The top 50 PHP editors
By Justin Silverton
The following is a list of the top 50 PHP editors (commercial and freeware), with reviewed links to php-editors.com:
| Editor Name | Version | License | Platform/OS | Our Rating | User Rating |
| PHP Edit | 1.2.5 | Freeware Shareware Commercial Other |
Windows | 5/5 | 4.55 (125 votes) |
| Dreamweaver | 8 | Commercial | Windows | 5/5 | 3.98 (58 votes) |
| NuSphere PhpED | 4 | Commercial | Windows Linux |
5/5 | 4.27 (73 votes) |
| Maguma Workbench | 2.6 | Commercial | Windows Linux Mac |
5/5 | 4.11 (9 votes) |
| emacs | 21 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux Mac Other |
5/5 | 4.07 (13 votes) |
| ActiveState Komodo | 3.5 | Commercial Other |
Windows Unix Linux Other |
5/5 | 4.57 (21 votes) |
| PHP Designer 2005 | 3.0.6 | Freeware | Windows | 5/5 | 4.74 (2329 votes) |
| Komodo | 3.1 | Shareware Commercial Other |
Windows Linux Other |
5/5 | 4.13 (22 votes) |
| TSW WebCoder 2005 | 2005 | Commercial Other |
Windows | 5/5 | 2 (4 votes) |
| VIM | 6.1 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux |
4/5 | 4.23 (146 votes) |
| DzSoft PHP Editor | 1.4 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.54 (22 votes) |
| Davor’s PHP Constructor | 1.0 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 3.75 (4 votes) |
| Edit Plus | 2.11 SR-2 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.67 (80 votes) |
| HTML-Kit | 292 | Freeware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.48 (43 votes) |
| PHP Expert Editor | 2.5 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.39 (81 votes) |
| Anjuta | 1.0.1 | Freeware | Unix Linux |
4/5 | 3.66 (6 votes) |
| Bluefish | 0.12 | Other | Linux | 4/5 | 3.97 (34 votes) |
| Quanta Plus | 3.2.1 | Freeware | Linux | 4/5 | 4.59 (61 votes) |
| Zend Studio | 5 | Commercial | Windows Unix Linux Mac Other |
4/5 | 3.93 (143 votes) |
| Kate | 2.2 | Freeware | Linux | 4/5 | 4.11 (18 votes) |
| Maguma Studio Free | 1.1.0 | Freeware | Windows | 4/5 | 3.89 (47 votes) |
| PHP Editor by EngInSite | 3 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 3 (4 votes) |
| PHP Eclipse | 1.06a | Freeware | Unix Linux |
4/5 | 4.28 (70 votes) |
| Xored:: WebStudio | 0.3.4 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux Other |
4/5 | 3.92 (25 votes) |
| SciTE | 1.53 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux Other |
4/5 | 4.57 (56 votes) |
| VS.Php | Beta 3 | Commercial Other |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.57 (19 votes) |
| Maguma Studio Pro | 1.3.X | Commercial | Windows | 4/5 | 4 (8 votes) |
| Macromedia HomeSite | 5.5 | Commercial | Windows | 4/5 | 4.5 (14 votes) |
| TextPad | 4.7.2 | Freeware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.51 (27 votes) |
| PHP Edit | 1.0 Stable | Freeware Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.44 (78 votes) |
| EngInSite Editor for PHP | 2.2 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.31 (22 votes) |
| BBedit | 7.0 | Commercial | Mac | 3/5 | 4.47 (17 votes) |
| BBedit Lite | 6.1 | Freeware | Mac | 3/5 | 4.55 (9 votes) |
| Cooledit | 3.17.7 | 3/5 | 3 (2 votes) |
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| Nedit | 5.3 | Freeware | Unix Linux |
3/5 | 4.57 (7 votes) |
| PSPad | 4.3.0 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 4.67 (76 votes) |
| PHP Coder | 3 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 3.89 (64 votes) |
| AceHTML Pro | 5 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 3/5 | 4 (10 votes) |
| Top PHP Studio | v1.19.6 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 3/5 | 4.33 (6 votes) |
| jEdit | 4.1 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux Mac Other |
3/5 | 4.62 (72 votes) |
| SubEthaEdit | 1.1.5 | Freeware | Mac | 3/5 | 4.5 (10 votes) |
| umdev | 2004 | Shareware | Windows | 3/5 | 2.33 (3 votes) |
| Dev-PHP | 3.0 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 4.48 (56 votes) |
| Crimson Editor | 3.60 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 4.70 (47 votes) |
| PHP Processor | 1.2 | Shareware | Windows | 3/5 | 5 (1 votes) |
| tsWebEditor | 2 | Freeware Other |
Windows | 3/5 | 4.61 (13 votes) |
| Svoi.NET - PHP Edit XP | 4.0 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 4.16 (18 votes) |
| ConTEXT | 0.97.4 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 4.70 (24 votes) |
| PHP Side (Simple IDE) | 0.4 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux |
3/5 | 4.07 (13 votes) |
| HAPedit | 3.1 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 4.44 (18 votes) |
| EmEditor | 4.0 | Freeware Shareware |
Windows | 3/5 | 4 (4 votes) |
| Roadsend Studio | 1.1.1 | Commercial | Windows Unix Linux |
3/5 | 1 (1 votes) |
| TruStudio | 1.0.0. | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux Mac |
3/5 | 3.33 (9 votes) |
| Smultron | 1.0.1 | Freeware | Mac | 3/5 | 4.28 (7 votes) |
| PHP backend generator | 0.9 | Commercial | Windows Unix Linux Mac Other |
3/5 | 1 (1 votes) |
| PHPMaker | 3.2 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 3/5 | 5 (1 votes) |
| Pidela | 0.1 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux Mac |
3/5 | 1 (1 votes) |
| Arisesoft Winsyntax | 2 | Freeware | Windows | 2/5 | 4.12 (25 votes) |
| SEG | 1.0.1 | Freeware | Windows | 2/5 | 4.46 (13 votes) |
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Vim at version 6.1? Bah!
I wonder how far behind the other editors are.
yeah, many show their old versions, but the main list is still there.
notepad
6/5
yeah, I personally use either notepad or crimson editor (which helps with syntax).
Sergio,
I like you website design (shoutcentral.com).