Texpad AlternativesLaTeX Editors and other similar apps like Texpad

Apps similar to Texpad include Oleafly, which is free and open source. Other options are LyX, TeXstudio, Overleaf and Texmaker. You're spoiled for choice with LaTeX Editors like Texpad: we list more than 25 alternatives for Mac, Linux, Windows, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. Oleafly icon
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    Local-first desktop app for scientific writing in LaTeX, Typst, and Markdown supporting side-by-side editing and PDF preview, offline AI-assisted workflows, versioning via Git, citations, compiling, GitHub sync, and fully open-source, cross-platform performance.

    57 Oleafly alternatives

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  2. LyX icon
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    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.

    55 LyX alternatives

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    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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  3. 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.

    47 TeXstudio alternatives

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    • Flathub
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  4. 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.

    72 Overleaf alternatives

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    • Online
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  5. 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.

    50 Texmaker alternatives

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    • Haiku
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  6. 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.

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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. MonsterWriter icon
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    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.

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    • Mac
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  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.

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    • Flathub
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  9. TeXlyre icon
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    A local-first real-time LaTeX and Typst collaboration platform with offline editing capabilities. Built with React, TypeScript, and Yjs for collaborative document editing.

    61 TeXlyre alternatives

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    • Online
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  10. 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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  11. Archimedes icon
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    Archimedes is a LaTeX and Markdown editor designed to make mathematical writing easy.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPad
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  12. groffstudio icon
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    groffstudio is a graphical user interface for the GNU troff typesetting software.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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