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Will Adobe fully update Dreamweaver, commit to developing it, sell it, or let it die a slow death?

Forum|Forum|5 months ago
August 12, 2025
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I've been using Dreamweaver since it was a Macromedia product and, despite Adobe's best efforts, it is still the most fully featured and useable tool ina web designer/developer's toolbox.

So why is Adobe behind with updating the software? All we get is minimal updates for security patches only, and no real innovation from Adobe since CS6 around a decade ago!

Adobe likes to ignore the web design/developer comunity, a fact that is shown that Adobe Max hasn't mentioned the software at all for five years.

Let's face it, you are milking the product whilst trying to kill it. And now your latest update (May 2025) causes so much frustration with sudden crashes for no reason makes me think you are trying even harder to force people away.

So time to step up Adobe. Are you killing it, saving it, or going to commit to developing the top tool in web design/development (an area that is growing four times more over than Graphic Design according th the BoLS)?

Time for answers...

Nayan_Kankariya

Community Manager

Hi @bill_teale,

Thanks for writing to us and conveying your kind thoughts. Please be assured that we are continuing to update Dreamweaver and are not keeping it in maintenance mode. Yes, there is no mention about Dw in Adobe Max in the last 4-5 years, but we continue to hear user feedback over this community forum and customer support.

On the crash issue on your machine, we have a dependency of Rosetta on Mac ARM and hence, without the Rosetta environment, we are seeing stability issues with Dw product on Mac ARM machines. We are actively investigating the issue and will provide an update. As a workaround, please try installing Rosetta on Mac ARM machine, which is a one-time setup.

Please invoke Terminal and run the following command to install Rosetta:

softwareupdate --install-rosetta

Please confirm if the behavior gets resolved after installing the Rosetta environment provided by Apple on your machine, and revert in case the issue persists. Please feel free to write back to us on this thread.

We sincerely apologize for the issue you are facing and appreciate your kind support.

Have a pleasant day!

Thanks,

Nayan

Adobe Dreamweaver Team

K

Kajrov

Inspiring

Not all use Apple products, is there a temporary fix for Windows also?

Nayan_Kankariya

Community Manager

Hi @Kajrov,

Thanks for writing to us and inquiring about the Windows platform, too. Unfortunately, we haven't found the 100% consistent workflow steps on Windows, and hence, in case you are observing the stability issue consistently on a Windows machine, we request that we have a remote connect session for troubleshooting the behavior. We are also actively investigating the behavior on Windows with Dw 21.5 and will release the fix soon.

Have a pleasant day!

Regards,

Nayan

Adobe Dreamweaver Team

BenPleysier

Community Expert

I moved to Wappler about eight years ago and haven’t needed another tool since. It’s actively developed, embraces modern web standards, and gives me full control over both front-end and back-end workflows—without relying on patchwork extensions or waiting for updates that never come.

Dreamweaver had its place, but Wappler’s integrated approach and rapid evolution make it a far better fit for today’s development needs.

That said, I just saw this update from Adobe:

“We discussed the future of DW and we are continuing to actively support DW in future and will consider taking up new feature sets as we have discussions with DW ACP folks.”

If Adobe is serious about revitalizing Dreamweaver, I’d love to see meaningful action—not just vague promises. The web dev space is moving fast, and tools need to keep pace.

Wappler is the DMXzone-made Dreamweaver replacement and includes the best of their powerful extensions, as well as much more!

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bill_tealeAuthor

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Thanks Ben! I remember the early days of Wappler, back to even when they just sold snippets to use in Dreanweaver 🙂

that is a very interesting update, do you remember the source of it? I'd love to hear more.

BenPleysier

Community Expert

Apologies for the confusion, this was not a publicly announced update, it was conveyed to me via a PM from @Nayan_Kankariya

Wappler is the DMXzone-made Dreamweaver replacement and includes the best of their powerful extensions, as well as much more!

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Dreamweaver was moved to minimal maintenance status in late 2021. Apart from essential security & compatibility updates, no new features are planned.

I use DW alongside other coding tools that are in active development.

That's all I can tell you.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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bill_tealeAuthor

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Thank you for the reply Nancy, I appreciate it. Would you mind sharing what other tools you use that are in active development and how they complement for DW's shortcomings?

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