LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Germany
EU
MacTeX AlternativesTypesetting Systems and other similar apps like MacTeX
MacTeX is described as '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' and is a typesetting system in the education & reference category. There are eight alternatives to MacTeX for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Haiku and BSD apps. The best MacTeX alternative is LaTeX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MacTeX are TeXstudio, Texmaker, TeX Live and SILE.
Alternatives list
- 18 LaTeX alternatives
45 TeXstudio alternativesTeXstudio 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Germany
- EU
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48 Texmaker alternativesTexmaker is a free LaTeX editor, that integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX, in just one application.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Haiku
France- EU
TeX Live is an easy way to get up and running with the TeX document production system. It provides a comprehensive TeX system with binaries for most flavors of Unix, including GNU/Linux, and also Windows.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Haiku
United States
SILE is a typesetting system inspired by TeX and InDesign, but seeks to be more flexible, extensible and programmable than them.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
23 Texpad alternativesTexpad is a LaTeX editor designed for straightforward navigation of projects of any size. When Texpad opens a document it scans through it, looking for LaTeX structure commands and any included files, then it presents you with an outline view with which you can swiftly navigate...
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
United Kingdom
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TexitEasy is a free, cross-platform and open-source latex editor. TexitEasy has all the features a modern editor can have.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
A gradually-typed superset of LaTeX. Every .tex file is already valid; each annotation you add buys checked references, safe renames, and errors in your own names — before the PDF exists.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Rust
- Mac
- Linux
- Windows
Spain- EU
