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TeXstudio

TeXstudio is a LaTeX editor, available on Windows and Linux: syntax highlighting and code completion.

Completely free
Windows and Linux
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: GPL-2.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub · Windows: Winget
Publisher: J. Sundermeyer
Latest version: 4.9.9 (23 October 2026)
Latest activity: 24 October 2026
Source code: github.com/texstudio-org/texstudio

Overview

TeXstudio is a LaTeX editor, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and in its GitHub repository: 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

“TeXstudio is a fully featured LaTeX editor.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
“Detailed syntax highlighting” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
“Auto-completion” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
“Scripting support” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (GPL-2.0) 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
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

About

TeXstudio is an integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents. It integrates editing, building and viewing into a single, user-friendly interface. Our goal is to make writing LaTeX as easy and comfortable as possible. This means you can focus on your content with the help of a powerful set of features: Easy source code navigation: A structure view, clickable links and a cursor history Detailed syntax highlighting Auto-completion Live checking for spelling, grammar, citations, references, syntax and packages Innovative table editing Clear display of LaTeX errors and warnings (in-editor and as a list) Integrated PDF viewer with (almost) word-level syncing Live-updating inline preview for formulas and code segments Scripting support Requires either TeX Live being installed on the system from your distribution's repositories or the TeX Live Flatpak which you can install by running 'flatpak install flathub org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.texlive//25.08'

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 7 November 2026
Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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