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Oxygen XML Editor vs XML Notepad: catalog facts
Oxygen XML Editor	XML Notepad
Paid Commercial licence; a trial is available.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
Broad coverage of XML standards including XSLT, XQuery, XSD and DITA XSLT and XQuery debuggers	Tree view synchronized with node text editing Imports CSV, JSON and HTML as XML
Paid software Large feature set takes time to learn	Windows only Focused on XML rather than general text editing
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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