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VimTeX vs LaTeX Workshop: catalog facts
VimTeX	LaTeX Workshop
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
Works in both Vim and Neovim Compilation through latexmk with inverse search	Auto build with configurable LaTeX recipes Internal PDF viewer with SyncTeX
Requires recent Vim or Neovim versions Depends on external tools such as latexmk	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: MIT	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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