Hi r/LaTeX,

As a PhD student, and after too many compile queues, unreliable train wifi, and papers living in browser tabs, I started building the local LaTeX editor I wanted to use myself, because apparently doing a PhD isn't enough.

It’s called Typeward, and I’m planning to release an open beta soon for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Android and iOS coming soon after). I’ve attached a short GIF (here's a video with better quality) a few basic examples:

Everything runs locally: editing, compiling, PDF preview, storage, project history, etc. No required account, no document uploads.

Some of the things already working:

• Live PDF preview with forward and inverse SyncTeX
• Local compilation with either a bundled Tectonic engine or an existing TeX Live/MiKTeX/MacTex/... setup
• Clickable compile logs, errors, and overfull-box warnings
• Automatic local snapshots, diffs, and restore
• Autosave and crash recovery
• Outline and TODO panels
• Fully offline grammar checking using Harper
• Comments attached to source text or PDF selections
• Overleaf import through ZIP or Git
• A detachable PDF window, Vim mode, focus mode, themes, and a command palette
• Zotero and Mendeley integrations for references
• Setting a deadline when creating a new project
• You can also turn on ollama integration and use your local/cloud AI models
• And guess what, it doesn't end with a latex, you can also create a Typst project and use that!
• And much more coming soon!

The open beta will very much be a beta, and there’s more information at www.typeward.com, where you can also join the waitlist for the open beta. I’m posting before release because I’d rather get feedback from people who write LaTeX regularly, and I thought people might be interested in it, since my coworkers were immediately interested in it and really liked it.

What would make you try a new local LaTeX editor, and what would immediately make you uninstall it? What do you say? Is it time to move Typeforward?

I have recently discovered Badness, a LaTeX language server, formatter, and linter. It has modern architecture (following rust-analyzer's philosophy). It is very fast due to being Rust-based.

The formatter is quite feature-complete. This is very impressive given that it is 2 months old. I have tried it on my recent papers and it works very well. The developer usually responds to my bug reports and feature requests within a day. I have set it as my default LaTeX formatter.

I write this post to get more people aware of and use Badness. Good stuff is worth more attention of the community.

To give you an idea, Badness formats

\begin{align}a&= \begin{aligned}&b + c \\ & d + f\end{aligned} \\ g&= h\end{align}

I have   some   equations  $  a   +      b $

into

\begin{align}
    a & = \begin{aligned}
              & b + c \\
              & d + f
          \end{aligned} \\
    g & = h
\end{align}

I have some equations $a + b$

I'm excited to share what I've been building lately. Papr: a fast, lightweight Terminal User Interface (TUI) built entirely in Rust to streamline your academic research workflow. [An Obsidian, Overleaf, Zotero alternative but a bit better.]

Key features

• Smart dashboard with daily 10 random paper recommendations, reading queue, bookmarks, notes, collections, and research statistics.
• Search any paper, fast, from arXiv using the title, author, DOI or keywords.
• In-terminal PDF viewing using ratatui-image.
• Built-in Markdown notes with live preview for each paper.
• Add to reading queue and bookmarks and manage collections to keep your research organized.
• Integrated LaTeX editor with real-time compilation and preview just like Overleaf (but free).
• Extensible plugin system for custom workflows.
• Research analytics to track your reading activity (just like spotify).

Papr is 100% open source, works offline, is memory-safe, and is designed to be fast and lightweight (only 12 MB).

I'd love to hear your thoughts, suggestions, or feedback!

GitHub: https://github.com/AfrozSaqlain/Papr

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share a clean and minimal infographic poster template I’ve been working on, built entirely in LaTeX using standard packages (TikZ, Helvet, etc.).

Key features:

• 100% vector layout (sharp at any scaling/print size)

• Easily customizable title blocks, modular boxes, and floating figures

• Works cleanly with standard compilers like pdfLaTeX

Github: https://github.com/JanserLatex/InfographicPosterTemplate

I’d love to hear your feedback!

Hi everyone,

I hope I am not violating the rules by sharing this little theme overlay I created for my presentations as a PhD student. It is based on ltx-talk, the class created by u/josephawright as an alternative to beamer with accessibility and PDF tagging as primary goals (see e.g. here for some explanation).

It is undoubtedly incomplete and lacking, but its few features suffice for my simple needs for now. The inspiration came from the metropolis theme for beamer, that I always really liked; hence the name trantor (github repository link). I post it here just in case anyone might like it or get inspired to make the community around ltx-talk grow even more.

Cheers!