WinShell

Spec sheet

Purpose

WinShell is a free multilingual integrated development environment for LaTeX and TeX, and requires a separate LaTeX package.Read 10 Oct 2026 · winshell.org

Support

The manual asks users reporting problems to include their computer and WinShell versions and reproducible steps, and accepts reports in English or German.Read 10 Oct 2026 · winshell.org

Distribution

The homepage offers WinShell 4.0 as an installation package or portable version and identifies its file version as 4.0.0.6, dated 2023-05-27.Read 10 Oct 2026 · winshell.org

Editor and project features

It includes a text editor, syntax highlighting, project management, a spell checker, a table wizard, a BibTeX front end, toolbars, and user configuration tools.Read 10 Oct 2026 · winshell.org

External tools

Users can configure programs and macros, and WinShell provides a table wizard and BibTeX front end.Read 10 Oct 2026 · winshell.org

Operating system

The homepage lists support for Windows 7 SP1 and higher, while the manual lists Windows 10 or higher as its system requirement.Read 10 Oct 2026 · winshell.org

Other prerequisites

The manual lists TeX Live, MiKTeX, or W32TeX as LaTeX package options and says PostScript viewing is optional.Read 10 Oct 2026 · winshell.org

PDF workflow

A PDF viewer is a prerequisite, and the manual says WinShell supports and recommends Sumatra PDF for SyncTeX and forward and inverse search.Read 10 Oct 2026 · winshell.org

Projects

Its project environment organizes a document’s table of contents, figures, tables, and bibliography.Read 10 Oct 2026 · winshell.org

Search and editing

Features include forward and inverse search, Unicode and multibyte support, and Windows and Unix file format support.Read 10 Oct 2026 · winshell.org

Source availability

The maker says the software is supplied as a free binary and its source code is unavailable.Read 10 Oct 2026 · winshell.org

Spell checking

The built-in spell checker is based on Hunspell and supports importing compatible dictionaries.Read 10 Oct 2026 · winshell.org

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Where Specifiction places it

• LaTeX Editors#28 of 326.9