TeXstudio AlternativesLaTeX Editors and other similar apps like TeXstudio

TeXstudio is described as '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' and is a popular LaTeX Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to TeXstudio for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best TeXstudio alternative is Overleaf, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TeXstudio are Texmaker, Kile, MacTeX and Texpad.

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  1. 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.

    54 Overleaf alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks Overleaf is a great TeXstudio alternative.

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

    • Overleaf is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to TeXstudio.

    • Overleaf is Freemium and Open SourceTeXstudio is Free and Open Source
  2. 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.

    40 Texmaker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks Texmaker is a great TeXstudio alternative.

    • Texmaker is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to TeXstudio.

    • Texmaker is Free and Open SourceTeXstudio is also Free and Open Source
  3. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
     
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    Comments about Kile as an Alternative to TeXstudio
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    Quite similar to TeXstudio, but the previews are quicker, they can update more or less as you type after X seconds (if you configure it to do so).

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    • Kile is Free and Open SourceTeXstudio is also Free and Open Source
  4. MacTeX icon
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    MacTeX is a redistribution of TeX Live, a typesetting environment. While TeX Live is designed to be cross-platform (running on Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows), MacTeX includes Mac-specific utilities and front-ends.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
  5. Texpad icon
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    Texpad is a LaTeX editor designed for straightforward navigation of projects of any size. When Texpad opens a document it scans through it, looking for LaTeX structure commands and any included files, then it presents you with an outline view with which you can swiftly navigate...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
    • Texpad is the most popular commercial alternative to TeXstudio.

    • Texpad is Paid and ProprietaryTeXstudio is Free and Open Source
  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  8. 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.

    34 TeXworks alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Arch Linux
    • Debian
    • Fedora
    • openSUSE
    • Ubuntu
     
  9. Setzer icon
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    Setzer lets you Write LaTeX documents with an easy to use yet full-featured editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    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.

    20 Scientific Workplace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. LaTeXing icon
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    LaTeXing is plugin for the popular and fast text editor Sublime Text . The plugin supports many features to write your LaTeX files without leaving the text editor or using the mouse.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Sublime Text
     
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