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    Top 8 Dreamweaver Alternatives for Web Designers

    Tushar ThakurBy Tushar Thakur23 Comments5 Mins Read
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    You can be either a newbie or a pro in web designing world, but in both cases, Dreamweaver from Adobe is one of the best tools to develop a webpage simply than usual! Adobe Dreamweaver, coming from the Adobe Creative Suite Family, would display two screens in front of you, showing code and structure of the webpage. However, because of some issues such as the expensiveness and heaviness of Dreamweaver, at least a few of you would be having trouble to use the tool to accomplish web-building tasks. For such designers and developers, we would introduce you some alternatives for Adobe Dreamweaver.

    1) CoffeeCup HTML Editor

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    CoffeeCup HTML Editor, as the name implies, is a tool for editing HTML web pages that could completely replace the Adobe-made tool through its less-expensive price tag as well as simple-but-great feature list. CoffeeCup HTML Editor is available for both Windows and Mac, and the software comes with the support for HTML5, CSS3, and PHP etc. In addition, the tool comes with comparatively simple user-interface; visual editor, code auto-completion, and S-Drive for synchronizing your works, etc are quite impressive features, indeed.

    2) Expression Web 4.0 from Microsoft

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    We suppose we should not miss this member from Microsoft while checking out best alternatives for Dreamweaver.  Expression Web 4.0 is a Windows-only tool for building web pages with ease through the direct code editor. The tool comprises almost the same user interface of Dreamweaver and does not compromise in the functionality as well. In that sense, being a free application to develop web pages, Even though technical support from Microsoft does not come with this free Dreamweaver alternative, you can make use of their systematic tutorials for learning more of the tool. However, the tool does not have support for SVG and XForms, and the tool might be tough for CSS & AJAX beginners, as no drawing tools or wizards are present in the tool.

    3) Amaya Editor

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    Amaya is one of the strongest Dreamweaver alternatives, which comes with support for Windows and Linux as well. As one completely open-sourced tool, Amaya offers support for direct code editing, live preview of pages and spell check etc. Nevertheless, it lacks support for several features like Java, JS, frame support, RSS, etc along with requirement of high-resolution monitor, if you would like to enjoy all the features of Amaya. It does also lack the support for FTP and the UI may not seem as intuitive as Dreamweaver. However, as a whole, Amaya is a reasonable replacement for the mentioned Adobe-tool, as it comes from the open source family.

    4) Kompozer

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    If you have ever used Linux for web development jobs, you will be familiar with the name, as it is one of the superb tools for web building in Linux. However, the tool offers support for Mac and Windows as well. Just as the tagline of the tool says, you can simplify the process of web authoring through the easy-to-use UI of Kompozer, accompanied by several features. Being a WYSIWYG editor for multiple platforms, Kompozer has some notable features such as in-built FTP support, tabbed editing etc.

    5) BlueGriffon

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    BlueGriffon is one of the effective web editors, which also has the power of open-source community and rendering engine of Mozilla. First, BlueGriffon includes an ultra-simple UI that can attract most of web developers in very first look itself. The open-source tool, coming with the support for Windows, Mac and Linux, can help you in building the web for tomorrow. The tool has support for HTML5, CSS3, MathML, SVG etc. Apparently, this award-winning tool is something great for most of your web-building needs, though it lacks support for high-end features.

    6) Bluefish Editor

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    Bluefish is yet another open-sourced tool for building web pages in matter of seconds. You can use this superb tool in your Windows or Mac or Linux powered devices, and the tool would do its job very well! Even though you cannot use the power of WYSIWYG Editing in the tool, additional features such as the support for Google Go, Ruby etc, FTP support, spell-checker, preview etc are worth praising, indeed. Even when it is not able to satisfy all your nerd-coding needs, Bluefish Editor is a promising alternative for Adobe Dreamweaver, especially while considering its intuitive UI into the account.

    7) Aptana Studio

    Here comes another open-source boy! This tool offers support for different web-building languages, including your favourites such as HTML, PHP, AJAX, DOM, CSS etc. along with some strong ones like Ruby on the rails. Though this tool lack some direct code edit option, it would be a replacement for Dreamweaver, as it would help you in keeping touch with codes through the powerful auto-complete support. Features such as the in-built wizard to create sites, add-ons for doing projects in specific platforms, and the exceptional power of debugger etc are quite attractive in the tool. However, Aptana lacks support for spell-check, RSS-support etc, but this absence seems to be of no issue!

    8) Aloha Editor

    Aloha is another Dreamweaver alternative, which comes with the support for WYSIWYG editing! The tool offers the support for most of popular web browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, IE etc, which makes enough sense when you are building the website using HTML5 and CSS3. This editor boats a super user interface for editing the web page in an intuitive way. The direct code editing of Aloha is even awesome because you can edit the page as if you are using the web browser. After all, the dedicated support for HTML5 is something great, indeed.

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    Summary

    What do you think about these Adobe Dreamweaver alternatives? Still, do you have some reasons for preferring Adobe product to these simple-and-free tools? Then, we are eager to know those reasons. Do let us know through your comments.

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    23 Comments

    1. Chris Taylor on April 28, 2015 7:44 pm

      A great choice of Dreamweaver alternatives, some of which I didn’t know about. I’m intrigued about CoffeCup, will have to give that a look into.

      Reply
    2. Harsh on April 17, 2017 11:36 pm

      As always Helpful and great post.

      Reply
    3. Varun on October 25, 2017 10:14 pm

      I have been using Dreamweaver since very long time Thanks for providing the alternatives.

      Reply
      • Tushar Thakur on October 25, 2017 10:55 pm

        Thanks

        Reply
    4. Michelle Souder on May 15, 2020 11:53 pm

      Thanks for the suggestions. Tried Aloha Editor. It works fine and is a feature-rich software program.

      Thanks again.

      Reply
      • Tushar Thakur on May 21, 2020 11:04 pm

        You are welcome Michelle.

        Reply
    5. Jesse Hamilton on May 16, 2020 12:35 am

      Bluefish Editor looks like the first version of Atom code editor. Nice alternatives for Dreamweaver.

      Thanks a lot.

      Reply
      • Tushar Thakur on May 21, 2020 11:04 pm

        Haha true.

        Reply
    6. Rufus Kelly on May 20, 2020 8:27 am

      Nothing can match DreamWeaver.

      Reply
      • Tushar Thakur on May 21, 2020 11:03 pm

        Indeed.

        Reply
    7. Leslie Roberts on May 20, 2020 8:29 am

      Expression Web from Microsoft is the only closest alternative to Dreamweaver. it has all the features required for efficient web designing. Other alternatives are okay, but only for the beginners.

      Reply
      • Axel on April 8, 2021 4:31 am

        Expression Web is discontinued 🙁
        That was my favorite under Windows because it had tiled view (Code & Design).

        For Ubuntu I couldn’t find a usable editor with tiled view…

        Google Web Designer is a little heavy software and doesn’t have a tiled view (Code & Design) and it want own code for view as design…

        Reply
      • Remini Like on August 25, 2023 5:55 pm

        Absolutely, Expression Web by Microsoft closely resembles Dreamweaver and offers comprehensive web design features. While there are other alternatives suitable for beginners, Expression Web stands out for its efficiency in web design.

        Reply
    8. Sherry Blackman on May 20, 2020 8:37 am

      Bluegriffin is great. the compatibility with Ubuntu 18.04 is commendable. Other Dreamweaver alternatives were quite good, but not stable. Bluegriffin was stable all the time.

      Thanks for the suggestions.

      Reply
    9. Clinton White on May 20, 2020 8:38 am

      Thanks for suggesting the alternatives.

      Trying out the Expressions Web from Microsoft. It looks promising.

      Reply
      • Tushar Thakur on May 21, 2020 11:03 pm

        You are welcome Clinton.

        Reply
    10. Patrick Orozco on May 20, 2020 8:40 am

      Thanks a lot for Dreamweaver alternatives. Loved it.

      Reply
      • Tushar Thakur on May 21, 2020 11:01 pm

        You are welcome Patrick.

        Reply
    11. Roderick W on May 20, 2020 8:42 am

      Any WYSIWYG! Editor is my favourite. Loved the way you sorted all of the best Dreamweaver alternatives.

      Trying out some of them. Thanks.

      Reply
      • Tushar Thakur on May 21, 2020 11:01 pm

        Mine too. Thanks for your comment Roderick.

        Reply
    12. Joshua Bush on May 20, 2020 8:44 am

      Adobe Dreamweaver struggles on low-end systems. Hope these alternatives for Dreamweaver are lightweight and work swiftly on low-end computers.

      Thanks.

      Reply
      • Tushar Thakur on May 21, 2020 11:00 pm

        Yes it will.

        Reply
    13. Axel on April 8, 2021 4:33 am

      Which editor e. g. for Linux is maybe OSS/freeware and has a tiled view (Code & Design)?

      Reply
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