Alternatives to PageEdit
A visual editor for the XHTML pages inside EPUB ebooks, from the Sigil project. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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PageEdit
A visual editor for the XHTML pages inside EPUB ebooks, from the Sigil project.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as PageEdit.
Sigil
An EPUB editor with a code view and a visual view side by side, plus validation and metadata tools.
Sigil edits whole EPUB books in visual or code view, with validation, regex search and metadata tools, instead of single XHTML pages.
Calibre
The ebook library manager: view, convert, edit and catalogue books in every major format, and talk to e-readers.
Calibre includes a full EPUB editor alongside library management and format conversion, though its interface is dense and not a dedicated visual page editor.
Jutoh
A desktop ebook editor that creates EPUB, Kindle and print-ready books from Word or text files.
Jutoh is a paid desktop ebook editor that imports Word and text files and exports EPUB and Kindle, rather than a free open-source page editor.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
EPUBCheck
The official W3C conformance checker that validates EPUB publications from the command line.
Kotobee Author
A desktop authoring tool for building interactive ebooks and exporting them to EPUB, apps and web formats.
Vellum
A macOS app for formatting manuscripts into ebooks and print-ready books.
Atticus
A book writing and formatting tool for producing print books and ebooks on any desktop platform.
