Live Preview Alternatives

Live Preview is described as 'Hosts a local server in your workspace for you to preview your webpages' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Live Preview for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Linux, Mac, Windows and Android apps. The best Live Preview alternative is jsFiddle, which is free. Other great apps like Live Preview are Quick Preview, kodeWeave, Codewith.it and Dabblet.

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  1. jsFiddle icon
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    jsFiddle lets one easily test snippets of JavaScript/CSS/HTML code on-the-fly, adding optional libraries like jQuery.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • jsFiddle is the most popular Web-based alternative to Live Preview.

    • jsFiddle is the most popular free alternative to Live Preview.

    • jsFiddle is Freemium and ProprietaryLive Preview is Free and Open Source
    • jsFiddle is LightweightLive Preview is not according to our users
  2. Quick Preview icon
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    Experience immediate HTML code testing with QuickPreview. Just paste your code for real-time results, compatible with tools such as ChatGPT Canvas and Claude Sonnet 1.5. No setup or additional software needed, ensuring efficient and hassle-free debugging and testing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. kodeWeave icon
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    kodeWeave is a realtime coding playground for HTML, CSS and Javascript. Similar to JSFiddle and JSBin, but kodeWeave was made to work offline but also as a prototyping application to build applications for desktop operating systems while on mobile devices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
     
    • kodeWeave is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac, Linux & Android Tablet alternative to Live Preview.

    • kodeWeave is the most popular Open Source alternative to Live Preview.

    • kodeWeave is Free and Open SourceLive Preview is also Free and Open Source
  4. Codewith.it icon
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    Codewith.it is an online HTML, CSS and JavaScript code playground with realtime preview with many tools for developing web pages and advanced code analysis systems, with many assistance tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Dabblet icon
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    dabblet is an interactive playground for quickly testing snippets of CSS and HTML code. It uses -prefix-free, so that you won't have to add any prefixes in your CSS code. You can save your work in Github gists, embed it in other websites and share it with others.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Storm is an online web development environment which allows users to run HTML, CSS, Javascript code in real time in a secured environment. It supports sharing Scribble (Storm project) via a dedicated link and also allows users to use jQuery and React framework of JavaScript.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. JSitor icon
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    JSitor is an online tool for testing and showcasing user-created and collaboration HTML, CSS, JavaScript and NodeJS snippets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Liveweave
    • jsFiddle
    • JS Bin
    • Plunker
    • CodePen
     
    • JSitor is the most popular iPhone, iPad & SaaS alternative to Live Preview.

    • JSitor is Free and ProprietaryLive Preview is Free and Open Source
  8. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Edit HTML files visually in real-time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Visual Studio Code
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
     
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    Create a local web server in just a few clicks with an easy to use interface. Built with Electron.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Playhouse icon
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    Playground for HTML/CSS/JavaScript.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  11. Liveweave icon
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    Liveweave is a HTML5, CSS3 & JavaScript playground for web developers and designers

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Five Server icon
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    A better Live Server with instant updates, highlights and some PHP support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Visual Studio Code
     
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