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Macintosh HTML Editors

There are lots and lots of Web editors for Macintosh. There are free HTML editors and paid ones, WYSIWYG and text. Chances are, if you use a Macintosh you'll be able to find an HTML editor in your price range and with the features you want and need.
  1. BBEdit (6)
  2. ColdFusion
  3. Dreamweaver
  4. GoLive
  5. KompoZer and Nvu
  6. TextEdit (9)
  7. Vim and vi

Find the Right Macintosh HTML Editor for You

If you are looking for an HTML editor or web editor for Macintosh, this the perfect place to start. All the web editor lists have the most current HTML editors listed in order from best to worst. Find the perfect Macintosh web editor for your needs and your budget.

Best Macintosh HTML Editors

This is my list of the best Macintosh web editors in order. I evaluated over 60 Macintosh HTML editors in 40 categories, and these are the editors that I think are the best of the best. If you’re looking for an HTML editor for Macintosh, you should find one that meets your needs on this list.

Worst Macintosh HTML Editors

If you’re looking for a web editor for Macintosh, there are lots of great choices out there. But these are not them. These HTML editors for Macintosh are some of the worst I’ve found after doing an evaluation of over 60 editors in 40 categories. If you must choose an HTML editor, don’t choose one from this list.

Best Free Web Editors for Macintosh

This is my list of the best free Macintosh HTML and web editors.

Best Macintosh WYSIWYG Editors

WYSIWYG editors are HTML editors that attempt to display the web page as it will show on the browser. These are the best WYSIWYG web editors for Macintosh.

Macintosh Free WYSIWYG Web Editors

These are the best free WYSIWYG editors for Macintosh.

Best Macintosh Text HTML Editors

Text editors are HTML editors that allow you to manipulate the HTML tags directly. This is my list of the best text editors for Macintosh.

Macintosh Free Text Editors

These are the best text editors for Macintosh.

Macintosh Web Editing Suites

Web editing suites are all-in-one solutions for Web designers. This is my list of the best web editing suites for Macintosh.

Macintosh Web Editors for Professional Web Developers

These are the best HTML and web editors for web developers.

Macintosh Web Editors for Professional Web Designers

These are the best HTML and web editors for web designers.

Macintosh Web Editors for Small Business Owners

These are the best HTML and web editors for small business owners.

Macintosh Web Editors for Beginners

These are the best HTML and web editors for beginners.

BlueGriffon

BlueGriffon is a text editor WYSIWYG editor for Windows Macintosh Linux . It is best suited to Professional Web Designers or Professional Web Developers.

350 Pages Free

350 Pages Free is a WYSIWYG online editor. It is best suited to Newcomers to Web Design or Children.

350 Pages Lite

350 Pages Lite is a WYSIWYG online editor. It is best suited to Newcomers to Web Design.

350 Pages

350 Pages Standard is a WYSIWYG online editor. It is best suited to Small business owners or Newcomers to Design.

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Creative Suite is a suite of tools containing both a text editor and WYSIWYG editor for Windows and Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Designers or Professional Web Developers.

Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe Dreamweaver is a text editor and WYSIWYG editor for Windows Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Designers or Professional Web Developers.

Adobe Edge

Adobe Edge is a WYSIWYG editor for Windows Macintosh . It is best suited to Web Designers.

Adobe Muse

Adobe Muse is a WYSIWYG editor for Windows and Macintosh . It is best suited to Small Business Owners. Some freelancers will find it useful too.

Amaya

Amaya is a WYSIWYG editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers or Professional Web Designers.

Aptana Studio

Aptana Studio is a text editor and for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers or XML Developers.

Arachnophilia

Arachnophilia is a text editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Atlas

Atlas is a WYSIWYG editor for Macintosh . It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

BBEdit

BBEdit is a text editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Bluefish

Bluefish is a text editor for Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Coda

Coda is a text editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

ColdFusion Builder

ColdFusion Builder is a text editor for Windows and Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Contribute

Contribute is a WYSIWYG editor for Windows and Macintosh. It is best suited to small business owners or newcomers to design.

Crea:Text

Crea:Text is a text editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Create

Create is a WYSIWYG editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Newcomers to Web Design or Children.

Eclipse

Eclipse is a text editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

EditiX

EditiX is a text XML editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

EditiX Lite

EditiX Lite is a free text XML editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

EditLive!

EditLive! is a text editor and WYSIWYG editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers or Professional Web Designers.

EditLive! for XML

EditLive! for XML is an XML editor for Windows, Macintosh, Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Editor for Chrome

Editor for Chrome is a text editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. It is best suited to Small Business Owners or Professional Web Designers.

Elfdata XML Editor

Elfdata XML Editor is a text editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers or XML Developers.

Emacs

Emacs is a text editor and for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Espresso

Espresso is a text editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Flux

Flux is a text editor and WYSIWYG editor for Macintosh . It is best suited to Professional Web Designers or Small Business Owners. Flux offers a lot of support for new features like HTML5 and CSS3 as well as frameworks for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Freeway Express

Freeway Express is a WYSIWYG editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Small business owners or Newcomers to Design.

Freeway Pro

Freeway Pro is a WYSIWYG editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Small business owners or Newcomers to Design.

Geany

Geany is a text editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers or XML Developers.

gEdit

gEdit is a text editor for Windows Macintosh Linux. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

gEdit

gEdit is a text editor for Windows Macintosh Linux. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Good Page

Good Page is a text editor and WYSIWYG editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers or Professional Web Designers.

Hype

Hype is a WYSIWYG editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Small Business Owners.

Jalbum

Jalbum is a WYSIWYG editor for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, iPhone, and Online. It is best suited to Newcomers to Web Design or Children. It is primarily an online photo gallery maker.

jEdit

jEdit is a text editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit is a free text editor for: Windows, Macintosh, and Linux / UNIX.

Komodo IDE

Komodo IDE is a text editor and for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

KompoZer

KompoZer is a text editor and WYSIWYG editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Designers or Professional Web Developers.

Manila

Manila is a and WYSIWYG editor for Windows Macintosh. It is best suited to Small Business Owners.

NetBeans

NetBeans is a free text editor and for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers or PHP Developers.

Nvu

Nvu is a text editor WYSIWYG editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Designers or Professional Web Developers.

oXygen XML Editor

oXygen Pro is a very full featured and extensive XML editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux that would be good for any enterprise to use who needs to manage XML documents. It offers most of the features I would expect to find in an enterprise XML suite.

PageSpinner

PageSpinner is a text editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Radio UserLand

Radio UserLand is a WYSIWYG editor for Windows and Macintosh. It is best suited to Newcomers to Web Design or Children.

RAGE WebDesign

RAGE WebDesign is a text editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

RapidWeaver

Rapidweaver is a text editor and WYSIWYG editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Small Business Owners or Newcomers to Web Design.

Rendera

Rendera is an online text editor. It is best suited to Newcomers to Web Design.

SandVox

SandVox is a WYSIWYG editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Newcomers to Design or Children.

SandVox Pro

SandVox Pro is a text editor WYSIWYG editor for Macintosh . It is best suited to Professional Web Designers or Professional Web Developers.

SeaMonkey

SeaMonkey is a text editor WYSIWYG editor for Windows Macintosh Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Newcomers to Web Design.

Serna Free XML Editor

Serna Free is a text editor for Windows Macintosh Linux . It is best suited to XML Developers or Professional Web Developers.

ShutterBug

ShutterBug is a WYSIWYG editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Newcomers to Web Design or Children.

skEdit

skEdit is a text editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Newcomers to Web Design.

SlickEdit

SlickEdit is a text editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Style Master

Style Master is a CSS editor, text editor and WYSIWYG editor for Windows and Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Designers or Professional Web Developers.

Taco HTML Edit

Taco HTML Edit is a text editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

TextEdit

TextEdit is a text editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Newcomers to Web Design.

TextMate

TextMate is a text editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

TextWrangler

TextWrangler is a text editor for Macintosh. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

UltraEdit

UltraEdit is a text editor and for Windows Linux. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

vi

vi is a text editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Vim

Vim is a text editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

Weebly Website Builder

Weebly Website Builder is an online WYSIWYG editor for the Weebly Web Hosting service. It is best suited to Newcomers to Web Design or Children.

Xeena

Xeena is an XML text editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to XML Developers.

Zend Studio

Zend Studio Pro is a text editor and for Windows Macintosh Linux. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.

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