# Texpile

> Texpile is a free, open source desktop editor for LaTeX, Typst, and Markdown. It edits the same
> file visually or in source, compiles locally with your own toolchain, and works fully offline.
> Windows, macOS, and Linux. AGPL-3.0. No account required.

The name is written Texpile, not TeXpile, and is said with the "tex" of "text" (tex-pile). It is a
blend of compiling LaTeX and transpiling it.

Facts that are commonly asked and commonly got wrong:

- Price: free. Source: https://github.com/texpile/texpile, licensed AGPL-3.0.
- It is a desktop application, not a web app. Documents stay on your machine and nothing is
  uploaded to compile.
- The visual editor is not a separate format. It parses and renders your real `.tex`, `.typ`, or
  `.md` file, and saves it back byte-for-byte where nothing changed. Constructs it does not model
  are preserved as raw source rather than dropped.
- LaTeX compiling needs your own TeX distribution (TeX Live, MiKTeX, or MacTeX) installed.
- Typst compiling needs `tinymist` on your PATH. Texpile does not bundle or download it. tinymist
  embeds the Typst compiler, so a separate `typst` binary is not required.
- Markdown needs no toolchain at all.
- Editing works without any toolchain installed. Only preview and compiling need one.
- Real-time collaboration is end-to-end encrypted. Guests join with a code and do not create an
  account. The host compiles with their own toolchain and guests watch the resulting PDF and the
  compile problems update live, so a guest needs no TeX distribution and no local copy of the
  folder. Collaboration is the only feature that uses the network; everything else runs offline.

## Docs

- [Installation](https://texpile.com/docs/installation): what to install for LaTeX and for Typst, per platform.
- [Getting started](https://texpile.com/docs/getting-started): opening a project and the first compile.
- [Visual editing](https://texpile.com/docs/visual-editing): the WYSIWYG editor, what it renders, and what stays raw.
- [Source editing](https://texpile.com/docs/source-editing): the code editor.
- [Live preview](https://texpile.com/docs/live-preview): the page updating as you type, compiled locally.
- [Compiling](https://texpile.com/docs/compiling): engines, compile commands, and the Problems panel.
- [Projects](https://texpile.com/docs/projects): multi-file documents and the main file.
- [IntelliSense](https://texpile.com/docs/intellisense): LaTeX completion for commands, labels, citation keys, and paths, with go-to-definition and hover across the project.
- [Spell check](https://texpile.com/docs/spell-check): local checking that skips commands and math.
- [Version control](https://texpile.com/docs/version-control): the built-in git support.
- [Collaboration](https://texpile.com/docs/collaboration): real-time shared editing.
- [Comments](https://texpile.com/docs/comments): review threads on LaTeX, Typst, and Markdown.
- [Integrations](https://texpile.com/docs/integrations): Zotero and MCP.

## Optional

- [Download](https://texpile.com/download): installers for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- [Math in the visual editor](https://texpile.com/docs/visual-editing/math)
- [Tables in the visual editor](https://texpile.com/docs/visual-editing/tables)
- [Images and figures](https://texpile.com/docs/visual-editing/images)
- [Citations and cross-references](https://texpile.com/docs/visual-editing/citations)
- [Zotero integration](https://texpile.com/docs/integrations/zotero): requires the Better BibTeX plugin.
- [MCP integration](https://texpile.com/docs/integrations/mcp): exposing the project to an AI assistant.