Awesome LaTeX

This is a curated list of awesome stuff for the (La)TeX typesetting system.

Contents

• Contents
• Distributions
• Docker Images
• Engines
  • LaTeX formulas on the web
• Editors
  • LaTeX-focused
  • General purpose text editors
  • Online editors
• Bibliography tools
• Build Tools
  • GitHub Actions
• Misc. Tools
• LaTeX-compatible GUI tools
• Packages
  • References
  • Tables
  • Graphics
  • PSTricks
  • TikZ
  • Source Code
  • Typography
  • Presentations, Slides
• Templates
• Symbols
• Resources
• Showcases
• Tutorials
• Books
• Blogs
• Social media
• Meta Awesome-LaTeX
• Legend

Learning LaTeX

Guides how to learn LaTeX

Distributions

• MacTeX - Most common LaTeX distribution for macOS, basically TeXLive with some Mac-specific tools added. ![mac]
• TeX Live - Most common LaTeX distribution for Unix-like operating systems, including GNU/Linux. Also works on Windows. ![linux] ![windows]
• MikTeX - Most common LaTeX distribution for Windows, but also available for Mac, Linux or as Docker image. ![linux] ![windows] ![mac] ![foss]

Docker Images

When one aims for a ready-to-run LaTeX environment without installing, Docker images might be the choice.

• reitzig/texlive-docker - minimal TeXLive system with package installation possibility
• Island of TeX/texlive - debian-based full TeXLive system
• dante-ev/docker-texlive - debian-based full TeXLive system with additions with pandoc, perl, and python pre-installed

Engines

• pdfTeX - TeX compiler that produces PDF files immediately instead of DVI files (nowadays, this is the standard compiler for many users). ![foss]
• XeTeX - 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). ![foss]
• LuaTeX - (La)TeX compiler that supports Lua code for scripting and has improved unicode and font support than standard TeX/pdfTeX. ![foss]
• tectonic - Modern, self contained (La)TeX compiler powered by XeTeX and TeXLive. ![foss]

LaTeX formulas on the web

• Auto-LaTeX Equations with Google Docs - Render high-quality math equations directly in Google Docs.
• MathJaX - JavaScript engine to render mathematical formulas on the web. The outcome looks really slick. ![foss]
• mimeTeX - 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. ![foss]
• mathTeX - mathTeX is the successor of mimeTeX: it produces nicer-looking images but it requires LaTeX to be installed on your server. ![foss]
• KaTeX - KaTeX is a math rendering library made by Khan Academy focusing on fast load times. All output is processed as plain HTML instead of fixed images. ![foss]
• Franklin.jl - Static site generator with KaTeX support, code evaluation, LaTeX-like commands and optional pre-rendering, in Julia. ![foss]
• xhub - Browser extension that lets you use LaTeX in GitHub pages. ![foss]

Editors

Because editing LaTeX code with notepad is not awesome. There are many editors out there, below are the most awesome editors. A complete list of LaTeX editors is collected at tex.stackexchange.com as big list of LaTeX Editors/IDEs.

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