WinEdt Alternatives for Mac

WinEdt is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is LyX, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to WinEdt and 12 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to WinEdt are TeXstudio, Texmaker, Kile and TeXmacs.

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WinEdt 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 WinEdt.
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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...

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WinEdt alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 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

    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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    • Most users think LyX is a great WinEdt alternative.

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

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

    • LyX is Free and Open SourceWinEdt 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.

    33 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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    Comments about TeXstudio as an Alternative to WinEdt
     
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    Runs in osx (better trough mac ports for me), linux and windows. It is open source. It has a very active community. pdf integration (you can easily swicht between both in the same point of interest)

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    • Most users think TeXstudio is a great WinEdt alternative.

    • TeXstudio is Free and Open SourceWinEdt is Paid and Proprietary
  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 iconWinEdt Icon

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  4. 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

    Features

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

    31 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
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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. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Typesetting
    3.  Typography
    4.  Publishing
    TeXworks iconWinEdt Icon

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  7. 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. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Text objects
    3.  Vim Key Mapping
    4.  Modular System
    5.  Tex
    VimTeX iconWinEdt Icon

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  8. 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. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Prebuilt symbols
    3. LibreOffice icon  LibreOffice Integration
    4.  Tex
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  9. Vim-LaTeX icon
     4 likes

    Vim-LaTeX (aka LaTeX-suite) is a mature project which aims at bringing together the rich set of LaTeX tools the vim community has produced over the years into one comprehensive package. It provides a set of tools which enable you to do all your LaTeX-ing without needing to qui.

    23 Vim-LaTeX alternatives
    Vim-LaTeX screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Vim-LaTeX Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Tex
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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 iconWinEdt Icon

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  11. LaTeXing icon
     1 like

    LaTeXing is plugin for the popular and fast text editor Sublime Text . The plugin supports many features to write your LaTeX files without leaving the text editor or using the mouse.

    24 LaTeXing alternatives
    LaTeXing screenshot 1

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Sublime Text

    LaTeXing Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    LaTeXing iconWinEdt Icon

    LaTeXing VS WinEdt

    Is LaTeXing a good alternative to WinEdt?
     
    • LaTeXing is the most popular commercial alternative to WinEdt.

    • LaTeXing is Paid and ProprietaryWinEdt is also Paid and Proprietary
  12. Bakoma Tex icon
     3 likes

    BaKoMa TeX system for Scientific Publishing. One of its main features is instant preview: The document is typeset as you write, providing true WYSIWYG experience not usually found in LaTeX editors.

    26 Bakoma Tex alternatives
    Bakoma Tex screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Bakoma Tex Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Written above
    3.  Tex
    Bakoma Tex iconWinEdt Icon

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