Scientific Workplace AlternativesLaTeX Editors & Word Processors like Scientific Workplace
Scientific Workplace is described as 'You write text and mathematics in your document without having to know a programming language or exit to an equation editor. Evaluate, simplify, solve, and plot functions without the need to master a complex syntax' and is a LaTeX Editor in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Scientific Workplace for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best Scientific Workplace alternative is LyX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Scientific Workplace are Apache OpenOffice Writer, TeXstudio, Overleaf and Texmaker.
- LaTeX Editor
- Free • Open Source
- 42 LyX alternatives
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- Haiku
- Chrome OS
LyX Features
- 73 Apache OpenOffice Writer alternatives
Writer, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, is an open-source word processor. It supports the ISO standard Open Document Format (ODF) for data interchange as its default file format, as well as Microsoft Office 97-2003 formats, Microsoft Office 2007...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
DiscontinuedLast major release was in 2014
Comments about Apache OpenOffice Writer as an Alternative to Scientific Workplace
Scientific WorkPlace is an advanced what-you-see-is-what-you-get frontend for LaTeX, which is for professional scientific publishing. OpenOffice doesn't have any such functionality.
- 34 TeXstudio alternatives
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
Top TeXstudio Features
- 50 Overleaf alternatives
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.
License model
- Freemium • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- 38 Texmaker alternatives
Texmaker is a free LaTeX editor, that integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX, in just one application.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
France
EU
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Haiku
Texmaker Features
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
TeXworks Features
- 27 TeXnicCenter alternatives
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.
DiscontinuedLast update seems to be from 2014
TeXnicCenter Features
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.
TexMaths Features
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...
TeXpert Features
- 37 VerbTeX LaTeX Editor alternatives
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)
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
VerbTeX LaTeX Editor Features
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...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
SwiftLaTeX Features
OpenOffice isn't for advanced TeX/mathematical typing