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TeXworks

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FigureTeXworksUltraEdit
Price fromFree$7.91/mo
Free planYes—
Free trial——
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
Plans published18
Spec score · Text Editors8.0 (#42)8.6 (#12)
Free planYesNo
IntegrationsTeXworks can run configurable TeX commands including pdftex, pdflatex, xelatex, and context, and supports running BibTeX and Makeindex.Includes FTP, SSH, Telnet, Git integration, and file/folder comparison
Supported platformsWindows,macOS,GNU/LinuxWindows, Mac, and Linux

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TeXworks

  • TeXworksFree

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UltraEdit

  • UltraEdit Core — 2 Year Subscription$94.96 a year
  • UltraEdit Core — 1 Year Subscription$99.95 a year
  • UltraEdit Enterprise — 2 Year Subscription$113.95 a year
  • UltraEdit Enterprise — 1 Year Subscription$119.95 a year
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In their own words

TeXworks

TeXworks is a free desktop application for authoring TeX, LaTeX and ConTeXt documents on Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux. Its Unicode-based, TeX-aware editor is intended to be accessible to casual and non-technical users, with syntax highlighting, auto-completion, spell-checking, templates, search and replace, and support for multiple encodings. An integrated PDF viewer synchronizes source and preview through SyncTeX. In the 0.6.x series, the viewer also has continuous scrolling, two-page view, text selection and copying, and a ruler. The usual workflow uses pdfTeX or XeTeX to produce PDFs, and DVI output can be configured. Users can configure TeX commands and run BibTeX or Makeindex; scripting support includes QtScript, Lua and Python. Typesetting requires a separate TeX distribution such as TeX Live or MiKTeX. The project lists Windows installers, macOS disk images and GNU/Linux packages. TeXworks is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version at the user's option.

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