WYSIWYG Web Builder AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Text Editors

The best Text Editor alternative to WYSIWYG Web Builder is Bluefish Editor, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to WYSIWYG Web Builder and 15 are Text Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Text Editor alternatives to WYSIWYG Web Builder are PSPad, KompoZer, Nova and CoffeeCup HTML Editor.

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  1. Bluefish Editor icon
     166 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.

    232 Bluefish Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • Flathub
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  2. PSPad icon
     203 likes

    PSPad is a freeware programmers editor in 8 languages for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Some features are highlighted syntax, ftp, projects and so on. Code explorer for Pascal, C/C++, INI, HTML, XML, PHP and more in development, internal web browser with APACHE support.

    190 PSPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  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.

    61 KompoZer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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  4. Nova icon
     8 likes

    The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.

    138 Nova alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    Nova screenshot 1
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  5. The CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor is a drag-and-drop HTML Editor with built-in FTP uploading. It has wizards for tables, frames, forms, and fonts, and comes with all HTML 4.0 and XHTML tags.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Smultron icon
     71 likes

    Smultron is a text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users. It should work perfectly for a whole variety of needs - like web programming, script editing, making a to do...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Amaya icon
     23 likes

    Amaya is a Web editor, i.e. a tool used to create and update documents directly on the Web. Browsing features are seamlessly integrated with the editing and remote access features in a uniform environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Amaya screenshot 1
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  8. NVU icon
     30 likes

    Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a "new view") is a complete Web Authoring System that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) web page editing. Nvu is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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  9. Scribes icon
     24 likes

    A text editor for GNOME that combines simplicity with power.

    Scribes focuses on streamlining your workflow. It does so by ensuring common and repetitive operations are intelligently automated. And also by eliminating factors that prevent you from focusing on your tasks.

    The res.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. Rapidweaver icon
     24 likes

    A WYSIWYG web editor for mac. Intuitive program allows for the creation of complex websites in a short time with little to no coding experience required. Rapidweaver integrates with several web 2.0 technologies and is a good alternative to iWeb, Muse, and a cheaper alternative...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. TweakStyle icon
     16 likes

    An IDE tailor-made for web design and frontend development.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  12. Quanta Plus icon
     11 likes

    Quanta Plus is a web Integrated development environment (IDE) for HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, PHP and any other XML-based languages or scripting languages. It is part of KDE, a Linux desktop environment, released in the Kdewebdev package.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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