TeXnicle Alternatives

TeXnicle is described as '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' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are eight alternatives to TeXnicle for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, iPad and Web-based apps. The best TeXnicle alternative is TeX Live, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TeXnicle are MiKTeX, Archimedes, VerbTeX LaTeX Editor and TeXpert.

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  1. TeX Live icon
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    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.

    23 TeX Live alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
    • TeX Live is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to TeXnicle.

    • TeX Live is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to TeXnicle.

    • TeX Live is Free and Open SourceTeXnicle is Free and Proprietary
  2. MiKTeX icon
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    MiKTeX is a typesetting system for the Windows operating system. The distribution includes TeX, pdfTeX and XeTeX.

    11 MiKTeX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Archimedes icon
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    Archimedes is a LaTeX and Markdown editor designed to make mathematical writing easy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPad
     
    • Archimedes is the most popular iPad alternative to TeXnicle.

    • Archimedes is Free and ProprietaryTeXnicle is also Free and Proprietary
  4. VerbTeX is a free, collaborative LaTeX Editor. 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)

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
    • VerbTeX LaTeX Editor is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & Android Tablet alternative to TeXnicle.

    • VerbTeX LaTeX Editor is Freemium and ProprietaryTeXnicle is Free and Proprietary
  5. TeXpert icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  6. SwiftLaTeX icon
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    SwiftLaTeX is a Web-browser based editor to create PDF documents such as reports, term projects, slide decks, in the typesetting system LaTeX. In contrast to other web-based editors SwiftLaTeX is true WYSIWYG, What-you-see-is-what-you-get: You edit directly in a representation...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • SwiftLaTeX is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to TeXnicle.

    • SwiftLaTeX is Free and Open SourceTeXnicle is Free and Proprietary
  7. Latexila icon
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    LaTeXila is an Integrated LaTeX Environment for the GNOME Desktop, written in Vala and covered by the GPL 3 license. Here is a summary of the functionalities:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Bakoma Tex icon
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    BaKoMa TeX system for Scientific Publishing. One of its main features is instant preview: The document is typeset as you write, providing true WYSIWYG experience not usually found in LaTeX editors.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Bakoma Tex is the most popular commercial alternative to TeXnicle.

    • Bakoma Tex is Paid and ProprietaryTeXnicle is Free and Proprietary
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