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Partial CSS software list

Nearly all browsers nowadays support CSS and many other applications do, too. To write CSS, you don't need more than a text editor, but there are many tools available that make it even easier.

Of course, nearly all software has bugs. And some programs are further ahead implementing the latest CSS modules than others. Various sites describe bugs and work-arounds.

CSS Authoring Tools

Currently, most Web authoring tools provide some sort of support for CSS style sheets. The list below is far from complete, but contains (in chronological order) all tools that have been reported to us.

• 2017-11-22 Daniel Glazman of Disruptive Innovations released version 3.01 of BlueGriffon, a WYSIWYG Web editor with support for HTML, MathML, SVG and CSS (full level 2 and parts of level 3). Paying versions add additional functions, such as EPUB creation, predefined templates, HTTP PUT support, visual CSS editor, MathML editor, project manager and responsive design mode. (Linux, Windows, Mac; Open Source)
• 2016-10-18 AI Internet Solutions released version 16 of CSE HTML Validator, an HTML editor that validates HTML, CSS and/or PHP code, with integrated syntax checker, spell checker, link checker, accessibility checker, SEO and more. (Windows, free ‘Lite’ version, Standard/Pro/Enterprise versions with free trial)
• 2016-01-18 CodeLobster publishes the CodeLobster PHP Edition version 5.8.1, an IDE for HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript, with code highlighting, debugger, auto-complete, etc., and built-in support for several CMS'es (SVN, Git, SASS, LESS, Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress, Symfony, etc.). (Windows; free version (without CMS support), Lite version and Professional version)
• 2015-10-21 SyncRO Soft released version 17.1 of the XML Editor with improved support for CSS, DITA 1.3, XLIFF 2.0 and more. It supports CSS (WYSIWYG editing), XSL-FO, XSLT, XQuery, various XML- or XHTML-based formats (such as EPUB, TEI, DocBook and DITA) and also has an SVG viewer. (Runs on Java and/or Eclipse platforms, free trial.)
• 2013-03-04 The WebStorm JavaScript editor includes a CSS editor with syntax checking, auto-complete, etc. and support for the syntaxes of SASS and LESS. (Windows, Mac, Unix. Various licenses. Free for education and Open Source projects)
• 2012-08-15 Liquid XML Editor 2012 features a CSS editor, enabling you to edit your CSS document, and validate it against the W3C standards. (Windows, free trial)
• 2011-11-18 OverZone Software offers CSS Tab Designer, a WYSIWYG tool to design menus in XHTML+CSS. (Free, Windows)
• 2009-02-03 Improvingcode released snap{css}, a text editor specially made for editing CSS (Windows, source available for inspection)
• 2009-01-21 XMLBlueprint XML Editor by Monkfish Software is a full-featured XML editor that supports the creation and editing of XML document, DTDs, Relax NG Schemas, XML Schemas and XSLT Stylesheets. It also supports CSS syntax coloring and CSS code completion. (Windows, free trial)
• 2008-11-14 Oiko Software published version 1.00RC1 of their Oiko CSS editor. (Windows, free)
• 2008-06-19 Skybound offers a free version of Stylizer Basic (formerly StyleSpread) in addition to the non-free Stylizer Ultimate. Stylizer is a CSS editor with live preview, automatic validation, diagnose tool, FTP upload, etc. (Windows, free basic version)
• 2008-06-19 JAPISoft offers EditiX, an XML & XML Schema editor and XSLT debugger. EditiX also includes aCSS editor. (Windows, Mac OS X & Linux; free version available for non-commercial use)
• 2007-07-20 Version 2 of XStandard XHTML WYSIWYG editor for content management systems has been released. This version supports more CSS properties. (For Windows and Mac, “Lite” version is free).
• 2007-05-22 Panic released Coda, an HTML & CSS editor with webdav, ssh, preview, HTML/CSS references, collaborative editing and more. (Mac, free trial)
• 2006-11-07 Macrabbit released version 2 of CSSEdit, a CSS editor with preview (even for dynamic pages), checkpoints/rollback, validation, structure analyzer, etc. Since 2008, CSSEdit 3 is built into the Espresso Web editor. (Mac, free trial)
• 2006-07-13 Westciv released Style Master 4.5, a CSS editor with preview, info about browser compatibility, a CSS reference, “X-ray” (CSS inspector), wizards, etc. (Mac and Windows, free trial)
• 2005-07-21 Disruptive Innovations and Linspire published version 1.0 of Nvu, a WYSIWYG Web site editor, based on Gecko (Windows, Mac, Linux/X, Open Source)
• 2005-03-29 TARI released GoodPage version 1.0.2, an HTML/CSS editor with multiple views, validation, etc. (Mac OS X, free trial)
• 2005-03-25 Evrsoft offers 1st Page 2000, an HTML editor with multiple previews, CSS reference, wizards, etc. (Windows, free)
• 2004-11-04 Eledicss 0.1 is a CSS editor implemented as a server-side PHP script. It allows editing CSS files using a browser. (Unix, Open Source)
• 2004-01-07 cssed is a syntax-directed editor for CSS2 files, with a GUI based on GTK2, syntax highlighting, outline view, etc. (Linux, Open Source)
• 2004-01-07 HostM.com Web Hosting released Simple CSS 1.0, an easy-to-use CSS authoring tool. You can manage multiple CSS projects and import existing style sheets. Supports CSS2. (Windows & Mac, freeware)
• 2003-05-24 Macromedia's (since 2005: Adobe's) WYSIWYG HTML editor and Web-site development tool Dreamweaver supports partial CSS2 and integrates TopStyle (Windows & Mac, free trial)
• 2003-04-23 W3C released version 8.0 of Amaya, a WYSIWYG, structured editor/browser for (X)HTML, SVG, MathML and CSS. Supports remote editing and annotations (Open Source, Solaris, Linux, Mac, Windows)
• 2003-03-31 HTML-Kit is an HTML, XHTML and XML editor with plug-ins that provide, among other things, CSS and CSS manuals. (Windows, free)
• 2003-02-14 Bradbury Software has released version 3.10 of TopStyle Pro, a CSS1 & 2 editor. New in this version: support for Opera 7, the W3C HTML & CSS validators and Bobby. (Windows, free trial)
• 2002-05-02 Daniel Glazman (daniel @glazman.org) has announced a CSS editor add-on for Composer, the content editor of Mozilla/Netscape 6. This CSS editor is an open-source work in progress and can be freely downloaded
• 2001-11-26 JustStyle CSS Editor (version 1.2.2) is an editor for CSS1 style sheets. (30-day free trial, Java)
• 2000-10-14 Quanta is an HTML editor for the KDE desktop. CSS 1 & 2 support is in the beta for KDE2 (Unix, Open Source)
• 2000-07-04 AceHTML 4 by Visicom Media is an HTML/CSS editor for Windows. Both commercial and freeware versions are available.
• 1999-11-19 Bluefish is an editor for programmers and Web designers with support for HTML and CSS. (Open Source, Unix, Mac, Windows)
• 1999-08-04 En Vogue is a (non-WYSIWYG) editor running on the Atari ST. It supports CSS1 & 2.
• 1999-05-29 XMetaL (originally created by SoftQuad, now developed by JustSystems) authors & displays XML documents with CSS style sheets.
• 1999-05-25 Corel's CorelDraw (since version 9) exports HTML + CSS.
• 1998-08-29 Lewis Gartenberg has released a version 2 of a shareware tool, W2CSS which converts MS Word documents into HTML and CSS.
• 1997-12-04 A CSS mode for Alpha, a Mac programming editor, is available. (Shareware, Mac)
• 1997-12-04 Anansi is a project-oriented HTML-editor. (Free, Windows)
• 1997-11-04 Coffeecup Software's StyleSheet Maker++ is a dedicated application for creating CSS style sheets.
• 1997-09-12 Optima System's PageSpinner is a shareware HTML editor for MacOS with support for CSS.
• 1997-03-26 Sausage Software's HotDog editor now supports CSS.
• Adobe FrameMaker since version 5.5 can export HTML+CSS.