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Katvan

Editor for Typst files, with a bias for Right-to-Left.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: syntax highlighting and code completion.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Features include live previews, syntax highlighting, spell checking, auto-completion, forward/inverse search and more.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Features include live previews, syntax highlighting, spell checking, auto-completion, forward/inverse search and more.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Katvan is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Katvan is a bare-bones editor for the Typst typesetting system, designed for working with documents whose primary language is written from right to left. Features include live previews, syntax highlighting, spell checking, auto-completion, forward/inverse search and more.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 8 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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