Tables of editor properties[edit]
Name | Editing style[Note 1] | Native operating systems | Latest stable version | Costs | License | Configurable | Integrated viewer |
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AUCTeX | Source | Linux, macOS, Windows | (2019-10-30) 12.2 | Free | GPL | Yes | Yes |
Authorea | Source / partial-WYSIWYG | Online | N/A | Free | Proprietary | Yes | Yes |
Auto-Latex Equations for Google Docs | Source[Note 2] | Online | (2020-04-06) 48 | Free | Free | Yes | Yes |
CoCalc | Source | Online | N/A | Free | AGPL | Yes | Yes |
GNOME LaTeX | Source | Linux | (2019-03-10) 3.32 | Free | GPL | Yes | No |
Gummi | Source | Linux | (2020-01-26) 0.8.1 | Free | MIT | Yes | Yes (Live update) |
Kile | Source | Linux (macOS, Windows)[Note 3] | (2012-09-23) 2.1.3 | Free | GPL | Yes | Yes (Quick preview) |
LEd | Source | Windows | (2009-10-09) 0.53 | Free | Proprietary | ? | Yes (dvi) |
LyX | WYSIWYM | Linux, macOS, Windows | (2019-06-25) 2.3.3 | Free | GPL | Yes | Yes |
MeWa | Source | Windows | (2007-06-06) 1.4.0 | Free | GPL | Yes | No |
Notepad++ | Source | Windows | (2019-10-29) 7.8.1 | Free | GPL | Yes | No, but can be integrated [Note 4] |
Overleaf | Source | Online | N/A | Free | Unclear | Yes | Yes |
Scientific WorkPlace | WYSIWYM | Windows | (2016-02-23) 6.0.12 | Non-free | Proprietary | Yes | Yes |
TexLab | Source-WYSIWYG | Windows | (2019-04-30) 7.8 | Free | Free | Yes | Yes |
TeXmacs | WYSIWYG | Linux, macOS, Windows | (2017-12-21) 1.99.6 | Free | GPL | Yes | Yes |
Texmaker | Source | Linux, macOS, Windows | (2018-11-01) 5.0.3 | Free | GPL2 | Yes | Yes |
TeXnicCenter | Source | Windows | 2.02 Stable (September 29, 2013) [±] | Free | GPL | Yes | No |
TeXShop | Source | macOS | (2019-10-23) 4.44 | Free | GPL | Yes | Yes |
TeXstudio | Source | Linux, Windows, macOS | (2020-08-25) 3.0.0 | Free | GPL2 | Yes | Yes (pdf, selection with dvi2png) |
TeXworks | Source | Linux, macOS, Windows | (2019-03) 0.6.3 | Free | GPL | No | Yes (pdf) |
Verbosus | Source | Online, Android, iOS | (2016-05-06) 4.1.3 | Free | Proprietary | Yes | Yes (pdf) |
WinEdt | Source | Windows | (2018-05-07) 10.3 | Non-free | Proprietary | Yes | No |
WinShell | Source | Windows | (2013-02-10) 3.3.2.6 | Free | Proprietary | Yes | No |
Name | Editing Style | Native Operating Systems | Latest stable version | Costs | License | Configurable | Integrated viewer |
TeXstudio is a fully featured LaTeX editor. Our goal is to make writing LaTeX documents as easy and comfortable as possible. Some of the outstanding features of TeXstudio are an integrated pdf viewer with (almost) word-level synchronization, live inline preview, advanced syntax-highlighting, live checking of references, citations, latex. TeXMaker is a modern, cross-platform LaTeX editor that features an built-in PDF viewer, as well as numerous editing tools required for the creating LaTeX documents. Reliable LaTeX editor with code.
Inverse search[Note 5] | DDE support[Note 6] | Organises Projects | Menu for inserting symbols | Document comparison | Spell-checking | Multiple undo-redo | |
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AUCTeX | Yes | No | Partial (master file) | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 7] | Yes |
Authorea | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Auto-Latex Equations for Google Docs | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
CoCalc | Yes | N/A | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
GNOME LaTeX | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Gummi | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Kile | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
LEd | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
LyX | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MeWa | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Notepad++ | Yes, with SumatraPDF | Yes, with a DDE client | Yes | Partial[Note 8] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Overleaf | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Scientific WorkPlace | N/A | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No (one level) |
TexLab | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
TeXmacs | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Texmaker | Yes | No | Partial (master file) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
TeXnicCenter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
TeXShop | Yes | No | No | Yes[Note 9] | No | Yes | Yes |
TeXstudio | Yes | Yes | Partial (master file) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TeXworks | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes[Note 10] | Yes |
Verbosus | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
WinEdt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
WinShell | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Inverse search | DDE Support | Organises Projects | Menu for inserting symbols | Document comparison | Spell-checking | Multiple undo-redo |
Latexian - LaTeX Editor 1.2.7 for Mac can be downloaded from our website for free. Latexian - LaTeX Editor for Mac lies within Productivity Tools, more precisely Office Tools. The software can also be called 'Latexian'. Old version of itunes for mac. The application's installer is commonly called latexian.zip. The most popular versions of the program are 1.2 and 1.0. An online LaTeX editor that's easy to use. No installation, real-time collaboration, version control, hundreds of LaTeX templates, and more. Although this software is cross-platform, it is the most popular tool used by Mac computer owners. The software has everything you need to write and compile Latex Document in the shortest time possible. The editor is clean, simple to use, and user-friendly. Most Popular Software – TeXnicCenter.
Name | Collapsible sections | Find and replace using RegEx | Intelligenterror handling | Autocompletion of LaTeX commands | Parenthesis matching | Starts up to previous state[Note 11] | Unicode support | RTL Support[Note 12] |
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AUCTeX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 13] | Yes | Yes |
Authorea | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Auto-Latex Equations for Google Docs | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
CoCalc | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
GNOME LaTeX | Planned | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | (just same files) | Yes | Yes |
Gummi | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
Kile | Yes[Note 14] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
LEd | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No (just same files) | No | ? |
LyX | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MeWa | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
Notepad++ | Yes | Yes | No | Partial[Note 15] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Overleaf | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Scientific WorkPlace | No | ? | ? | N/A | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
TexLab | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
TeXmacs | No | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | No | Yes | ? |
Texmaker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TeXnicCenter | since v2.0 | since v2.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | since v2.0 | ? |
TeXShop | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
TeXstudio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TeXworks | No | Yes[Note 16] | No | Yes[Note 17] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Verbosus | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
WinEdt | Yes | Yes (modified) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
WinShell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (just same files) | Yes | ? |
Name | Collapsible sections | Find and replace using RegEx | Intelligenterror handling | Autocompletion of LaTeX commands | Parenthesis matching | Starts up to previous state[Note 18] | Unicode support | RTL Support[Note 19] |
Editor | Screenshot |
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LyX | Screenshot |
Texmaker | Screenshot of Texmaker version 4.5 |
TexLab | TeXLab Screenshot |
TeXstudio | Screenshot of TeXstudio (2.12.6) |
Editor | Screenshot |
- ^'Source' means you see and edit the TeX source files. 'WYSIWYM' = What You See Is What You Mean, i.e. you see and edit formatted text. WYSIWYG means that see the output file automatically updated during the edit. Note that some PDF viewers (e.g. evince) automatically reload the PDF document when it is updated on the disk. So, any 'source' TeX editor can be turned into partial WYSIWYG editor by opening such a reader in an adjacent window.
- ^Not a full TeX editor. Only limited to math expressions only.
- ^Support for non-linux systems considered experimental.
- ^Notepad++ can execute Tex viewers
- ^Inverse search means that one can locate the relevant part of the source code from the viewer (e.g., double-clicking in dvi or pdf file brings up the appropriate line/paragraph in the latex code)
- ^On Windows some pdf viewers like Sumatra PDF or Adobe Reader don't use command line arguments for forward search, but the editor sends the document position to them using Dynamic Data Exchange
- ^Requires installation of extra package.
- ^A plug-in is required.
- ^LaTeX panel & Matrix panel
- ^Requires installation of extra package
- ^Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.
- ^RTL support means Right to Left language support.
- ^configurable as an option of the Emacs editor
- ^With usual section{} notation, Kile collapses equations and figures, but not sections. Collapsing of sections is possible with non-standard notation begin{section}{}..end{section}{}, but it eliminates sections from Structure View. An alternative possibility is bracketing sections with comments %BEGIN and %END.
- ^This will have to be set up manually.
- ^Provides a subset of the regular expression syntax implemented in the Perl scripting language, but fully supports Unicode ( Issue 194: Add advanced regexp options to Find/Replace )
- ^Template file in resource directory ( Documentation of the code completion feature )
- ^Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.
- ^RTL support means Right to Left language support.
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WinEdt is a powerful and versatile all-purpose text editor for Windows with a strong predisposition towards the creation and compilation of LaTeX documents..
WinEdt is used as a front-end (Integrated Development Environment) for compilers and typesetting systems, such as TeX, HTML or NSIS. WinEdt's highlighting schemes can be customized for different modes and its spell checking functionality supports multilingual setups, with dictionaries (word lists) for many languages available on WinEdt's Community Site www.winedt.org. Contributions are welcome!
Although reasonably suitable as an all-purpose text editor, WinEdt has been specifically designed and configured to integrate seamlessly with a TeX System (such as MiKTeX or TeX Live). However, WinEdt's documentation does not cover TeX-related topics in depth; you'll find introductions and manuals on typesetting with TeX, as well as links to other recommended accessories, on TeX's Community Site (TUG). For LaTeX-related issues visit LaTeX Community Forum: questions are welcome and help is forthcoming!
New: WinEdt 10.3
WinEdt 10.3 is now the official version of the program. It supports (customizable) auto completion and code folding, it is unicode/utf8-capable, and it integrates seamlessly with the latest accessories and TeX Systems (such as SumatraPDF viewer, MiKTeX and TeX Live). It has been extensively tested under Windows 10, 8 and 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) with different system dpi settings.
WinEdt is compatible with Windows High Contrast Schemes. It is compliant with Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act §1194.22. Furthermore, WinEdt is dpi-aware on a system level: it comes with high-quality graphic resources at different sizes and at startup it automatically adjusts its GUI to high-resolution displays (without stretched or blurred graphics and text)..
This version uses the powerful Uniscribe library in order to better handle Unicode and complex language processing (including support for bidirectional text). It also contains improved integration with the latest versions of MiKTeX (including proper support for MiKTeX's 'Install packages on demand' feature when running TeX accessories in WinEdt console). And there is more..
To install WinEdt 10.3 follow the link below and proceed according to the instructions:
WinEdt 10.3 [Build: 20180507]
Important: Once installed, don't forget to check WinEdt's (updated and revised) Help and Documentation (including the new Quick Guide). A few sections in User's Guide explain how to set up your LaTeX projects in order to take full advantage of WinEdt's capabilities when it comes to navigating in large projects or collecting data for purpose of referencing and citations. If used properly WinEdt will make your TeX-ing more enjoyable by allowing you to focus on the contents of your documents while assisting you with typesetting-related tasks..
Useful Tips: WinEdt's default settings are a compromise, prepared with an average user in mind. Here is what you should know before you start customizing it to your particular needs and preferences:
- Depending on your intended use of the program and the size of your screen you can choose from a variety of predefined (one or two-row) toolbars from the Options -> Toolbar Menu. Check them out!
- Preferences Dialog allows you to make easy choices pertaining to Wrapping, Unicode, Backup, etc.. Help in the dialog explains the meaning of all available options.
- Execution Modes Dialog (Options Menu) can be used to fine-tune or diagnose/troubleshoot WinEdt's integration with your TeX System and other accessories. The dialog comes with an extensive context-sensitive help that will guide you (if necessary).
- Before you start customizing WinEdt's Configuration Scripts (Options Interface), please read the first page of the Configuration Manual in WinEdt's Help (F1). Neglecting to follow this advice and assuming that your customizations are processed upon restarting WinEdt will result in unnecessary and self-inflicted frustration!
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