TeXnicCenter Alternatives

TeXnicCenter is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to TeXnicCenter for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Haiku apps. The best TeXnicCenter alternative is LyX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TeXnicCenter are TeXstudio, Texmaker, Overleaf and Kile.

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TeXnicCenter alternatives are mainly LaTeX Editors but may also be Word Processors or Text Editors.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of TeXnicCenter.
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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...

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TeXnicCenter alternatives page was last updated Aug 11, 2022
  1. LyX icon
     193 likes

    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.

    42 LyX alternatives
    LyX screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Haiku

    Properties

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Create PDF files
    3.  Spell Checking
    4.  LaTeX Math
    5.  Typing in TeX itself
    6.  Equation editor
    7.  Tex
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    • Most users think LyX is a great TeXnicCenter alternative.

    • LyX is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to TeXnicCenter.

    • LyX is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to TeXnicCenter.

    • LyX is Free and Open SourceTeXnicCenter is also Free and Open Source
  2. TeXstudio icon
     91 likes

    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.

    33 TeXstudio alternatives
    Main interface (2024) on KDE desktop

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  LaTeX Editor
    2.  Integrated PDF Viewer
    3.  Live Preview
    4.  Create PDF files
    5.  Tex
    6.  Support for LaTeX
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Spell Checking
    9.  Collaborative Workspaces
    10.  LaTeX Math
    11.  Built-in Text editor
    12.  Cross-references
    13.  Support for Unicode
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  3. Texmaker icon
     106 likes

    Texmaker is a free LaTeX editor, that integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX, in just one application.

    37 Texmaker alternatives
    Texmaker on Linux

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku

    Texmaker Features

    1.  Spell Checking
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Integrated PDF Viewer
    4.  Support for Unicode
    Texmaker iconTeXnicCenter Icon

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  4. Overleaf icon
     62 likes

    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.

    51 Overleaf alternatives
    Templates

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Top Overleaf Features

    1.  Collaborative writing
    2.  Support for LaTeX
    3.  Online collaboration
    4.  GitHub Integration
    5.  Real time collaboration
    6.  Cloud Sync
    7.  LaTeX to PDF
    8.  Tex
    9.  Typesetting
    10.  Document Sharing
    11.  PDF Preview
    12.  Publishing
    Overleaf iconTeXnicCenter Icon

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

    • Overleaf is Freemium and Open SourceTeXnicCenter is Free and Open Source
  5. Kile icon
     45 likes

    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.

    28 Kile alternatives
    Kile screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Live Preview
    2.  Support for LaTeX
    3.  Tex
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  6. TeXworks icon
     17 likes

    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.

    31 TeXworks alternatives
    on Linux

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TeXworks Features

    1.  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Typesetting
    3.  Typography
    4.  Publishing
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  7. Authorea icon
     22 likes

    Authorea is the online document editor for researchers that allows researchers to write, cite, host data, and publish research documents. Authorea is trusted worldwide by leading researchers writing and publishing content in every discipline, from astrophysics to zoology.

    47 Authorea alternatives
    Authorea screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Authorea Features

    1.  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Real time collaboration
    3.  WYSIWYG Support
    4.  Collaborative writing
    5.  Export citation
    6.  GitHub Integration
    Authorea iconTeXnicCenter Icon

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  8. VimTeX icon
     3 likes

    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.

    23 VimTeX alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    VimTeX Features

    1.  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Text objects
    3.  Vim key mapping
    4.  Vim folding
    5.  Vim plugin
    6.  Modular System
    7.  Tex
    VimTeX iconTeXnicCenter Icon

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  9. TexMaths icon
     8 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.

    35 TexMaths alternatives
    TexMaths screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • LibreOffice

    TexMaths Features

    1.  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Prebuilt symbols
    3.  LibreOffice Integration
    4.  Tex
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  10. TeXpert icon
     2 likes

    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...

    32 TeXpert alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android

    TeXpert Features

    1.  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Spell Checking
    3.  Tex
    TeXpert iconTeXnicCenter Icon

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    • TeXpert is the most popular Android alternative to TeXnicCenter.

    • TeXpert is Freemium and ProprietaryTeXnicCenter is Free and Open Source
  11. SwiftLaTeX icon
     2 likes

    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...

    35 SwiftLaTeX alternatives
    SwiftLaTeX screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    SwiftLaTeX Features

    1.  Support for LaTeX
    SwiftLaTeX iconTeXnicCenter Icon

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  12. Latexila icon
     9 likes

    LaTeXila is an Integrated LaTeX Environment for the GNOME Desktop, written in Vala and covered by the GPL 3 license. Here is a summary of the functionalities:

    25 Latexila alternatives
    Latexila screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Latexila Features

    1.  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Gtk
    Latexila iconTeXnicCenter Icon

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