Texpad AlternativesLaTeX Editors and other similar apps like Texpad

Texpad is described as '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' and is a LaTeX Editor in the news & books category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Texpad for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best Texpad alternative is LyX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Texpad are TeXstudio, Overleaf, Texmaker and TeXmacs.

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Texpad alternatives page was last updated May 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.

    43 LyX alternatives
    LyX screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

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

    LyX Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Create PDF files
    3.  Spell Checking
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  LaTeX Math
    7.  Typing in TeX itself
    8.  Equation editor
    9.  Tex
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    LyX VS Texpad

    Is LyX a good alternative to Texpad?
     
    • LyX is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Texpad.

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

    • LyX is Free and Open SourceTexpad is Paid and Proprietary
  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.

    34 TeXstudio alternatives
    Main interface (2024) on KDE desktop

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Top TeXstudio Features

    1.  LaTeX Editor
    2.  Integrated PDF Viewer
    3.  Live Preview
    4.  Create PDF files
    5.  Tex
    6. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Spell Checking
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Collaborative Workspaces
    12.  LaTeX Math
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  3. Overleaf icon
     64 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.

    52 Overleaf alternatives
    Templates

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

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

    Overleaf VS Texpad

    Is Overleaf a good alternative to Texpad?
     
    • Overleaf is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Texpad.

    • Overleaf is Freemium and Open SourceTexpad is Paid and Proprietary
    • Overleaf is Privacy focusedTexpad is not according to our users
  4. 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 iconTexpad Icon

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  5. TeXmacs icon
     18 likes

    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.

    32 TeXmacs alternatives
    Micro typography.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Top TeXmacs Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Equation editor
    3.  Export to PDF
    4.  Export to LaTeX
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Ad-free
    7. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    8.  Export to HTML
    9.  Export to Postscript
    10.  Tex
    11.  Publishing
    TeXmacs iconTexpad Icon

    TeXmacs VS Texpad

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  6. MacTeX icon
     6 likes

    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.

    7 MacTeX alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    MacTeX Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Tex
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  7. MonsterWriter icon
     1 like

    A simple solution to write scientific papers, pillar content or just your personal notes. It aims to combine the benefits of traditional Microsoft Word, LaTeX and Markdown.

    24 MonsterWriter alternatives
    MonsterWriter screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    MonsterWriter Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Create PDF files
    3.  Blog editor
    4.  Distraction-free Writing
    5.  Export to HTML
    6.  Export to LaTeX
    7.  Convert HTML pages to PDF
    MonsterWriter iconTexpad Icon

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  8. Archimedes icon
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    Archimedes is a LaTeX and Markdown editor designed to make mathematical writing easy.

    19 Archimedes alternatives
    Archimedes screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPad

    Archimedes Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Support for MarkDown
    4.  Spell Checking
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  LaTeX Math
    Archimedes iconTexpad Icon

    Archimedes VS Texpad

    Is Archimedes a good alternative to Texpad?
     
    • Archimedes is the most popular iPad alternative to Texpad.

    • Archimedes is Free and ProprietaryTexpad is Paid and Proprietary
  9. 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. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Typesetting
    3.  Typography
    4.  Publishing
    TeXworks iconTexpad Icon

    TeXworks VS Texpad

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  10. TexitEasy icon
     3 likes

    TexitEasy is a free, cross-platform and open-source latex editor. TexitEasy has all the features a modern editor can have.

    35 TexitEasy alternatives
    TexitEasy screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TexitEasy Features

    1.  Spell Checking
    2.  Built-in viewer
    3. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    4.  Autocompletion
    5.  RTL support
    6.  Native application
    7.  Support for Unicode
    8.  Undo manager
    9.  Tex
    TexitEasy iconTexpad Icon

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  11. TeXShop icon
     11 likes

    TeXShop is a TeX/Latex editor and previewer for Mac OS X, written in Cocoa.

    Since pdf is a native file format on OS X, TeXShop uses "pdftex" and "pdflatex" rather than "tex" and "latex" to typeset in its default configuration; these progr.

    9 TeXShop alternatives
    TeXShop screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    TeXShop Features

    1.  Tex
    TeXShop iconTexpad Icon

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  12. Typeset icon
     4 likes

    Getting your research published is tough. You face complex author guidelines, painful citation formatting, messy email collaboration, frustrating word templates, and long drawn submission processes. The good news? Typeset makes it easy.

    43 Typeset alternatives
    Typeset screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Typeset Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Auto Formatting
    3.  Equation editor
    4.  Collaborative writing
    5.  Table creation
    6.  Text formatting
    7.  Typesetting
    8.  Citation detection
    Typeset iconTexpad Icon

    Typeset VS Texpad

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