Best WinEdt Alternatives in 2026
Taken from LaTeX Editors, where WinEdt is listed too, in the same order.
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8.7 Club scoreOverleaf
Overleaf is an online platform for writing and compiling LaTeX documents with collaborators.
- Free plan
- Open source
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 2 8.3 Club score
VerbTeX
VerbTeX is a collaborative LaTeX editor with local and cloud project modes, available on Android, iOS, Mac, web, and Windows.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Web · iPhone and iPad
- 3 8.1 Club score
JianTeX
JianTeX is an academic writing tool with desktop, browser and self-hosted options.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 4 7.6 Club score
TeXstudio
TeXstudio is a desktop writing environment for creating LaTeX documents, available for Windows, Linux and macOS.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 5 7.6 Club score
TeXworks
TeXworks is a free desktop editor for authoring TeX, LaTeX, and ConTeXt documents on Windows, macOS, and GNU/Linux.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 6 7.6 Club score
Papeeria
Papeeria is an online LaTeX editor for creating and compiling documents, with support for combining LaTeX and Markdown.
- Free plan
- Web · iPhone and iPad · Android
- 7 7.6 Club score
SciPen Studio
SciPen Studio is a free desktop IDE for writing LaTeX and Typst research documents on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 8 7.6 Club score
LyX
LyX is a document processor for writing with a focus on document structure, pairing TeX and LaTeX capabilities with a graphical interface.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 9 7.5 Club score
Kile
Kile is a free, open-source desktop editor for TeX and LaTeX documents, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 10 7.5 Club score
RTextDoc
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 11 7.5 Club score
Texifier
- Free trial
- Windows · macOS · iPhone and iPad
- 12
7.4 Club scoreTexpile
Texpile is a free, open-source desktop editor for LaTeX, Typst, and Markdown on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 13 7.4 Club score
Texmaker
Texmaker is a free desktop editor for LaTeX documents on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 14
7.3 Club scorePrism
Prism is a cloud-based, LaTeX-native workspace for scientific writing and collaboration.
- Free plan
- Web
- 15 7.2 Club score
Gummi
Gummi is a free desktop LaTeX editor for Linux, macOS and Windows.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 16
7.2 Club score8gwifi LaTeX Editor
8gwifi LaTeX Editor is a free browser workspace for writing and compiling LaTeX documents involving code, mathematics, chemistry, or academic writing.
- Free plan
- Web
- 17 7.2 Club score
Kile
Kile is a free desktop editor for TeX and LaTeX documents, listed for Linux and Windows.
- Free plan
- Windows · Linux
- 18
7.2 Club scoreOleafly
Oleafly is a free desktop workspace for technical documents such as papers, theses, and resumes.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 19 7.2 Club score
LaTeXiT
LaTeXiT is a free macOS desktop editor for composing equations through a graphical interface over a LaTeX engine.
- Free plan
- macOS
- 20 7.1 Club score
Verbosus
Verbosus offers VerbTeX for creating and managing LaTeX projects on iOS, with a web interface for cloud projects.
- Free plan
- Windows · Web · iPhone and iPad · Android