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LaTeX Workshop vs TeXnicCenter: catalog facts
LaTeX Workshop	TeXnicCenter
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
Auto build with configurable LaTeX recipes Internal PDF viewer with SyncTeX	Project management for multi-file LaTeX documents One-click builds with PDF, DVI and PS output profiles
Requires Visual Studio Code and a separately installed TeX distribution Latest version needs a recent VS Code release	Windows only Requires a separately installed TeX distribution
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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