VimTeX AlternativesLaTeX Editors and other similar apps like VimTeX

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

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  1. 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.

    41 LyX alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    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

    LyX VS VimTeX

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

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

    • LyX is Free and Open SourceVimTeX is also Free and Open Source
  2. 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.

    33 TeXstudio alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    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. 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.

    37 Texmaker alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku

    Texmaker Features

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

    Texmaker VS VimTeX

     
  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.

    49 Overleaf alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    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 VS VimTeX

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

    • Overleaf is Freemium and Open SourceVimTeX is Free and Open Source
    • Overleaf is Privacy focusedVimTeX is not according to our users
  5. 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.

    28 Kile alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Live Preview
    2.  Tex
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Works Offline
    6. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX

    Kile VS VimTeX

     
  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.

    32 TeXmacs alternatives

    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

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  7. 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.

    31 TeXworks alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TeXworks Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Typesetting
    3.  Typography
    4.  Publishing

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  8. 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.

    26 TeXnicCenter alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Last update seems to be from 2014

    TeXnicCenter Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Tex

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  9. WinEdt icon
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    WinEdt (shareware) is a powerful and versatile text editor for Windows with a strong predisposition towards the creation of LaTeX documents...

    21 WinEdt alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinEdt Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    3.  Tex

    WinEdt VS VimTeX

     
    • WinEdt is the most popular commercial alternative to VimTeX.

    • WinEdt is Paid and ProprietaryVimTeX is Free and Open Source
  10. TeXpert icon
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    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...

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android

    TeXpert Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Spell Checking
    3.  Tex

    TeXpert VS VimTeX

     
    • TeXpert is the most popular Android alternative to VimTeX.

    • TeXpert is Freemium and ProprietaryVimTeX is Free and Open Source
  11. TexMaths icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • LibreOffice

    TexMaths Features

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

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  12. Latexila icon
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    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:

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Latexila Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Gtk

    Latexila VS VimTeX

     
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