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Best XSLT Editors in 2025

We tested these XSLT Editors:

  • XMLBlueprint
  • Oxygen XML Editor
  • Visual Studio Code
  • XMLSpy

 

Oxygen XML Editor

Visual Studio Code

XMLBlueprint

XMLSpy

XSLT 3.0/XPath 3.1 (1)(2)

yes

yes

yes

yes

Viewing XSLT

 

 

 

 

Syntax Coloring (3)

★★★

★★★

★★★★★

Tooltips (4)

★★★★★

★★

★★★★

★★

Go To Defintion (5)

★★★★★

★★★★★

★★★★★

-

XPath Error Location (6)

★★★★★

★★★★★

Editing XSLT

 

 

 

 

Functions (7)

★★★★★

★★★★★

★★★★★

★★★★★

Templates (8)

★★★★★

★★★★★

★★★★★

★★★★★

Variables (9)

★★★★★

★★★★★

★★★★★

XPath 3.1 (10)

★★★★★

★★★★★

xsl:template vs xsl:value-of (11)

★★★★★

Running XSLT

 

 

 

 

Ease of Use (12)

★★★★★

★★

★★★★★

★★

XSLT Parameters (13)

★★★★★

-

★★★★★

★★★★★

xsl:initial-template (14)

★★★★★

★★★★★

★★★★★

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What is the best XSLT 3.0 editor? To anwser that question, we created these small but carefully constructed XSLT files that highlight the positive and negative features of the XSLT editors that we tested.

  1. Download Checking - XSLT 3.0.xsl.
  2. Download Checking - XPath 3.1.xsl.
  3. Download Viewing - Syntax Coloring.xsl.
  4. Download Viewing - Tooltips.xsl.
  5. Download Viewing - Go To Definition.xsl.
  6. Download Viewing - XPath Error Location.xsl.
  7. Download Editing - Functions.xsl.
  8. Download Editing - Templates.xsl.
  9. Download Editing - Variables.xsl.
  10. Download Editing - XPath 3.1.xsl.
  11. Download Editing - template vs value-of.xsl.
  12. Download Running - Ease of Use.txt.
  13. Download Running - XSLT Parameters.xsl.
  14. Download Running - initial-template.xsl.

These versions were used:

Name

Version

Additional

Oxygen XML Editor

26.1

 

Visual Studio Code

1.91.1

Extension: XSLT/XPath for Visual Studio Code by DeltaXignia

XMLBlueprint

21.20240716

 

XMLSpy

2024

 

These Editors do NOT support XSLT 3.0/XPath 3.1

We tried these editors but they do not support XSLT 3.0/XPath 3.1 (in alphabetical order):

  • Eclipse
  • Editix
  • IntelliJ IDEA
  • Liquid Studio
  • Notepad++
  • Stylus Studio
  • Sublime Text
  • Visual Studio

These versions were used:

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