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TeXstudioVimTeX
Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

 Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Windows, macOS, Linux Command line
  • Integrated viewer with forward and inverse search between source and PDF
  • Assistants for tables, tabulars and figures cut down on syntax lookup
  • Works in both Vim and Neovim
  • Compilation through latexmk with inverse search
  • The interface is dense with toolbars and panels
  • Requires a TeX distribution installed separately
  • Requires recent Vim or Neovim versions
  • Depends on external tools such as latexmk
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

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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