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Texmaker vs AUCTeX: catalog facts
Texmaker	AUCTeX
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free software from the GNU Project.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Built-in PDF viewer with SyncTeX Structure view and master mode for multi-file documents	Supports LaTeX, ConTeXt, Texinfo, AMS-TeX and docTeX preview-latex shows formulas as images in the source
Requires a separate LaTeX distribution to compile documents Focused on LaTeX only	Requires GNU Emacs and familiarity with it Needs a separate TeX distribution to compile documents
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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