Free HTML editors are often considered the best kind. They offer flexibility and power without an outlay of cash. But beware, if you're looking for more features and flexibility, there are many reasonably priced HTML editors available. Find the best HTML editor for you.
1. Kompozer
Kompozer is a great WYSIWYG editor. It is based on the popular Nvu editor - only it is called the "unofficial bug-fix release." Kompozer was conceived by some people who really liked Nvu, but were fed up with the slow release schedules and poor support. So they took it over and released a less buggy version of the software.
2. Nvu
Nvu is a great WYSIWYG editor. I prefer text editors to WYSIWYG editors, but if you don't, then Nvu is a great choice, especially considering that it's free. I love that it has a site manager to allow you to review the sites that you're building. It's surprising that this software is free. Feature highlights: XML support, advanced CSS support, full site management, built-in validator, and international support as well as WYSIWYG and color coded XHTML editing.
3. Amaya
Amaya is a bit hard to use, but it's endorsed by the W3C, so you know that pages you build in it will be standards-based. It offers features like CSS editing and will edit XML really well. Feature highlights: XML support, scripting support, advanced CSS support, built-in validator, and international support as well as WYSIWYG and color coded XHTML editing.4. SeaMonkey
SeaMonkey is the Mozilla project all-in-one Internet application suite. It includes a Web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and composer - the Web page editor. One of the nice things about using SeaMonkey is that you have the browser built-in already so testing is a breeze. Plus it's a free WYSIWYG editor with an embedded FTP to publish your Web pages.5. Arachnophilia
Arachnophilia is not free - it's "careware", but just because you don't have to pay cash for it doesn't mean it's not a good product. In fact, it's a great text HTML editor with a lot of functionality. The color coding makes it easy to use. It may or may not work on Mac and Unix. Feature highlights: Color coded XHTML editing.6. Bluefish
Bluefish is a full featured Web editor for Linux. A lot of the features like HTML checking and spell checking require external programs, but they are common programs on most Linux systems. It is primarily a code editor, not specifically a Web editor. This means that it has a lot of flexibility for Web developers writing in more than just HTML, but if you're a designer by nature you might not like it as much.7. Quanta Plus
Quanta is a Web development environment based off of KDE. So it offers all the support and functionality of KDE within it, including site management and FTP capabailities. Quanta can be used to edit XML, HTML, and PHP as well as other text based Web documents.8. Emacs
Like vi, Emacs is found on most Unix systems and Mac systems which makes it easy for you to edit a page even if you don't have your standard software. Emacs is a lot more complicated than vi and so offers more features, but I find it harder to use. Feature highlights: XML support, scripting support, advanced CSS support, and a built-in validator, as well as color coded XHTML editing.9. Cream
Cream extends Vim to make it easier to use for the average person. If you're used to using Vi or Vim but are tired of having to remember all the commands, then Cream is a great alternative. It doesn't come out of the box with a lot of HTML support, but there are add-ons you can get for both Vim and Cream to make it handle HTML editing more effectively.10. jEdit
jEdit is a text editor written in Java. It is primarily a text editor, but includes things like support for unicode, color coding, and allows for macros to add-in features. Feature highlights: XML support, scripting support, advanced CSS support, and international support as well as color coded text XHTML editing.What's your favorite free Linux or UNIX HTML editor?
There are so many options for free Linux and UNIX Web editors that it's impossible to find and list them all. Is your favorite editor not on this list? (Don't forget, there's a second page...) Why is your favorite free editor your favorite? What makes it better than all the rest?
