Espresso
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Espresso, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Espresso's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Espresso license | $119, paid once | 12 months of free updates and new features · single-user license · One-time purchase |
The facts
Each one read from Espresso's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI privacy
- The maker says optional LatteAI features process data locally on the Mac and do not send project files or code to its servers.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Build system
- Dynamo is Espresso’s built-in build infrastructure and supports SCSS, LESS, and Markdown and HTML imports and templates.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Crash reporting
- Crash reports are anonymized, do not include private project data, and are sent only after the user is asked.checked 7 Oct 2026
- CSS tools
- Espresso includes visual CSSEdit tools and supports standard CSS, SCSS, and LESS.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Editor features
- Editor features include snippets, templates, multi-edit, project find and replace, regex search, CodeSense, and a Navigator.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Editor type
- desktopchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Extensions
- Espresso has a plug-in API for actions, syntaxes, formatting, and other extensions, and its plug-in documentation covers JavaScript, XML, CSS, and regular expressions.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Extension support
- The listed plug-ins and syntax themes are not officially supported; the maker directs feature requests to their authors.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Languages
- Built-in language support includes HTML, (S)CSS, LESS, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, PHP, Ruby, Python, Apache, and XML.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Language server support
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Live preview
- Live Preview supports Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, including Safari Technology Preview, and provides Browser Xray for editing relevant styles.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Espresso runs on the user's computer, has no built-in cloud features, and keeps project data on the computer and servers the user connects to.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Privacy compliance
- The maker says it complies with Australia's Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- Espresso is a web editor for Mac for writing, coding, designing, building, and publishing websites.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Publishing
- Espresso offers Server Sync, Quick Publish, Quick Browse, and automatic upload on save for project servers.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Remote development
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker offers documentation and email support at [email protected].checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- macoschecked 20 Sep 2026
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