This is a list of software and programming tools for the TeX typesetting system, which includes distributions, engines, editors, macro packages, and related projects.
Engines TeX — original typesetting engine designed by Donald Knuth pdfTeX — TeX engine with direct PDF output and microtypography extensions XeTeX — Unicode-based TeX engine with advanced font support LuaTeX — TeX engine with Lua scripting integration e-TeX — extended TeX with additional primitives Omega — multilingual extension of TeX
Active distributions TeX Live MacTeX MiKTeX
Editors and IDEs
AUCTeX Authorea CoCalc Crixet Enter TeX GNOME LaTeX Gummi Kile latexwriter LyX Notepad++ Overleaf Scientific WorkPlace TeXmacs Texmaker TeXnicCenter TeXShop TeXstudio TeXworks Verbosus Vim Visual Studio Code WinEdt WinShell
Macro packages and formats Plain TeX — original macro package written by Donald Knuth LaTeX — high-level macro package and document preparation system ConTeXt — macro package focused on consistency and design AMS-LaTeX — extensions by the American Mathematical Society REVTeX — macros for American Physical Society journals BibTeX — tool for bibliographic management Biber — modern BibTeX replacement
Converters LaTeX2HTML — convert LaTeX documents to HTML TeX4ht — convert TeX/LaTeX to HTML, XML, and other formats. Pandoc — universal document converter with LaTeX support
Web renderers KaTeX — JavaScript library to render LaTeX math in web browsers MathJax — JavaScript engine for displaying LaTeX and MathML in browsers
Output viewers xdvi — Device independent file format (DVI) viewer for X Window System Evince — document viewer supporting DVI and PDF Okular — KDE document viewer supporting DVI, PDF, PostScript. SumatraPDF — lightweight Windows viewer supporting PDF and DVI Preview — built-in macOS PDF/DVI viewer
See also List of TeX extensions Free TeX software List of Markdown editors Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) – TeX-related material and software can be found for download
References
External links
TeX -- Windows Freeware TeX Resources on the Web - TeX Users Group TeX Users Group Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) LaTeX Project website Wikibooks LaTeX Mathematics Overleaf website