Free MathType AlternativesTop LaTeX Editors and other similar apps like MathType

The best free alternative to MathType is LibreOffice - Math, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to MathType and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to MathType are Overleaf, fxSolver, KLatexFormula and TeXlyre.

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  1. LibreOffice - Math icon

    LibreOffice - Math

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    Math is LibreOffice's formula editor, and can be invoked in your text documents, spreadsheets, presentations and drawings, enabling you to insert perfectly formatted mathematical and scientific formulas.

    20 LibreOffice - Math alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
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    LibreOffice - Math vs MathType Comments
    omarbautistag
    Positive
    2

    This is a very easy alternative to MathType.

    EquationGuy
    Positive
    0

    Compared to MathType, the LibreOffice formula editor is complete garbage. It's laughable to suggest this as a reasonable alternative.

    • LibreOffice - Math is Free and Open SourceMathType is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Overleaf icon

    Overleaf

     69 likes

    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.

    59 Overleaf alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Overleaf vs MathType Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    It does have the ability to edit equations, albeit via LaTeX. And it is a really lovely tool!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    -4

    As far as I know, Overleaf is very convenient (I use it a lot) but has no graphical editing of formulas.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Overleaf is Freemium and Open SourceMathType is Paid and Proprietary
    • Overleaf is Privacy focusedMathType is not according to our users
  4. fxSolver icon

    fxSolver

     60 likes

    Online math solver, equation editor and database, graphing calculator and science/engineering problem helper.

    151 fxSolver alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    Solver page
     
  5. KLatexFormula icon

    KLatexFormula

     18 likes

    KLatexFormula is an easy-to-use graphical application for generating images (that you can drag and drop, copy and paste or save to disk) from LaTeX equations. It is written in Qt4.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. TeXlyre icon

    TeXlyre

     3 likes

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

    56 TeXlyre alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    LaTeX Tikz compilation
     
  7. Cassiopeia icon

    Cassiopeia

     1 like

    Scientific Wordprocessing Software for MacOS X, MathML based equation editor, LaTeX export

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  9. Mathcha icon

    Mathcha

     5 likes

    We want to help people to quickly write any mathematics formula/equation. People don't need to know about LATEX, but still have a powerful and rich Mathematics symbols/layouts/features so they can share with others.

    7 Mathcha alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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  10. Visual Math Editor icon

    Visual Math Editor

     3 likes

    VisualMathEditor is a LaTeX, AsciiMath and MathML editor developed in Javascript and HTML. It operates independently on the web or locally. It has many features and menus that help the equation-entry and allow their posting and backup.

    18 Visual Math Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. TexMaths icon

    TexMaths

     9 likes

    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 is saved into the image attribute for further editing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • LibreOffice
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  12. WordMat icon

    WordMat

     5 likes

    WordMat is an add-on to Microsoft Word which creates a tab with math functionality. Part of the Math functionality is provided by other open-source applications like Maxima, GeoGebra, Graph and GnuPlot.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Word
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  14. MathCast icon

    MathCast

     7 likes

    MathCast is an equation editor, an application that allows you to input mathematical equations. These equations can be used in written documents, webpages, and even databases. They could be rendered graphically to the screen, to picture files, or to MathML - today’s leading...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Examples
     
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