TeXstudio is an integrated writing environment for creating and editing LaTeX documents. It combines source editing, compilation and PDF viewing in a single application, reducing the need to switch between separate tools when preparing technical documents.
The editor is particularly useful for academic papers, reports, books and other documents requiring mathematical typesetting, bibliographies and cross-references. It also provides navigation and project management tools for working with larger documents containing multiple source files.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Advanced syntax highlighting for LaTeX commands, environments and document structures.
- Automatic completion of LaTeX commands, references and bibliography entries, with contextual help.
- Integrated PDF viewer with SyncTeX synchronisation between source code and rendered output.
- Live inline previews of mathematical formulas and selected document content.
- Interactive spelling, grammar, citation and reference checking.
- Structure view for navigating chapters, sections, labels and included files.
- Code folding, bookmarks, multi-cursor editing and block selection.
- Assistants for creating tables, inserting graphics and constructing mathematical expressions.
- Quick access to more than 1,000 mathematical symbols.
- Configurable build system supporting LaTeX compilers, Latexmk, bibliography processors and glossary tools.
- Automatically detect and perform additional compilation passes when necessary.
- Display compilation errors and warnings with direct navigation to the relevant source locations.
- Customisable menus, toolbars, keyboard shortcuts and user-defined macros.
- Integrated Git panel for working with documents maintained under version control.
- Collaborative editing through TeamType integration on supported systems.
- Support for templates, scripting and internationalised user interfaces.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: texstudio.sourceforge.net
Support:
Developer: Benito van der Zander, Jan Sundermeyer, Daniel Braun, Tim Hoffmann
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
TeXstudio is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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