LaTeX

Most common LaTeX distribution for macOS, basically TeXLive with some Mac-specific tools added.

Most common LaTeX distribution for Unix-like operating systems, including GNU/Linux. Also works on Windows.

Most common LaTeX distribution for Windows, but also available for Mac, Linux or as Docker image.

minimal TeXLive system with package installation possibility

debian-based full TeXLive system

debian-based full TeXLive system with additions with pandoc, perl, and python pre-installed

TeX compiler that produces PDF files immediately instead of DVI files (nowadays, this is the standard compiler for many users).

TeX compiler that provides better unicode and font support than TeX/pdfTeX (i.e. you can use the fonts of your operating system instead of only TeX fonts).

(La)TeX compiler that supports Lua code for scripting and has improved unicode and font support than standard TeX/pdfTeX.

Modern, self contained (La)TeX compiler powered by XeTeX and TeXLive.

Render high-quality math equations directly in Google Docs.

JavaScript engine to render mathematical formulas on the web. The outcome looks really slick.

mimeTeX is a rather old tool to render LaTeX formulas to PNG figures for your web site, without actually needing a LaTeX installation on your server.

mathTeX is the successor of mimeTeX: it produces nicer-looking images but it requires LaTeX to be installed on your server.

Static site generator with KaTeX support, code evaluation, LaTeX-like commands and optional pre-rendering, in Julia.

Browser extension that lets you use LaTeX in GitHub pages.

Community-maintained list of popular LaTeX editors including a screenshot and a short description.

Great LaTeX editor originally from the Linux/KDE community. It runs fine on Windows and macOS as well.

Pretty good alternative to Kile.

Cross-platform LaTeX editor that stems from TeXMaker.

The LaTeX editor many people swear by. Only for

Quite old but free and decent editor for LaTeX.

Cross-platform WYSIWYM editor that uses LaTeX behind the scenes to render documents.

No-nonsense editor for LaTeX documents which is included in MacTeX.

No-nonsense editor for LaTeX code, modeled after TeXShop, but this one is cross-platform.

Commercial LaTeX editor that allows to edit your document both using its source code and WYSIWYG.

Commercial LaTeX editor for macOS and iOS, with excellent features (document overview, synchronised PDF display, autocompletion, sync across devices, etc.) that never get in the way of writing.

LaTeXTools - Atom port of the Sublime Text package of the same name.

LaTeXing - Free plug-in to edit LaTeX. LaTeXTools - Free LaTeX plugin for Sublime Text.

AucTeX - Emacs plugin for LaTeX that also shows a preview of equations and figures. RefTeX - Emacs plugin for LaTeX that adds support for labels, references, and citations.

Vim-LaTeX LaTeX Live Preview - Instantly previews your LaTeX document. vimtex - Modern vim plugin for editing LaTeX files. Has a variety of features including live preview and forward search.

TeXiFy-IDEA - Free LaTeX plugin for IntelliJ IDEA.

LaTeX Workshop - LaTeX extension for Visual Studio Code LTeX - LanguageTool grammar/spell checking a-nau/latex-devcontainer - Devcontainer setup for easy LaTeX usage without local installation

Community-maintained list of popular online LaTeX editor including equation editors.

Online editor with built-in git support and bibliography tools.

Online editor with realtime collaboration features.

Online editor, no-signup hybrid code editor + visual editor that mixes Notion/Google docs/Microsoft Word-like editing with raw LaTeX code blocks.

Online editor with AI writing assistance.

Online editor, also with a WYSIWYM editor and git support.

Web-based vscode with Git Integration + Copilot + Grammar & Spell Checker + Live Collaboration Support based on GitHub Codespace and Dev container.

Online editor with built-in git support.

Online LaTeX editor with Live Preview and nice presentation mode.

Online diagram editor with built-in LaTeX equation support including live preview and easy exports.

Very powerful cross-platform (Java) bibtex editor.

Extremely customizable, powerful and simple cross-platform (Python) library manager. It has a very complete Command-Line-Interface, several GUIs and scripting capability.

Great bibliography editor for

Reference manager for your browser that also exports to bibtex and integrates with many LaTeX editors.

Both an app and cloud client to manage your references and PDFs. Can sync out to a bibtex file for your LaTeX workflow.

Command-line utility for improving your BibTeX files. Fetches information from online sources.

Universal citation management and academic reference toolkit that converts messy references into perfectly formatted citations. Supports DOI, arXiv ID, titles, and more, with output in BibTeX, APA, and MLA formats.

(GitHub repo) - Simple tool that allows you to specify which tools to call inside your document and it can be extended quite easily.

Build tool that is the commonly used by many LaTeX editors (LaTeXing, TeXShop, etc.) to build your LaTeX files.

GitHub Action to compile LaTeX documents

DANTE e.V.'s GitHub action to compile LaTeX documents. Offers a full TeXLive and pre-installed perl and python.

Concatenates LaTeX documents with attention for properly merging the preamble.

This program converts almost any document format (LaTeX, DOC, markdown, etc.) to almost any other format. A great tool to aid workflows where multiple formats are used.

Linter / code checker for LaTeX documents.

Command-line tool that replaces commonly occurring LaTeX anti-patterns and cleans up your files.

A cross-platform (Java) spelling, grammar and style checker for LaTeX documents.

Online LaTeX equation editor that allows you to produce figures containing an equation.

Graphical LaTeX formula editor.

Cross-platform alternative for LaTeXit.

Crossplatform LaTeX formula to PNG convertor.

LaTeX formula editor for Windows.

LaTeXit is an equation editor that makes it easy to drag-and-drop rendered equations (as PDF, PNG, etc.) into your non-LaTeX documents on the Mac.

Convert LaTeX to PNG, JPEG, or SVG images. Big symbols menu and easy drag-and-drop equations.

LaTeX OCR

AI-powered converter that transforms images of handwritten notes, equations, or tables into clean LaTeX code.

(also: GitHub repo) - WYSIWYG and text-based editor for TikZ pictures.

Live-previewing editor for TikZ figures.

Drawing tool that integrates well with LaTeX commands and documents.

Cross-platform geometry tool with output to TikZ.

Cross-platform diagramming tool that can export to PSTricks and MetaPost code.

GUI tool for creating graphs and string diagrams using PGF/TikZ.

Vector-based drawing tool having LaTeX as first-class citizen.

The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network is the place to look for useful packages and documentation.

Elaboration on cross-reference packages (cleveref, varioref, theoremref, nameref, etc.): Which to use, which conflict?

Excel (2010 and older) macros to produce LaTeX tabular code.

Converts CSV files from your favorite programs to LaTeX tabulars.

This website provides a graphical interface to input your table and produces properly-formatted code for LaTeX, Markdown, HTML, etc.

This package displays numerical tables rounded to desired precision in various display formats. It can even read CSV files to include directly in your LaTeX document.

Blog about LaTeX, with a big collection of TikZ figures.

Useful website with some custom packages to draw special plots (Bode, Nyquist, electrical schematics, block schematics, etc.) using TikZ. Note that everything is in French.

Truly awesome plotting library on top of and in the style of TikZ/pgf. This library can load in CSV data files, perform some calculations and create beautiful plots.

Short introductory document to the world of TikZ, written by Jacques Crémer.

Collection of publication-ready PGF/TikZ figures by Petar Veličković.

Convert your MATLAB plots to PGFPlots/TikZ.

Convert your matplotlib plots to PGFPlots/TikZ.

Step-by-Step Tutorials about How to Draw Illustrations in LaTeX.

The minted package uses pygments to generate the listings. In this way, LaTeX is able to format more than 300 programming and markup languages and other text formats.

This package improves the appearance of your documents by enabling margin kerning and font expansion.

An opinionated alternative to Beamer, that we created with the hopes to make common tasks very easy and beautifully rendered by default. Has awesome documentation and a detailed cheatsheet to help you getting started.

Collection of templates for papers, posters, resumés, theses, books, presentations, … for LaTeX.

Links to various beamer themes along with PDF previews.

Visual overview of beamer themes included in TeXLive

A typographically elegant, clean, and structured LaTeX template (primarily intended for theses).

Very extensive list of symbols for LaTeX. Available in A4 and letter sizes.

You draw the symbol and this site/app will tell you the LaTeX command.

The TeX User Group is a way to get in touch with other (La)TeX users.

Online interface to the texdoc utility to browse LaTeX packages and documentation.

Great overview of resources useful for LaTeX.

Sibling of TeXample, contains quite a bit of example code.

Typesetting issues and a link to appropriate TeX FAQ answers.

GitHub repository containing example LaTeX documents.

Forum about LaTeX.

German: Neue TeX FAQ - Modern and updated LaTeX FAQ in German.

Example output of common BibTeX styles (BST files).

Websites supported by the TeX Users Group, DANTE, and GUTenberg.

A LaTeX Typesetting Game.

Set of examples demonstrating the power of LaTeX.

Showcase of invitations typeset using LaTeX.

Collection of LaTeX documents demonstrating how LaTeX can be used like a programming language.

Website from the TUG that shows some examples of what LaTeX can do.

Curated list of academic drawing examples for using LaTeX

Browser-based LaTeX tutorial.

Very comprehensive introduction to LaTeX.

Brief intro to LaTeX for beginners that helps you use LaTeX with ease.

Complete guide going through the majority of things you need to know about LaTeX.

Collection of introductions in many languages.

The LaTeX wikibook. Not really a paper book, but it is equally extensive.

This is the HTML5-based online version of the book Formatting Information - An introduction to typesetting with LATEX. It has been continuously updated since the early 2000s.

Blog about LaTeX and everything related.

Blog on LaTeX and related topics (tutorials, packages, code snippets, etc.).

Blog for the TeX Stack Exchange site with news and interviews.

A weekly video meeting

Tips related to (La)TeX by John D. Cook.

StackExchange TeX section.

a free and open source Q&A site for TeX and friends