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

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