Gummi vs Verbosus

Gummi is a free desktop LaTeX editor for writing documents on Linux, BSD, macOS/NetBSD, and Windows. Its preview pane reflects document changes almost immediately, while syntax highlighting distinguishes LaTeX commands from other text. Users can choose alternative editor colour schemes or add custom styles in `~/.config/gummi/styles`. Command snippets can be assigned shortcut keys or command text, and some examples are preconfigured. Wizards insert LaTeX for images, tables, matrices, or bibliography files; documents can also be saved as templates. Project support groups documents and keeps compilation settings and file locations in a plain-text file. PDF export is among the documented file operations. The install guide lists packages for several Linux distributions, OpenBSD, macOS/NetBSD, and Windows. Developers can compile Gummi from source, though the guide calls that the latest untested development code. The home page says development is active again and points readers to GitHub for current code and releases. Spell checking is off by default and requires selecting a language and having gtkspell installed.

Verbosus offers VerbTeX for creating and managing LaTeX projects on iPhone, iPad, Android, and the web. Choose local mode to keep.tex documents on a device or cloud mode to synchronize projects with Verbosus; cloud mode also has a web interface. Local mode supports offline editing and can compile offline when that option is enabled in Settings. PDF generation supports PdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX, while bibliographies can be managed with BibTeX or Biber. The editor includes syntax highlighting, line numbers, autosave, custom keyboard shortcuts, and inverse search from a PDF to its.tex file. Local integrations include Dropbox, Box, Git, iCloud, Zotero, and Mendeley. The app lists an AI assistant for ChatGPT and Claude. The free plan costs nothing and allows two projects in each mode, two documents per project, and two uploads per local project. Two-factor authentication is listed for cloud mode in combination with Copiosus.