openElement AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Code Editors

The best Code Editor alternative to openElement is Adobe Dreamweaver. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Bluefish Editor or KompoZer. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to openElement and 11 are Code Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Code Editor alternatives to openElement are BOWWE, HTMLPad, Pingendo and Artisteer.

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Craft websites swiftly using a robust editor that produces W3C-compliant HTML, CSS, and PHP. It includes free templates and supports multilingual responsive designs.

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openElement alternatives page was last updated Jan 19, 2025
  1. Adobe Dreamweaver icon
     328 likes

    Advanced web authoring tool supports designing and coding tasks from a visual perspective and backs it up with robust coding. Offers live preview, customizable templates, endless design options, and tools like drag-and-drop visual design capabilities, FTP/SFTP transfer, and supports multiple monitors.

    103 Adobe Dreamweaver alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Top Adobe Dreamweaver Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  HTML/CSS/JS rendering
    3.  Visual design
    4.  Support for FTP
    5.  Live Preview
    6.  iPhone/iPod sync
    7.  Support for Bootstrap
    8.  Syntax Highlighting
    9.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    10. Git icon  Git Support
    11.  Drag and Drop
    12.  Support for SFTP
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    • Almost everyone thinks Adobe Dreamweaver is a great openElement alternative.

    • Adobe Dreamweaver is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to openElement.

    • Adobe Dreamweaver is the most popular commercial alternative to openElement.

    • Adobe Dreamweaver is Paid and ProprietaryopenElement is Free and Proprietary
  2. Bluefish Editor icon
     160 likes

    Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.

    217 Bluefish Editor alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Bluefish Editor Features

    1.  Arduino
    2.  PHP IDE
    3.  Support for SFTP
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    • Some users think Bluefish Editor is a great openElement alternative, some don't.

    • Bluefish Editor is the most popular Linux alternative to openElement.

    • Bluefish Editor is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to openElement.

    • Bluefish Editor is Free and Open SourceopenElement is Free and Proprietary
  3. KompoZer icon
     132 likes

    KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing.

    74 KompoZer alternatives
    KompoZer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com

    KompoZer Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Portable
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Support for SFTP
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be discontinued. Latest stable version, 0.7.10, was released on 2007 and last development version, 0.8b3, on 2010, but the program is still downloadable from the official website.

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  4. BOWWE icon
     4 likes

    BOWWE builder - as Easy as Wix, as powerful as Webflow. Create Landing Pages, Micro Pages, Websites, CVs, and Portfolios with the quality of professional developers.

    58 BOWWE alternatives
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    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  WYSIWYG HTML Editor
    2.  WYSIWYG Support
    3.  Live Preview
    4.  No Coding Required
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  Support for multiple currencies
    9.  Recurring Billing
    10.  Support for scripting
    11.  Custom templates
    12.  Multiple languages
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  5. HTMLPad icon
     9 likes

    HTMLPad is sophisticated all-in-one HTML, CSS, JavaScript and XHTML editor. Features include FTP connectivity, HTML Tidy validator, spell check.

    75 HTMLPad alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Support for FTP
    4.  Support for SFTP
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  6. Pingendo icon
     42 likes

    Create websites quickly and customize them with ease. Based on Bootstrap, HTML5 and SASS, Pingendo lets you create and manage webpages from prototyping to deploy.

    85 Pingendo alternatives
    HTML/SASS live editor for hands on code all the time

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Pingendo Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Support for Bootstrap
    3.  Support for MarkDown
    4. WordPress icon  WordPress Integration
    5.  Drag and Drop
    6.  Visual Programming
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  7. Artisteer icon
     42 likes

    Artisteer is the first and only Web design automation product that instantly creates fantastic looking, unique website templates and blog themes. Design awesome WordPress Blogs, professional Joomla! and Drupal templates, and cool Website designs in Minutes.

    13 Artisteer alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 4.3, released in September 2014, can be still bought from the official website.

    Artisteer iconopenElement Icon

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  8. CodeLobster PHP Edition icon
     26 likes

    CodeLobster - Free portable PHP IDE with support Drupal, Smarty, WordPress, Joomla, JQuery, CodeIgniter, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CakePHP, Facebook, Symfony

    75 CodeLobster PHP Edition alternatives
    CodeLobster PHP Edition screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    CodeLobster PHP Edition Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Portable
    4.  PHP IDE
    5.  Embedded debugger
    Discontinued

    The company seems to have stopped the support for CodeLobster PHP Edition: they recommend to use CodeLobster IDE icon CodeLobster IDE (see http://www.codelobster.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=24735) . Last version, 5.15, released in April 2019, can be still downloaded from the official website

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  9. Foopad icon
     1 like

    Foopad is nondestructive source code editor / integrated development environment made to make your dev life better. Foopad has some unique features and can be customized to be like simple notepad or full IDE.

    93 Foopad alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Leafier icon
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    A simple, lightweight and easy to use HTML editor worth having when you need to view and edit what document you want, as well as insert new HTML and CSS tags.

    69 Leafier alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Yuwu.eu icon
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    Yuwu is a website builder designed for creating the smallest and fastest-loading websites. It offers a basic HTML framework, SEO tools, and allows users to add their own code for maximum customization.

    49 Yuwu.eu alternatives
    Yuwu.eu Website Builder General Settings

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Dark Mode
    Yuwu.eu iconopenElement Icon

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