Bakoma Tex Alternatives

Bakoma Tex is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to Bakoma Tex for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best Bakoma Tex alternative is LyX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Bakoma Tex are TeXstudio, Overleaf, Texmaker and MiKTeX.

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  1. LyX icon
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    LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of your documents (WYSIWYM) and not simply their appearance (WYSIWYG). LyX combines the power and flexibility of TeX/LaTeX with the ease of use of a GUI.

    43 LyX alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Chrome OS

    LyX Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Create PDF files
    3.  Spell Checking
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  LaTeX Math
    7.  Typing in TeX itself
    8.  Equation editor
    9.  Tex

    LyX VS Bakoma Tex

     
    Comments about LyX as an Alternative to Bakoma Tex
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    Negative Jun 18, 2019
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    Lyx is not true Wysiwyg. Only Bakoma is a true WYSIWYG tool for latex. Ly for example only has an approximation of how the file/pdf/dvi is going to look like. Whule Bakoma shows you the exact outcome!

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    • Some users think LyX is a great Bakoma Tex alternative, some don't.

    • LyX is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Bakoma Tex.

    • LyX is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Bakoma Tex.

    • LyX is Free and Open SourceBakoma Tex is Paid and Proprietary
  2. TeXstudio icon
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    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.

    35 TeXstudio alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Top TeXstudio Features

    1.  LaTeX Editor
    2.  Integrated PDF Viewer
    3.  Live Preview
    4.  Create PDF files
    5.  Tex
    6. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Spell Checking
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Collaborative Workspaces
    12.  LaTeX Math

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  3. Overleaf icon
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    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.

    50 Overleaf alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  LaTeX Editor
    2.  Collaborative writing
    3.  Online collaboration
    4. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    5. GitHub icon  GitHub Integration
    6.  Real time collaboration
    7.  Cloud Sync
    8.  PDF Preview
    9.  LaTeX to PDF
    10.  Tex
    11.  Typesetting
    12.  Document Sharing

    Overleaf VS Bakoma Tex

     
    Comments about Overleaf as an Alternative to Bakoma Tex
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    Positive Jan 25, 2017
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    I particularly think about the wysiwyg aspect, because there is an auto refreshing preview. The collaborative aspect is also very important

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    • Overleaf is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Bakoma Tex.

    • Overleaf is Freemium and Open SourceBakoma Tex is Paid and Proprietary
    • Overleaf is Privacy focusedBakoma Tex is not according to our users
  4. Texmaker icon
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    Texmaker is a free LaTeX editor, that integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX, in just one application.

    39 Texmaker alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku

    Texmaker Features

    1.  Spell Checking
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Integrated PDF Viewer
    4.  Support for Unicode

    Texmaker VS Bakoma Tex

     
  5. MiKTeX icon
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    MiKTeX is a typesetting system for the Windows operating system. The distribution includes TeX, pdfTeX and XeTeX.

    10 MiKTeX alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    MiKTeX Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Tex
    3.  Typesetting
    4.  Document creation
    5.  Create PDF files
    6.  Publishing

    MiKTeX VS Bakoma Tex

     
  6. Kile icon
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    Kile is a user-friendly TeX/LaTeX editor by KDE. Kile gives you the ability to use all the functionality of LaTeX in a graphical interface and has interactive preview mechanisms to readily see the results of editing.

    30 Kile alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Live Preview
    2.  Tex
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Works Offline
    6. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX

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  7. TeXmacs icon
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    GNU TeXmacs is a free scientific editing platform designed to create beautiful technical documents. It provides a unified and user friendly framework for editing structured documents with different types of content: text, math, graphics, slides, etc.

    33 TeXmacs alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Top TeXmacs Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Equation editor
    3.  Export to PDF
    4.  Export to LaTeX
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Ad-free
    7. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    8.  Export to HTML
    9.  Export to Postscript
    10.  Tex
    11.  Publishing

    TeXmacs VS Bakoma Tex

     
  8. TeXlyre icon
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    A local-first real-time LaTeX collaboration platform with offline editing capabilities. Built with React, TypeScript, and Yjs for collaborative document editing.

    50 TeXlyre alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Dark Mode

    TeXlyre VS Bakoma Tex

     
  9. TeXworks icon
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    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.

    33 TeXworks alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Arch Linux
    • Debian
    • Fedora
    • openSUSE
    • Ubuntu

    TeXworks Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Typesetting
    3.  Typography
    4.  Publishing

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  10. TeXnicCenter icon
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    TeXnicCenter is a feature rich and easy-to-use integrated environment for creating LaTeX documents on the Windows platform. Its powerful editor and its tight integration with the LaTeX environment helps you to concentrate on what matters: The content of your document.

    28 TeXnicCenter alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Last update seems to be from 2014

    TeXnicCenter Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Tex

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  11. VimTeX icon
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    VimTeX is a Vim plugin that provides support for writing LaTeX documents. It is based on LaTeX-Box and it shares a similar goal: to provide a simple and lightweight LaTeX plugin. It has been rewritten from scratch to provide a more modern code base.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Neovim
    • Vim

    VimTeX Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Text objects
    3.  Vim Key Mapping
    4.  Modular System
    5.  Tex

    VimTeX VS Bakoma Tex

     
  12. 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...

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android

    TeXpert Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Spell Checking
    3.  Tex

    TeXpert VS Bakoma Tex

     
    • TeXpert is the most popular Android alternative to Bakoma Tex.

    • TeXpert is Freemium and ProprietaryBakoma Tex is Paid and Proprietary
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