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I am searching for an HTML, PHP and CSS editor that would offer a live preview of the code I write. I currently use "Inspect Element" to program my website, I first code it in the Inspect Element and then I copy and paste the code to Notepad++ which is kind of annoying and there is another problem: I sometimes accidentally click links and all of the changes I have made are gone!

Is there any actual Live Preview code editor for Windows that is free?

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  • That is not a WYSIWYG editor, that sounds more like a live preview – Duarte Farrajota Ramos Apr 23 '18 at 0:16
  • Duarte Farrajorta Ramos, WYSIWYG is What You See is What You Get, which is the same thing as live preview, but it is now commonly referred to as a rich text editor :/. – John Doe Apr 25 '18 at 17:13
  • It is not the same thing. In a WYSIWYG editor you don't (have to) write code directly, there is no need for a preview, you work directly over the final result. Bluegriffon is an example of a WYSIWYG HTML editor, rich text editors (like Word or LO Writter) are also mostly WYSIWYG. Live previews explicitly imply a separate preview pane – Duarte Farrajota Ramos Apr 25 '18 at 17:20
  • Okay, but do you know any of the Live Preview programs? – John Doe Apr 25 '18 at 17:40
  • Have you seen the link on my first comment? – Duarte Farrajota Ramos Apr 25 '18 at 20:25
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Here are a few options:

  1. Paid - Adobe Dreamweaver Link to site A
  2. Free - Atom Link to site enter image description here
  3. Freemium (with paid license key) - Sublime Text Link to site enter image description here

There are many more options not listed but these are just a few to look at.

Hope this helps!

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  • Note that Sublime Text is not free, from their site: Sublime Text may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however a license must be purchased for continued use. – albert Apr 28 '18 at 17:23
  • @albert That's a very good point! Thanks for the clarification! I'm changing my answer info right now! – Gabriel Wolf Apr 28 '18 at 18:07
  • I tried using Atom, but the HTML Preview package doesn't really seem to work. Do you know any package for it that does the live preview? Thank You. – John Doe Apr 30 '18 at 9:57
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Brackets is another free (as in beer) and open source text editor with built-in live preview that is worth trying. Unfortunately, Atom (which was my favorite editor up until not too long ago) consumes a whole lot of RAM (~400 MB) on start-up with only a few plugins installed.

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