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VimTeXKile
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Command line Windows, Linux
  • Works in both Vim and Neovim
  • Compilation through latexmk with inverse search
  • Project view keeps multi-file documents organised
  • Symbol palettes remove the need to remember command names
  • Requires recent Vim or Neovim versions
  • Depends on external tools such as latexmk
  • Pulls in KDE libraries
  • Development is slow, with the KDE Frameworks 6 version still in beta
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: GPL-2.0
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Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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