but admittedly not in the last 2 years or so) but preferred TopStyle.

**Egor** · May 11, 2006 07:23

Originally Posted by dreamscape

Not sure how to enter this, so I'll just say it. You can get BBEdit for $99. If you register TextWrangler (which is free), then you can "crossgrade" to BBEdit for $99. Your get the coupon in your TextWrangler registration email. Not sure why BareBones doesn't just charge $99 in the first place, but anyways just wanted to point out that you don't have to pay $199 for BBEdit anymore.

Interesting. Thanks for pointing that out.

**Dan Grossman** · May 11, 2006 14:32

Vim
Cost: Free
Platform: All
Languages: Syntax highlighting for 200+ programming languages

**minnseoelite** · Jun 15, 2006 22:40

Notetab Light
FREE
Windows
http://www.notetab.com/

Notetab Pro
$19.95
Windows
http://www.notetab.com/

Features:
* Open and edit many documents at once
* Multi-level undo/redo
* Very fast text processing
* Highlights URLs and HTML tags
* Supports document templates
* Multilingual spell checker and thesaurus
* Supports regular expression search/replace
* Programmable - add your own features
* Syntax Highlighting
* Automatic Backup
* Integrated HTML Tidy

**Manzabar** · Jun 23, 2006 12:20

Name: Kate
Cost: Free/Open Source
Platforms: Anywhere KDE runs (e.g. Linux, BSD)
Languages Supported: Any

Name: Joe
Cost: Free/Open Source
Platforms: Linux
Languages Supported: Any

Name: Syn Text Editor
Cost: Free/Open Source
Platforms: Windows
Languages Supported: Any

**imouto** · Jul 1, 2006 23:16

PSPad
Cost: Free
Platform: Windows
Languages Supported: Many (see website)

Codetch - Codetch is a code editor that runs along side other Gecko based programs, such as Firefox. Install it as an extension today and have a full featured editor right beside your web pages as you surf!
Cost: Free
Platform: Whatever platform can run Gecko based programs like Firefox, Mozilla, Thunderbird.
Languages Supported: (X)HTML, Javascript, PHP, and others

TSW WebCoder
Cost: $29.99 for 1 personal license
Platform: Windows
Languages Supported: (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, VisualBasic Script, PHP, and Perl

**william232** · Jul 25, 2006 20:27

Good Old Notepad which is free and comes with any Windows operating system

**mile-jerkovic** · Aug 15, 2006 15:00

ConTEXT
Cost: Free
Platform: Windows
Languages Supported: All

**Grumpy** · Aug 19, 2006 01:09

- Name : LopeEdit
- Cost/Free : LopeEdit Pro (shareware = €25) and LopeEdit Lite (freeware)
- Platforms it runs on : Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
- Programming languages it supports : C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, VBScript, HTML, ASP, JSP, SQL, Cobol, C#, CSS, Pascal, Perl, PHP
- URL : http://www.lopesoft.com/

**Ali Roman** · Aug 19, 2006 11:40

I use notepad2, its very useful for lazy programmers like me..

Name : Notepad2
Cost : FREE
Platforms : Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP ( I have not tested in NT and 2000)
Supporting extensions/languages : .txt, html, css, xml, javasctip, VBScript, per, cgi script, C, C++, C#, resource script, MakeFiles, Java, Visual basic, Pascal, Assembler, SQL Query, Python Script, NSIS script, Configuration files, Batch files, DIFF files..

website : http://www.flos-freeware.ch/

hope that helps..

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