Tectonic typesetting AlternativesTypesetting Systems and other similar apps like Tectonic typesetting

Tectonic typesetting is described as 'Tectonic is a modernized, complete, self-contained TeX / LaTeX engine, powered by XeTeX and TeX Live' and is a typesetting system in the education & reference category. There are five alternatives to Tectonic typesetting for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Tectonic typesetting alternative is LaTeX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tectonic typesetting are TeXstudio, Groff, vTeX and ConTeXt (Typesetting System).

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  1. LaTeX icon
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    LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation.

    17 LaTeX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • LaTeX is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Tectonic typesetting.

    • LaTeX is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Tectonic typesetting.

    • LaTeX is Free and Open SourceTectonic typesetting is also Free and Open Source
  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.

    36 TeXstudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  3. Groff icon
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    The groff (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted output.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. vTeX icon
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    vTeX is a Pandoc and LaTeX payload for continuous integration. It is customizable. So, it only contains the exact TeX packages that you need. It is intended for use in web development environments. For example, you can generate web pages and beautiful PDFs from the same source...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Vercel
    • GitHub Actions
    • Travis CI
     
    • vTeX is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Tectonic typesetting.

    • vTeX is Free and Open SourceTectonic typesetting is also Free and Open Source
    • vTeX is Lightweight, Customizable and MinimalisticTectonic typesetting is not according to our users
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    “a system for typesetting documents based on TEX and METAPOST. You can use this system for converting documents coded in TEX format as well as documents coded in XML into high quality PDF” (http://www.pragma-ade.nl/)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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