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LaTeX Workshop vs TeXstudio: catalog facts
LaTeX Workshop	TeXstudio
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Auto build with configurable LaTeX recipes Internal PDF viewer with SyncTeX	Integrated viewer with forward and inverse search between source and PDF Assistants for tables, tabulars and figures cut down on syntax lookup
Requires Visual Studio Code and a separately installed TeX distribution Latest version needs a recent VS Code release	The interface is dense with toolbars and panels Requires a TeX distribution installed separately
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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