Students
Lower the learning curve for reports, theses, lab notes, and early research papers.
Nonprofit tools for serious LaTeX work
LatexDo
LatexDo makes professional LaTeX writing accessible through a free desktop app, open-source code, practical documentation, and research workflows built for students, researchers, educators, and technical writers.
Download the desktop app
Install LatexDo for macOS, Windows, or Linux and work with local LaTeX projects on your machine.
Explore programsSee how LatexDo supports writing tools, documentation, research workflows, and open-source participation.
Understand the missionRead about the French association, public-benefit purpose, governance, and transparency commitments.
Support the missionHelp fund public hosting, documentation, release checks, and free access to the LatexDo desktop app.
Nonprofit mission
French public-benefit association dedicated to LaTeX tooling.
Free access
Desktop app, documentation, research pages, and source code.
Transparent costs
Operating expenses are published and reviewed in August 2026.
Open governance
Board contact and contribution channels are visible on the site.
Mission
Help more people produce high-quality technical documents.
LaTeX is central to science, engineering, mathematics, and technical publishing, but the tooling can be difficult for new users and costly for teams that need reliable workflows. LatexDo exists to keep a modern, open, inspectable option available to the public.
Researchers
Improve draft, review, rebuttal, citation, and submission workflows for academic work.
Educators
Provide free material that can be used in classes, workshops, and writing support.
Maintainers
Keep source code, roadmap decisions, and infrastructure costs visible to contributors.
Desktop download
Start with the LatexDo desktop app.
The current public LatexDo app is the desktop app. Download it for macOS, Windows, or Linux to edit local projects, compile with your own TeX installation, preview PDFs, and keep your source files under your control.
Source editing
Edit .tex files in a focused desktop workspace designed for long technical documents.
PDF preview
Compile locally and review the generated PDF beside the source when your TeX toolchain is installed.
BibTeX projects
Keep bibliography files, figures, source files, and generated outputs together in your project folder.
Local-first workflow
Work from local files first, with source code and documentation open for inspection.
Desktop app
Compile with your local TeX toolchain.
Native desktop application for macOS, Windows, and Linux with local LaTeX compilation, PDF preview, SyncTeX navigation, and project folder management.
Local compilation
Compile with your own latexmk installation. Full control over your TeX toolchain and packages.
PDF preview
View rendered PDF output with SyncTeX linking. Click to jump between source and preview positions.
Project management
Open local project folders, edit .tex and .bib files, and keep your paper structure organized.
Real diagnostics
Surface compiler errors, warnings, and badboxes connected to their source lines for quick fixes.
Feature comparison
How LatexDo compares.
| Feature | LatexDo | Overleaf | TeXstudio | VS Code + LaTeX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open source | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Free to use | ✅ | ⚠️ Freemium | ✅ | ✅ |
| Desktop app | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Android app | 🔨 In progress | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| iOS app | 🔨 In progress | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Local-first workflow | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Offline editing | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Local LaTeX compilation | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Modern Monaco editor | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Smart LaTeX diagnostics | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ |
| Git-friendly | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ✅ |
| Real-time collaboration | 🔨 Planned | ✅ | ❌ | ⚠️ |
| AI writing assistance | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ | ⚠️ |
| Template gallery | 🔨 Planned | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ |
| Privacy-first | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Community-driven | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cross-platform | ✅ | Browser | ✅ | ✅ |
✅ Available 🔨 Planned / in progress ⚠️ Limited ❌ Not available
See the full breakdown on GitHub →