TeXstudio AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Typesetting Systems

The best Typesetting System alternative to TeXstudio is Overleaf, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to TeXstudio and four of them are Typesetting Systems so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Typesetting System alternatives to TeXstudio are MacTeX, TeX Live and Tectonic typesetting.

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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.

    59 Overleaf alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. 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
     
  3. TeX Live icon
     44 likes

    TeX Live is an easy way to get up and running with the TeX document production system. It provides a comprehensive TeX system with binaries for most flavors of Unix, including GNU/Linux, and also Windows.

    23 TeX Live alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
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    Comments about TeX Live as an Alternative to TeXstudio
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    TeXstudio is an editor. TeX Live is a TeX (LaTeX too) environment. TeXstudio requires TeX Live.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Tex Live is the latex compilation tools. TeXstudio is a IDE or editor.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • TeX Live is Free and Open SourceTeXstudio is also Free and Open Source
  4. Tectonic is a modernized, complete, self-contained TeX / LaTeX engine, powered by XeTeX and TeX Live .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
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