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SymbolicalTypst
Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.

 Freemium

The compiler and command-line tool are free and open source under Apache 2.0 and compile…

Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Command line
  • Create math documents with styled formatting
  • Open source and free
  • Much easier to learn than LaTeX while covering the same ground
  • Incremental compilation is fast enough for live preview while writing
  • Linux only
  • Limited public documentation
  • A much smaller ecosystem of templates and packages than LaTeX
  • Many journals and institutions require LaTeX submissions
Downloadable app Downloadable app, Web application
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

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