Open LaTeX Studio is an open source initiative to create a LaTeX editor that supports remote collaboration between users.
The GUI of the editor is built using the NetBeans Platform framework, what makes the usage of the editor simple and intuitive.
The editor is released under an open source license.
Features include:
- Simple and intuitive.
- Code editor
- Live preview of the document.
- Syntax highlight and code completion.
- Remote collaboration and revision tracking.
- LaTeX templates.
- PDF preview.
- Generate PDF documents using pdflatex.
- Spell checking (English dictionary).
- Full screen mode.
- Integration with Dropbox.
- Auto-sync files to Dropbox.
- Plugins:
- Intent API – API for invoking intended operations (described by suitable type of object, e.g. URI) by some of registered handlers. SPI for handlers of possible intended operations.
- TestNG – includes the TestNG testing library.
- JUnit – includes the JUnit unit testing library and corresponding library definition.
- The NetBeans RCP Platform is a generic framework for Swing applications. It provides the services common to almost all large desktop applications: window management, menus, settings and storage, update management, file access, etc.
- Cross-platform software – runs on all major operating systems including Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: sebbrudzinski.github.io/Open-LaTeX-Studio
Support: Mailing List, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Sebastian Brudziński and contributors
License: MIT License
Open LaTeX Studio is written in Java. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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