Comparison of TeX editors

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Tables of editor properties[edit]
Properties of TeX editors 1

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Linux,
macO (2017-
Fr GP
AUCTeX Source S, 12-10) Yes Yes AUCTeX
ee L
Wind 12.1
ows
Source /
Pro
partial- Onlin Fr   Authore
  Authorea N/A prie Yes Yes
WYSIWY e ee a 
tary
G
Auto-
Auto-
Latex
Latex (2016- Un
Source[N Onlin Fr Equations
Equations 01-06) cle Yes Yes
ote 2] e ee for
for Google 8.04 ar
Google
Docs
Docs
Wind
Yes
WYSIWY ows, 11.80 Pro Yes BaKoMa
BaKoMa co (Live
G / macO (2018- prie (script TeX
TeX st update
Source S, 10-08) tary able) Home
)
Linux
Onlin Fr AG
CoCalc Source N/A Yes Yes CoCalc
e ee PL
(2019-
GNOME Fr GP GNOME
Source Linux 03-10) Yes No
 Auto-
Latex
Latex [N (2016- Un
Source Onlin Fr Equations
Equations 01-06) cle Yes Yes
ote 2] e ee for
for Google 8.04 ar
Google
Docs
Docs
Wind
Yes
WYSIWY ows, 11.80 Pro Yes BaKoMa
BaKoMa co (Live
G / macO (2018- prie (script TeX
TeX st update
Source S, 10-08) tary able) Home
)
Linux
Onlin Fr AG
CoCalc Source N/A Yes Yes CoCalc
e ee PL
(2019-
GNOME Fr GP GNOME
Source Linux 03-10) Yes No
LaTeX ee L LaTeX
3.32
Yes
(2016-
Fr MI (Live
Gummi Source Linux 01-27) Yes Gummi
ee T update
0.6.6
)
Linux
(mac
OS, Yes
(2012-
Wind Fr GP (Quick
Kile Source 09-23) Yes Kile
ows) ee L previe
2.1.3
[Note w)
3]

LaTeX Pro LaTeX

WYSIWY Onlin Fr
Online N/A prie Yes No Online
M e ee
Editor tary Editor
(2009- Pro
Wind Fr Yes
LEd Source 10-09) prie ? LEd
ows ee (dvi)
0.53 tary
Linux,
Yes
macO (2019-
WYSIWY Fr GP (Instan
LyX S, 06-25) Yes LyX
M ee L tPrevi
Wind 2.3.3
ew)
ows
(2007-
Wind Fr GP
MeWa Source 06-06) Yes No MeWa
ows ee L
1.4.0
No,
but
(2018-
Notepad+ Wind Fr GP can be Notepad+
Source 06-30) Yes
+ ows ee L integra +
7.5.7
ted
[Note 4]

Source /
partial- Onlin Fr AG
Overleaf WYSIWY N/A Yes Yes Overleaf
e ee PL
G[Note 5]
Scientific (2016- Pro Yes Scientific
WYSIWY Wind co (TrueT
WorkPlac 02-23) prie Yes WorkPlac
M ows st
e 6.0.12 tary ex®) e
ShareLaT Onlin Fr AG ShareLaT
 but
(2018-
Notepad+ Wind Fr GP can be Notepad+
Source 06-30) Yes
+ ows ee L integra +
7.5.7
ted
[Note 4]

Source /
partial- Onlin Fr AG
Overleaf WYSIWY N/A Yes Yes Overleaf
e ee PL
G[Note 5]
Scientific (2016- Pro Yes Scientific
WYSIWY Wind co (TrueT
WorkPlac 02-23) prie Yes WorkPlac
M ows st
e 6.0.12 tary ex®) e
ShareLaT Onlin Fr AG ShareLaT
Source N/A Yes Yes
eX[Note 6] e ee PL eX
Source- (2019-
Wind Fr Fre
TexLab WYSIWY 04-30) Yes Yes TexLab
ows ee e
G 7.8
Linux,
macO (2017-
WYSIWY Fr GP
TeXmacs S, 12-21) Yes Yes TeXmacs
G ee L
Wind 1.99.6
ows
Linux,
macO (2018-
Fr GP
Texmaker Source S, 11-01) Yes Yes Texmaker
ee L2
Wind 5.0.3
ows
2.02
Stable
TeXnicCe Wind (Septe Fr GP TeXnicCe
Source Yes No
nter ows mber 2 ee L nter
9, 2013
) [±]

Yes
(Instan
(2019- tPrevi
macO Fr GP
TeXShop Source 04-05) Yes ew TeXShop
S ee L
4.27 with
Flash
mode)
Yes
Linux, (pdf,
(2019-
Wind selecti
05-19) Fr GP
TeXstudio Source ows, Yes on TeXstudio
2.12.1 ee L2
macO with
6
S dvi2pn
g)
Linux,
macO (2019-
Fr GP Yes
TeXworks Source S, 03) No TeXworks
ee L (pdf)
Wind 0.6.3
ows
Onlin
e, (2016- Fr Pro
Andro Yes
Verbosus Source 05-06) ee prie Yes Verbosus
[1] (pdf)
 (2019-
Wind selecti
05-19) Fr GP
TeXstudio Source ows, Yes on TeXstudio
2.12.1 ee L2
macO with
6
S dvi2pn
g)
Linux,
macO (2019-
Fr GP Yes
TeXworks Source S, 03) No TeXworks
ee L (pdf)
Wind 0.6.3
ows
Onlin
e, (2016- Fr Pro
Andro Yes
Verbosus Source 05-06) ee prie Yes Verbosus
(pdf)
id,[1] 4.1.3 [3] tary
iOS[2]
(2017- Pro
Wind co
WinEdt Source 04-13) prie Yes No WinEdt
ows st
10.2 tary
(2013-
Pro
Wind 02-10) Fr
WinShell Source prie Yes No WinShell
ows 3.3.2. ee
tary
6
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Editing Oper stable ated
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ts se ble
Syste n r
ms
Properties of TeX editors 2

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sup c e
sear ses inserti nt
por h un
Pro ng com
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g

Partial Yes[
AUCTeX Yes No (maste Yes Yes Note Yes
r file) 9]

  Authorea  Yes N/A Yes No No Yes Yes

Auto-Latex
Equations
Yes N/A Yes No No Yes Yes
for Google
Docs
CoCalc Yes N/A No No No Yes Yes
GNOME
Yes N/A Yes Yes No Yes Yes
LaTeX
Gummi Yes N/A Yes No No Yes Yes
Kile Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Auto-Latex
Equations
Yes N/A Yes No No Yes Yes
for Google
Docs
CoCalc Yes N/A No No No Yes Yes
GNOME
Yes N/A Yes Yes No Yes Yes
LaTeX
Gummi Yes N/A Yes No No Yes Yes
Kile Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
LaTeX
Online No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Editor
LEd Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes
LyX Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes
MeWa No No No Yes No Yes Yes
Yes, Yes,
with with a Partial[Not
Notepad++ Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sumatr DDE e 10]
aPDF client
No
Scientific
N/A ? ? Yes No Yes (one
WorkPlace
level)
ShareLaTe
Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
X
TexLab Yes N/A Yes Yes No Yes Yes
TeXmacs Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Partial
Texmaker Yes No (maste Yes No Yes Yes
r file)
TeXnicCent
Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
er

Yes[Note
TeXShop Yes No No 11]
No Yes Yes

Partial
TeXstudio Yes Yes (maste Yes Yes Yes Yes
r file)

Yes[
TeXworks Yes No No No No Note Yes
12]

Verbosus No No Yes Yes No No Yes

WinEdt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WinShell Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Organ Docum Spell Multip
Invers DDE Menu for
ises ent - le
e Supp inserting
Projec compar chec undo-
search ort symbols
ts ison king redo
 12]

Verbosus No No Yes Yes No No Yes

WinEdt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WinShell Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Organ Docum Spell Multip
Invers DDE Menu for
ises ent - le
e Supp inserting
Projec compar chec undo-
search ort symbols
ts ison king redo
Properties of TeX editors 3

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ct ch at 14]
s r man p
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s
g n te t
R d 13]
e li
g n
E g
x

Yes[
AUCTe Ye Note AUCTe
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
X s X
15]

  Author Ye   Author
No No No Yes Yes Yes ?
ea  s ea 
Auto- Auto-
Latex Latex
Equatio Ye Equatio
No No No No Yes Yes ?
ns for s ns for
Google Google
Docs Docs
Ye
CoCalc Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? CoCalc
s
GNOM (just GNOM
Plan Ye
E Yes Yes Yes same Yes Yes E
ned s
LaTeX files) LaTeX
Gummi No No No No Yes No Yes ? Gummi

Yes[
Note Ye
Kile Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Kile
s
16]
 Ye
CoCalc Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? CoCalc
s
GNOM (just GNOM
Plan Ye
E Yes Yes Yes same Yes Yes E
ned s
LaTeX files) LaTeX
Gummi No No No No Yes No Yes ? Gummi

Yes[
Note Ye
Kile Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Kile
s
16]

LaTeX LaTeX
Online Yes No No N/A N/A N/A Yes No Online
Editor Editor
No
Ye (just
LEd Yes ? Yes Yes No ? LEd
s same
files)
Ye
LyX No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes LyX
s
Ye
MeWa No No No No No Yes ? MeWa
s
Notepa Ye Partial[ Notepa
Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
d++ s Note 17] d++
Scientifi Scientifi
c c
No ? ? N/A Yes No Yes ?
WorkPl WorkPl
ace ace
ShareL Ye ShareL
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
aTeX s aTeX
TexLab No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No TexLab
TeXma Ye TeXma
No N/A N/A N/A No Yes ?
cs s cs
Texmak Ye Texmak
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
er s er
sin sin
TeXnic since ce ce TeXnic
Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Center v2.0 v2. v2. Center
0 0
TeXSho Ye TeXSho
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
p s p
TeXstu Ye TeXstu
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
dio s dio
Ye
TeXwor s[N Yes[Not TeXwor
No ote No Yes No Yes Yes
ks e 19] ks
18]

Verbos Verbos
No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes ?
us us
Ye
s
WinEdt Yes (m Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WinEdt
odif
 Ye
TeXwor s[N Yes[Not TeXwor
No ote No Yes No Yes Yes
ks e 19] ks
18]

Verbos Verbos
No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes ?
us us
Ye
s
WinEdt Yes (m Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WinEdt
odif
ied)
No
WinShe Ye (just WinShe
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
ll s same ll
files)
Fin
d
an Intel Start
d lige Autoc s up Uni
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Screenshots and Video Tutorials of TeX editors

Editor Screenshot Video Tutorial

LaTeX Online
Coming soon
Editor

Screenshot of the LaTeX Online

Editor

LyX   

Screenshot
  
 Screenshot of the LaTeX Online
Editor

LyX   

Screenshot
  

Texmaker   

Screenshot of Texmaker version 4.5

TexLab basics on
TexLab
YouTube

TeXLab Screenshot

  TeXstudio Basics on
TeXstudio
YouTube

Screenshot of TeXstudio (2.12.6)

1 ^ "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.
2 ^ Not a full TeX editor. Only limited to math expressions only.
3 ^ Support for non-linux systems considered experimental.
 4 ^ Notepad++ can execute Tex viewers; See GNU Octave, LaTex and
Notepad++ for more details.
5 ^ Partial WYSIWYG through the Rich Text Mode, where sectional titles,
bold/italic texts, inline/displayed math, unordered/ordered lists and figures
are rendered as graphics.
6 ^ Acquired by Overleaf and launched as Overleaf v2.
7 ^ 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)
8 ^ 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
9 ^ Requires installation of extra package.
10 ^ A plug-in is required. See this list of plugins for Notepad++ Archived
2014-10-20 at the Wayback Machine for details.
11 ^ LaTeX panel & Matrix panel
12 ^ Requires installation of extra package ( How to install spelling
dictionaries for the TeXworks editor )
13 ^ Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.
14 ^ RTL support means Right to Left language support.
15 ^ configurable as an option of the Emacs editor
16 ^ 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.
17 ^ This will have to be set up manually.
18 ^ Provides a subset of the regular expression syntax implemented in the
Perl scripting language, but fully supports Unicode ( Issue 194: Add
advanced regexp options to Find/Replace )
19 ^ Template file in resource directory ( Documentation of the code
completion feature )
20 ^ Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.
21 ^ RTL support means Right to Left language support.
See also[edit]
• Comparison of formula editors
• Comparison of word processors
• Comparison of text editors
• Comparison of desktop publishing software
• List of TeX extensions
References[edit]
1 ^ "VerbTeX". 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2010-07-28. “VerbTeX is a LaTeX
Editor for Android devices. It uses the LaTeX service available at
 verbosus.com to generate PDFs.”
2 ^ "iVerbTeX". 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2010-07-28. “iVerbTeX is a LaTeX
Editor for iOS devices. It uses the LaTeX service available at
verbosus.com to generate PDFs.”
3 ^ "Terms and Conditions". 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2010-03-06. “The
service is free to use (you are allowed to create four resources of any type
for free). Additional costs arise if you decide that you don't want this
restriction and explicitly purchase its removal.”
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