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The best open source alternative to Adobe Dreamweaver is Silex. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Adobe Dreamweaver and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Adobe Dreamweaver are KompoZer, Bluefish Editor, Aptana Studio and VvvebJs.

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  1. Silex icon

    Silex

     82 likes

    Create and host your websites for free, with no subscriptions, no restrictions.

    Build fast secure static websites as the front-end for your CMS of choice.

    134 Silex alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Comments about Silex as an Alternative to Adobe Dreamweaver
    greenrd
    Negative
    0

    Uses absolute positioning for images. In 2022? Please!

    Alex Hoyau
    Positive
    0

    Uses absolute positioning for images. In 2022? Please!

    It's not the case anymore, Silex v3 has all positioning options now

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    • Most users think Silex is a great Adobe Dreamweaver alternative.

    • Silex is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Adobe Dreamweaver.

    • Silex is the most popular Open Source alternative to Adobe Dreamweaver.

    • Silex is Free and Open SourceAdobe Dreamweaver is Paid and Proprietary
    • Silex is LightweightAdobe Dreamweaver is not according to our users
  2. KompoZer icon

    KompoZer

     132 likes

    KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing.

    65 KompoZer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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    Comments about KompoZer as an Alternative to Adobe Dreamweaver
    Guest
    Positive
    4

    Like Dreamweaver, Kompozer is a programm made to help us to create websites.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    -1

    It's a great design tool for people who aren't the best at HTML

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think KompoZer is a great Adobe Dreamweaver alternative.

    • KompoZer is Free and Open SourceAdobe Dreamweaver is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Bluefish Editor icon

    Bluefish Editor

     162 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.

    212 Bluefish Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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    Comments about Bluefish Editor as an Alternative to Adobe Dreamweaver
    Guest
    Positive
    3

    very fast - simple - open source - works perfectly on Linux

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Iva Kyb
    Negative
    1

    It is not a visual editor for designers.

    sedeti
    Negative
    0

    Nice for just a text editor

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    • Some users think Bluefish Editor is a great Adobe Dreamweaver alternative, some don't.

    • Bluefish Editor is Free and Open SourceAdobe Dreamweaver is Paid and Proprietary
    • Bluefish Editor is LightweightAdobe Dreamweaver is not according to our users
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    Aptana Studio

     332 likes

    Aptana Studio is a complete web development environment that combines powerful authoring tools with a collection of online hosting and collaboration services that help you and your team do more. Includes support for PHP, CSS, FTP, and more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Aptana Studio as an Alternative to Adobe Dreamweaver
    Guest
    Negative
    13

    Aptana Studio it´s not a WYSIWYG editor.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Aptana Studio is a great Adobe Dreamweaver alternative, some don't.

    • Aptana Studio is Free and Open SourceAdobe Dreamweaver is Paid and Proprietary
  6. VvvebJs icon

    VvvebJs

     10 likes

    Drag and drop website builder javascript library.

    51 VvvebJs alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • VvvebJs is the most popular Web-based alternative to Adobe Dreamweaver.

    • VvvebJs is Free and Open SourceAdobe Dreamweaver is Paid and Proprietary
    • VvvebJs is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAdobe Dreamweaver is not according to our users
  7. kodeWeave icon

    kodeWeave

     25 likes

    kodeWeave is a realtime coding playground for HTML, CSS and Javascript. Similar to JSFiddle and JSBin, but kodeWeave was made to work offline but also as a prototyping application to build applications for desktop operating systems while on mobile devices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    The kodeWeave Web Application
     
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    Comments about kodeWeave as an Alternative to Adobe Dreamweaver
    Ted Curran
    Positive
    3

    It's a code editor like Dreamweaver, with visual preview, but it's much more like CodePen.

    Iva Kyb
    Negative
    0

    Not able to edit visually - just text editor with preview - coding playground. It's nice but is not an alternative to Dreamweaver. More like CodePen.io

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    • kodeWeave is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Adobe Dreamweaver.

    • kodeWeave is Free and Open SourceAdobe Dreamweaver is Paid and Proprietary
  9. Quanta Plus icon

    Quanta Plus

     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.

    40 Quanta Plus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    CSS, document structure and various ways of editing
     
  10. Primo.af icon

    Primo.af

     4 likes

    the all-in-one static site builder.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. HTML Editor by Mori icon

    HTML Editor by Mori

     1 like

    Online HTML editor with real-time preview. Edit your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code and monitor the instant live preview.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Scribes

     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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Scribes simple and sleek (startup)
     
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    Comments about Scribes as an Alternative to Adobe Dreamweaver
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    No preview, defective HTML helping macros, code highlighting may behave erratically.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Scribes is Free and Open SourceAdobe Dreamweaver is Paid and Proprietary
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    Maqetta

     8 likes

    Maqetta is an open source project that provides WYSIWYG visual authoring of HTML5 user interfaces. The Maqetta application itself is authored in HTML, and therefore runs in the browser without requiring additional plugins or downloads.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  14. Project Amateras

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    Another HTML Editor Plugin for Eclipse.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Eclipse
     
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