# 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.

## Desktop applications

| Name | Latest release | Active | Software license | Type | Windows | macOS | Linux | Textual editor | Tree view editor | Graphical editor | WYSIWYG editor | XML Schema editor | Syntax highlighting | Tag folding | Autocomplete using schema | XPath search | XML diff/merge | Payment model | Full-featured free trial period |
| QXmlEdit | 0.9.18, January 2023 | Yes | LGPL 2 | Standalone | Yes installer downloaded from SourceForge or PortableApps | Yes dmg installer from SourceForge, Homebrew, (Macports not available as of 2023-02) | Yes RPM, DEB, other formats in distribution package repositories, Snap, Flatpak. (AppImage not available as of 2024-02) | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes configurable XML and XML Schema Comparison. ? merge function | free libre open source software. | You get a free, full-featured version for as long as you like. |
| Adobe FrameMaker | 2019 | Yes | Proprietary | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | ? | Yes |
| BaseX | 2023 (10.7) | Yes | BSD-3-Clause | Standalone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | via add-on module | — | — |
| CAM Editor | 2015 (3.2.2) | No | MPL-2.0 | Standalone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | No | | | — | — |
| GNU Emacs/ nxml-mode | 2023 (29.1) | Yes | GPL-3.0-or-later | Major mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (Ediff) | — | — |
| GNU Emacs/ psgml-mode, xml-mode | 2023 (29.1) | Yes | GPL-2.0-or-later | Major mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | sgml-show-structure | No | No | dtd-mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (Ediff) | — | — |
| MadCap Flare | 2019 | Yes | Proprietary | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Perpetual and Subscription | Yes |
| Liquid XML Studio | 2020 (18.0.4) | Yes | Proprietary | Standalone + Visual Studio Plugin | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
| Oxygen XML Editor | 2021 (24.0) | Yes | Proprietary | Standalone + Eclipse Plugin Web-App | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | 30 days |
| Quark Author Web Edition on Quark Publishing Platform | 2014 (10.5) | Yes | Proprietary | Web-App | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Sections Only | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | | | ? | — |
| Stylus Studio | 2014 (X15 R2) | Yes | Proprietary | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | ? | Yes |
| Xeditor | August 2023 (6.15) | Yes | Proprietary | Web-app | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | via add-on module | Subscription | Yes |
| Xerlin | 2005 (1.3) | No | Open Source | Standalone | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | | — | ? |
| XMetaL | 2021 (16.0) | Yes | Proprietary | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | Yes |
| XML Notepad | 2023 (2.9.0.7) | Yes | MIT | Standalone | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | | | ? | Yes |
| XMLSpy | 2025 | Yes | Proprietary | Standalone Eclipse Plugin, Visual Studio Plugin | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perpetual | Yes |