TeX Live!

TeXworks is constantly evolving and improving. Several major additional features are planned for future releases; some issues fairly high on the priority list include: * TeX documentation lookup/browser (partially implemented in scripts http://twscript.paulanorman.com/downloads
by Paul Norman * intelligent handling of TeX errors (partially implemented in a bundled script * assistance with graphics inclusion and format conversions * support rich PDF features such as transitions, embedded media (sound, video, annotations, etc. * customizable palettes of symbols, commands, etc. * interaction with external editors and other tools

TeX Live alternatives

  • LyX

  • LyX is a document processor. It combines the power and flexibility of TeX/LaTeX, an advanced typesetting system, with the ease of use of a graphical interface.

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  • TeXstudio

  • TeXstudio is an integrated environment for writing LaTeX documents. Our goal is to make writing LaTeX as easy and comfortable as possible. Therefore TeXstudio has numerous features like syntax-highlighting, integrated viewer, reference checking and various assistants.

    tags: auto-completion built-in-text-editor document-processing integrated-pdf-viewer latex
  • Overleaf

  • Overleaf, formerly WriteLaTeX, is a collaborative writing and publishing system that makes the whole process of producing academic papers much quicker for both authors and publishers.

    tags: collaborative-writing latex-online-editor preview-pdf publishing writing-editor
  • MiKTeX

  • MiKTeX is a typesetting system for the Windows operating system. The distribution includes TeX, pdfTeX and XeTeX.Significant features of MiKTeX are its ability to update itself by downloading new versions of previously installed components and packages, and an easy installation process. Additionally, it can ask users whether they wish to download any packages that have not yet been installed but are requested by the current document.

    tags: academic-publishing book-creation document-creation latex latex-distribution
  • TeXmacs

  • GNU TeXmacs is a free wysiwyw (what you see is what you want) editing platform with special features for scientists. The software aims to provide a unified and user friendly framework for editing structured documents with different types of content (text, graphics, mathematics, interactive content, etc.). The rendering engine uses high-quality typesetting algorithms so as to produce professionally looking documents, which can either be printed out or presented from a laptop.

    tags: books equation-editor gnu latex latex-editor
  • Kile

  • Kile is a TeX/LaTeX editor providing a user friendly environment to edit TeX/LaTeX source code.

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  • TexMaths

  • TexMaths is an addon designed to provide LaTeX support into LibreOffice. LaTeX equations can be inserted as images (SVG or PNG formats) and the LaTeX code

    tags: latex-editor libreoffice-extension svg tex
  • TeXworks

  • The TeXworks project is an effort to build a simple TeX front-end program (working environment) that will be available for all today’s major desktop operating systems—in particular, MS Windows (XP and Vista), typical GNU/Linux distros and other X11-based systems, and Mac OS X. It is deliberately modeled on Dick Koch’s award-winning TeXShop for Mac OS X, which is credited with a resurgence of TeX usage on the Mac platform.

    tags: publishing latex word-processing typography printing
  • VerbTeX LaTeX Editor

  • VerbTeX is a free, collaborative LaTeX Editor for your Android device. It allows you to create and manage LaTeX projects directly on your Android device and generate a PDF by using Verbosus (Online LaTeX and Octave Editor)

    tags: dev-documentation development-documentation documentation documenting latex
  • MacTeX

  • MacTeX is a redistribution of TeX Live, a typesetting environment. While TeX Live is designed to be cross-platform (running on Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows), MacTeX includes Mac-specific utilities and front-ends. It is also pre-configured to work out-of-the-box with Mac OS X as it provides sensible defaults for configuration options that, in TeX Live, are left up to the user to allow for its cross-platform compatibility.

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  • TeXnicle

  • TeXnicle is LaTeX editor designed for Mac OS X. It runs on Snow Leopard and Lion on 32-bit and 64-bit systems. TeXnicle is free (as in beer) and will remain so.

    tags: latex text-editor
  • Papeeria

  • Write and compile LaTeX online.You need only browser and Internet access to typeset LaTeX documents and compile them to PDF.

    tags: latex latex-editor latex-online-editor mathematics tex-editor
  • TeXpert

  • As an integrated environment, TeXpert allows users to edit, compile (generate PDF output) and view the result within a single app. As a result, it provides the convenience and productivity because it eliminates the hassles of switching back and forth between different applications. In this context, one does not have to open, say TeXPortal, to (re)compile the document and wait for it to complete then open generated PDF with another app; finally using Android's Recent apps button to go back to continue editing the file. »

    tags: ide latex latex-editor latex-online-editor spell-checker
  • TeXPortal

  • TeXPortal is an application to typeset TeX documents, targeting mainly at academic researchers.

    tags: Discontinued latex pdf-creation sciences tex
  • Inlage

  • Inlage (Intelligent LaTex Generator) is a shareware LaTeX Integrated development environment that allows the user input LaTeX by using Windows 7's Math Input Panel. The shareware version does not allow saving or compiling after 5 minutes of testing.

    tags: latex tex document-processing