MathType Alternatives for Linux

MathType is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is LibreOffice - Math, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to MathType and nine of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to MathType are Oleafly, KLatexFormula, TexMaths and TexSlide.

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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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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
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    LibreOffice - Math vs MathType Comments
    omarbautistag
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    This is a very easy alternative to MathType.

    EquationGuy
    Positive
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    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. Oleafly icon

    Oleafly

     13 likes

    Local-first desktop app for scientific writing in LaTeX, Typst, and Markdown supporting side-by-side editing and PDF preview, offline AI-assisted workflows, versioning via Git, citations, compiling, GitHub sync, and fully open-source, cross-platform performance.

    55 Oleafly alternatives

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  4. KLatexFormula icon

    KLatexFormula

     18 likes

    Allows creation of images from LaTeX equations with a graphical interface and command-line support, providing drag-and-drop, copy-paste, and save options in various formats for insertion into external documents, presentations, or graphics, available on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  5. 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.

    42 TexMaths alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • LibreOffice
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  7. TexSlide icon

    TexSlide

     1 like

    The revolutionary solution for native LaTeX & PowerPoint integration is finally here !

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  8. Apache OpenOffice Math icon

    Apache OpenOffice Math

     8 likes

    Math, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, is a tool for creating and editing mathematical equations, similar to Microsoft Equation Editor (included in Microsoft Office). The created equations can then be embedded inside other OpenOffice.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Guest
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    Has minimal and generally useless mathematical formulae and/or symbols.

    • Apache OpenOffice Math is Free and Open SourceMathType is Paid and Proprietary
  9. Mathematical LaTeX Helper icon

    Mathematical LaTeX Helper

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    This tool provides a very simplistic gui that renders LaTeX-expressions directly while typing and is able to copy the rendered images to the clipboard or alternatively save them to the desktop while maintaining transparency information.

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    • Mac
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    Mathematical LaTeX Helper on macOs
     
  10. JMathEdit icon

    JMathEdit

     1 like

    JMathEdit is an equation editor that helps editing complex mathematical expressions with ease. Through the powerful GUI driven interface, very complex mathematical equations, chemical formulas and other scientific and educational equations, which are hard to compose otherwise...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    JMathEdit vs MathType Comments
    Guest
    Negative
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    it is a very bad interface not user friendly at all

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    A good free alternative for ubuntu... easy to use, much better than LibreOffice equation editor

    • JMathEdit is Paid and ProprietaryMathType is also Paid and Proprietary
  11. EqualX icon

    EqualX

     4 likes

    EqualX Equation Editor - is a powerful interactive tool that lets you create mathematical notation for word processing, web pages, desktop publishing, presentations in TeX, LaTeX

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    EqualX Editor window Type LaTeX, and EqualX shows your equation.
     
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