Comparison of TeX editors

|+ Properties of TeX editors 1

! rowspan="2" style="width: 12em" | Name

! rowspan="2" | Editing style {{efn|"Source" means you see and edit the TeX source files. "WYSIWYM" {{=}} What You See Is What You Mean, i.e. you see and edit formatted text. WYSIWYG means that see the output file automatically updated during the edit. Note that some PDF viewers (e.g. evince) automatically reload the PDF document when it is updated on the disk. So, any "source" TeX editor can be turned into partial WYSIWYG editor by opening such a reader in an adjacent window.}}

! rowspan="2" | Native operating systems

! colspan="2" | Latest release

! rowspan="2" | Costs

! rowspan="2" | License

! rowspan="2" | Configurable

! rowspan="2" | Integrated viewer

| Source

| Linux, macOS, Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q288555|P348}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q288555|P348|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Source / partial-WYSIWYG

| Online

| {{N/A}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{free}}

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Source

| Online

| {{N/A}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{free}}

| {{proprietary|AGPL + Commons Clause}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Source

| Linux

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q3954443|P348}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q3954443|P348|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Source

| Linux

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2066138|P348}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2066138|P348|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{free|MIT}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (Live update)

| Source

| Linux (macOS, Windows){{efn|Support for non-Linux systems considered experimental.}}

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1332666|P348}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1332666|P348|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (Quick preview)

| WYSIWYM

| Linux, macOS, Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q823591|P348}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q823591|P348|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Source

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2033|P348}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2033|P348|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}, but can be integrated {{efn|Notepad++ can execute Tex viewers}}

| Source

| Online

| {{N/A}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{free}}

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Source

| Online

| {{N/A}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{free}}

| {{free|AGPLv3}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| WYSIWYM

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7433779|P348}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q7433779|P348|P577}}

| {{nonfree}}

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Source

| FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, NetBSD, Solaris, Windows

| {{N/A}}

| 2025-3-8

| {{free}}

| {{free|LaTeX Project Public License}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}} (used by other editors/tools)

|WYSIWYG

| Linux, macOS, Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1464634|P348}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1464634|P348|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}} (preview using system Pdf viewer)

| Source

| Linux, macOS, Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1616139|P348}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1616139|P348|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{free|GPL2}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Source

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1895103|P348}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1895103|P348|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Source

| macOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1417891|P348}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1417891|P348|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Source

| Linux, macOS, Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2398140|P348}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2398140|P348|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{free|GPL2}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (pdf, selection with dvi2png)

| Source

| Linux, macOS, Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1808606|P348}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1808606|P348|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (pdf)

| Source

| Online, Android, iOS, Windows

| {{N/A}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{free}}

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (pdf)

|Source

|Linux, macOS, Windows

|{{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q131382|P348}}

|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q131382|P348|P577}}

|{{free}}

|{{open source|Vim}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

| Source

| Linux, macOS, Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q19841877|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q19841877|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{partial|Source code: MIT
Microsoft-built binaries: Proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (pdf) {{efn|Requires installation of LaTeX Workshop

extension.}}

| Source

| Windows

|{{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1755575|P348}}

|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1755575|P348|P577}}

| {{nonfree}}

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Source

| Windows

|{{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q967784|P348}}

|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q967784|P348|P577}}

| {{free}}

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

! style="width: 12em" rowspan="2" | Name

! rowspan="2" | Editing style

! rowspan="2" |Native operating systems

! Version

! Date

! rowspan="2" |Costs

! rowspan="2" | License

! rowspan="2" | Configurable

! rowspan="2" | Integrated viewer

|+ Properties of TeX editors 2

! style="width: 12em" | Name

! Inverse search{{efn|Inverse search means that one can locate the relevant part of the source code from the viewer (e.g., double-clicking in dvi or pdf file brings up the appropriate line/paragraph in the latex code)}}

! DDE support{{efn|On Windows some pdf viewers like Sumatra PDF or Adobe Reader don't use command line arguments for forward search, but the editor sends the document position to them using Dynamic Data Exchange}}

! Organises Projects

! Menu for inserting symbols

! Document comparison

! Spell-checking

! Multiple undo-redo

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial}} (master file)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Requires installation of extra package.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, with SumatraPDF

| {{yes}}, with a DDE client

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}}{{efn|A plug-in is required.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{N/A}}

| ?

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}} (one level)

| {{N/A}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}} (shows document parts)

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}} (for own format only)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial}} (master file)

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|LaTeX panel & Matrix panel}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}} (master file)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} {{efn|Requires installation of extra package}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|?

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

! Name

! Inverse search

! DDE Support

! Organises Projects

! Menu for inserting symbols

! Document comparison

! Spell-checking

! Multiple undo-redo

|+ Properties of TeX editors 3

! style="width: 12em" |Name

! Collapsible sections

! Find and replace using RegEx

! Intelligent error handling

! Autocompletion of LaTeX commands

! Parenthesis matching

! Starts up to previous state{{efn|Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.}}

! Unicode support

! RTL Support{{efn|RTL support means Right to Left language support.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|configurable as an option of the Emacs editor}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| Planned

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Partial|(just same files)}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}} {{efn|With usual \section{} notation, Kile collapses equations and figures, but not sections. Collapsing of sections is possible with non-standard notation \begin{section}{}...\end{section}{}, but it eliminates sections from Structure View. An alternative possibility is bracketing sections with comments %BEGIN and %END.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial}} {{efn|This will have to be set up manually.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{no}}

| ?

| ?

| {{N/A}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|since v2.0}}

| {{yes|since v2.0}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|since v2.0}}

| ?

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Provides a subset of the regular expression syntax implemented in the Perl scripting language, but fully supports Unicode }}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Template file in resource directory ( [http://code.google.com/p/texworks/wiki/CodeCompletion Documentation of the code completion feature] )}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|?

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (modified)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}} (just same files)

| {{yes}}

| ?

! Name

! Collapsible sections

! Find and replace using RegEx

! Intelligent error handling

! Autocompletion of LaTeX commands

! Parenthesis matching

! Starts up to previous state{{efn|Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.}}

! Unicode support

! RTL Support{{efn|RTL support means Right to Left language support.}}

|+ Screenshots and Video Tutorials of TeX editors

! style="width: 12em" |Editor

! Screenshot

|File:LyX15.png  

| File:Texmaker version 4.5 screenshot 20180131.png

| File:Mathematical typesetting with TeXmacs.png

| File:TeXstudio 2.12.6.png

| File:VsCode LaTex Workshop.png

! Editor

! Screenshot