Comparison of XML editors

This is a list of XML editors. Note that any text editor can edit XML, so this page only lists software programs that specialize in this task. It doesn't include text editors that merely do simple syntax coloring or expanding and collapsing of nodes.

Name	Version	Software license	Active	Type	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	Textual editor?	Tree View editor?	Graphical editor?	WYSIWYG editors?	XML Schema Editor?	Syntax highlighting for (XML, XSD, XSL, XSLT, ...)	Tag Folding	Intellisense/ Auto­completion (using schema.xsd for text)	Full- featured free trial period
Adobe FrameMaker	2015 release	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Arbortext Editor	6.0	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CAM: Content Assembly Mechanism	3.1 (2014)	Open Source	Yes	Standalone	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes	No	N/A
Doctored.js	2014	GNU GPL	No	Web-app	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
EditiX XML Editor	2016	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
emacs/ nxml-mode	current	GNU GPL	?	Emacs mode	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Essential XML Editor	1.6.4	Proprietary (old version open source)	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	No
FontoXML	2.1	Proprietary	Yes	Web-app	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes
FOXE: Firstobject XML Editor	2011	Proprietary	?	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	Limited	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	N/A
Jaxe	3.5 (2013)	GNU GPL	Yes	Standalone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	?	No	N/A
Jedit XML Plugin	2.8.3 (2012)	GNU GPL	Yes	Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	?	?
jquery.xmleditor	2014	Free Browser-based	Yes	Standalone	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Liquid XML Studio	12.0.3 (2014)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone + Visual Studio Plugin	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BeyondXML	1.1.18.0 (2014)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MadCap Flare	10.0.1 (2014)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Oxygen XML Editor	18.0 (2016)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone[1]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Quark Author Web Edition on Quark Publishing Platform	10.5 (2014)	Proprietary	Yes	Web-App	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Sections Only	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	No	N/A
Quark XML Author	4.8 (2014)	Proprietary	Yes	Microsoft Word Plugin	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	No	N/A
Rinzo	1.4.0	GNU LGPL	Yes	Eclipse Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes[2]	?
Simply XML	5.6 (2013)	Proprietary	Yes	Microsoft Word Plugin	Yes	No	No	No	Partial/DITA Map only	Yes	Yes	?	No	Partial/DITA Map only	No	Yes
SDL Xopus	4.4.2 (2014)	Proprietary	Yes	Web-app	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Stylus Studio	X15 R2 (2014)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Serna XML Editor	4.4 (2011)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Xeditor	2.0	Proprietary	Yes	Web-app	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Xerlin	1.3 (2005)	Open Source	No	Standalone	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
XMetaL	10.0 (2015)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
XMLBlueprint	2013	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
XML Copy Editor	1.2.1.1 (5/4/2014)	GNU GPL	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
XMLFox.com	6.0 (2003 - 2015)	Freeware	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XmlGrid.net	2014	Free Browser-based	Yes	Web-app	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	N/A
XMLmind XML Editor	6.6 (2016)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Almost full featured
XML Notepad	2.6 (2014)	Microsoft Public License	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes
XMLSeed	Release 3.0.1.1 (2014)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (indirect)	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes (indirect)	Yes
XMMax Editor	4.0 (2015)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
XMLPad	3.0.4. (2014)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
XMLSpy	2015	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone Eclipse Plugin	Yes	No[3]	Yes[3][4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	30
XML ValidatorBuddy	5.3 (2015)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XML Marker	2.2 (2013)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes
Xmplify XML Editor for Mac	1.7.6 (2016)	Proprietary	Yes	Standalone	No	Yes	No	Yes	Read-only Tree View	No	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
XTrans	1.8	GNU GPL	No	Standalone	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	?

See also

• Integrated development environment
• XML
• XForms

NOTE

Spring Tools Suite and Eclipse have a variety of built-in and free plugins matching or exceeding the quality of the paid versions. They come with a content assist tool that completes tags and can search for classes in any java classpath. They also include validation, bean creation, and commit tools.

A plugin for Notepad++ named XML Tools is available. It contains many features including manual/automatic validation using both DTDs and XSDs, XPath evaluation, auto-completion, pretty print, and text conversion in addition to being able to work on multiple files at once. Other tools are available to edit XHTML.

References

1. Older Eclipse plugin versions work in current (Indigo) Eclipse.
2. By DTD/XSD or already written elements if DTD/XSD isn't present. Also proposes Java elements.
3. Plugin version
4. Wine supported

External links

• XML Editors at DMOZ