# texstudio-org/texstudio

TeXstudio is a fully featured LaTeX editor. Our goal is to make writing LaTeX documents as easy and comfortable as possible.

Repository: https://github.com/texstudio-org/texstudio
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/texstudio
Homepage: http://www.texstudio.org/
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: texstudio, latex, editor, ide, latex-editor, tex
Last push: 2026-08-25T17:13:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3200, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 19, "gap_med": 50.5, "n_releases_24m": 15}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3611, forks 400 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:11.624035+00:00)

## What it is
TeXstudio is a fully featured open-source LaTeX editor and integrated writing environment built in C++ with Qt. It provides syntax highlighting, an integrated PDF viewer, live inline preview, autocompletion, and reference, citation, grammar, and spell checking to make writing LaTeX documents as comfortable as possible.

## Use cases
- write academic papers in latex
- latex editor with integrated pdf viewer
- edit tex documents with syntax highlighting
- autocomplete latex commands and citations
- check latex references and grammar while writing
- collaboratively edit latex documents
- spellcheck and grammar check a thesis in latex

## When to choose
- you write LaTeX documents regularly and want a dedicated IDE-like editor
- you want an integrated PDF viewer with live inline preview
- you need autocompletion, reference checking, and spellchecking out of the box
- you want a free, cross-platform desktop LaTeX editor

## When to avoid
- you prefer editing LaTeX in a general-purpose editor like VS Code or Vim
- you need a web-based or collaborative-first LaTeX editor like Overleaf
- you only need to compile LaTeX without editing features
- you want a WYSIWYG word processor rather than source-based LaTeX editing

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, pdf-viewer
- domain: text-editors, documentation, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: latex, tex, ide, academic-writing, qt, c++, syntax-highlighting, pdf-viewer, spell-checking, code-completion, spellchecking, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- texstudio-org/texstudio (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.624035+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:33:39.162862+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/texstudio-org/texstudio (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.624035+00:00, sha 522099b418df)
  - homepage: http://www.texstudio.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:49.938301+00:00, sha d74d313bb954)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.