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VimTeX vs Texmaker: catalog facts
VimTeX	Texmaker
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
Works in both Vim and Neovim Compilation through latexmk with inverse search	Built-in PDF viewer with SyncTeX Structure view and master mode for multi-file documents
Requires recent Vim or Neovim versions Depends on external tools such as latexmk	Requires a separate LaTeX distribution to compile documents Focused on LaTeX only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
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 1, 2026

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