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Texmaker vs TeX Live Utility

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Texmaker

6.0
Education

LaTeX editor

TeX Live Utility

8.0
Developer Tools

Graphical user interface for TeX Live Manager

Metric Texmaker TeX Live Utility
Category Education Developer Tools
AI Score 6.0 8.0
30-day Installs 68 78
90-day Installs 291 289
365-day Installs 1.6K 1.1K
Version 6.0.1 1.55
Auto-updates No Yes
Deprecated Yes No
GitHub Stars 1 318
GitHub Forks 3 17
Open Issues - 17
License BSD-3-Clause
Language TypeScript Objective-C
Last GitHub Commit 12y ago 2mo ago
First Seen Aug 9, 2023 Aug 9, 2023

Reviews

Texmaker

Texmaker is a cross-platform LaTeX editor offering a user-friendly interface with features like a built-in PDF viewer, syntax highlighting, and template support. It's ideal for writers and students needing a simple tool for LaTeX document creation.

Provides a LaTeX editor with integrated PDF viewer and template management for document creation.

Pros

  • + Cross-platform support
  • + User-friendly interface
  • + Integrated PDF viewer and templates

Cons

  • - No auto-updates
  • - Inactive development

TeX Live Utility

TeX Live Utility is a graphical user interface for managing TeX Live packages on macOS. It simplifies package installation, updates, and automation, making it ideal for LaTeX users who prefer a visual interface over command-line tools.

Provides a graphical interface for managing and updating TeX Live packages.

Pros

  • + User-friendly graphical interface for TeX Live management
  • + Automates package updates and installations
  • + Actively maintained with frequent updates

Cons

  • - Niche audience, primarily for LaTeX users
  • - Some reported issues with package updates