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24 alternatives to I built a website to create images from LaTex

Hey everyone, I was doing some tests with Gaussian Blur and the 2D Gaussian formula. While writing code for the formulas (I'm just trying to learn new things, that's all), I wanted to see LaTeX formulas in my IDE as images or in any convenient way. However, I couldn't find any proper method, such as writing LaTeX as a comment and seeing them as images, etc. So, I started to create my 2-step project: a LaTeX-to-image website & plugin for my IDE. I've completed the first step of this project. I've created a website called https://pictotex.com/ I didn't return to this project due…

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I built a website to create images from LaTex launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1

    Convert images and PDFs to LaTeX, DOCX, Overleaf, Markdown, Excel, ChemDraw and more, with our AI-powered document conversion technology.

    2018 · mathpix.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    I've made a website to easily share a LaTeX math formula. - The image is created in the browser (i.e. the LaTeX is not send to a server for rendering) - Native share dialog (share via WhatsApp etc.) - Extra keyboard buttons for symbols like "$" or "\" on mobile - Share via png or unicode Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fGuTns5Nt9Q Please let me know any feedback on how to improve the website.

    2024 · latex.to · its alternatives →

  3. 3LC

    A minimal, almost class-less CSS library to write modern websites that look like LaTeX documents.

    2020 · latex.now.sh · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    Hey everyone, I recently built a free Chrome extension called Formula to LaTeX that lets you convert any formula from an image, screenshot directly into clean LaTeX code. No signup. Just: 1. Paste or drag & drop an image of the formula 2. Get the LaTeX code instantly 3. Copy it with one click It works great for math, physics, and chemistry formulas, super helpful if you're working on problem sets, papers, or presentations and don’t want to retype complex equations. Would love any feedback! I'm still improving it, so feel free to roast it or share ideas

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Mathpix▲83

    Convert images to LaTeX

    2019 · mathpix.com · its alternatives →

  6. 6MC

    Hi HN, I’m the creator of Math2Tex. I was a PhD student, I spend a huge amount of my time working with LaTeX, especially when dealing with lecture notes, academic papers, and homework. I built *Math2Tex*, a lightweight tool that converts handwritten or printed academic content — especially math formulas — into LaTeX or text The Problem: I've always found it incredibly tedious to manually type out mathematical formulas, especially complex, multi-line equations from my handwritten notes or from a textbook. It's slow, boring, and I always make syntax errors. I tried some existing tools, but…

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Bauble is a toy that I've been working on for a few weeks, and I think it's reached the point where other people could have fun with it! Bauble is based on raymarching signed distance functions, which are kind of like... 3D vector art? They're pretty common in the procedural art community and you can do some amazing things with them, but normally writing SDFs means writing low-level shader code. I wanted to play with SDFs, but I found it very frustrating to translate "I want to rotate this" into "okay, that means I have to construct a rotation matrix, and then apply it to the current point,…

    2022 · bauble.studio · its alternatives →

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    Learn anywhere at anytime.

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Transform latex code to png, svg

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    I design and build fast, high-quality software for the web and mobile — and care about the details people feel but never see.

    2010 · elliottkember.com · its alternatives →

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    Self-rendering Markdown + LaTeX documents. Contribute to susam/texme development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

  13. 13

    Share mathematical formulas with your friends.

    2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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  15. 15IB

    Hello HN, I've used a lot of image converter websites to run for my daily jobs, but they required uploading my assets on their servers which I didn't like. I decided to build it myself and publish as a website for everyone to use at no cost (since the conversion happened on your browsers) I'd live to hear your thoughts about it. Cheers,

    2024 · dynapik.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    Turn math screenshots, photos and handwriting into editable LaTeX and Word equations

    3d ago · imagetolatex.com · its alternatives →

  17. 17IV

    ...it's an image proxy that does on-the-fly image processing for animated GIFs. This is the site: https://www.gifsonic.com And here are docs with examples: • https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/ • https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=width • https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=height • https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=reverse • https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=background_color •…

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    LetX▲8

    Write LaTeX together. The AI runs the build.

    Sep 2026 · letx.app · its alternatives →

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    Hey guys, I needed a way to convert Code, CSV, and Markdown snippets to shareable images so I built this over the weekend. It all runs locally in the browser using a few lines of jQuery. Nothing fancy. Sharing in case someone else might find it useful!

    Mar 2026 · snip2img.com · its alternatives →

  20. 20IJ

    Hey everyone, I'm excited to share a brand new side project I just finished building: phototopixel.art. It's a simple web tool that automatically converts any photo you upload into pixel art. I've always been a fan of the aesthetic of pixel art, but manually creating it is a tedious process. After trying out some existing tools and not being fully satisfied with the results, I decided to build my own. My goal was to create a fast and easy-to-use solution that consistently produces great-looking pixel art. Behind the Scenes The core of the tool uses a combination of color quantization and…

    2025 · phototopixel.art · its alternatives →

  21. 21IW

    I wrote my own lightweight markup language, similar to Markdown, that compiles to both HTML5 and LaTeX, supports LaTeX equations (through svgtex, i.e. serverside MathJax), references, captioned figures with semantically correct tag in html, syntax highlighted code blocks, and so on. http://www.dllu.net/programming/dllup/ See the text file written in dllup markup language: http://www.dllu.net/programming/dllup/index.dllu and the PDF and LaTeX versions: http://www.dllu.net/programming/dllup/index.pdf…

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I noticed that there is a few tools to create and edit 3D Gaussian Splatting[1] models, but not so many tools for robust hosting, sharing, and presentation of these models, so I built Blurry! Unlike other platforms, I’m specifically focusing on the best 3DGS in-browser viewer experience you can seamlessly embed on websites or Notion docs, with more places coming soon! Some of the potential use cases are professional training, product and rental space marketing, and construction business. But at this stage with Blurry, I’m specifically targeting people/businesses that already use…

    2025 · useblurry.com · its alternatives →

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    GIF.new▲18

    i use GIFs a lot in my personal/professional life and so I'm pretty passionate about the topic :P about a month ago I found out that this domain was available and couldn't believe it. Waited a good 3 weeks to pull the trigger on buying it (which, btw is hella expensive by default) and in the meantime, hopped from one idea to another on what it should house. original idea was to build some kind of prompt-to-GIF service but very soon realised that i can't sustain the AI bill on my budget (top contender was to use runway). then came the idea of animating charts from data (obvious: i work…

    2025 · gif.new · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I've been wanting to start this project for a long time, ever since I read an article about collaborative transformation of blob images[1], and I'm hoping it will take off here as I'm curious to see how it can grow. Here's how it works: - My website is available at https://chaospixels.com. You can find its code in the `src` directory of the linked repository. - Every day, I'll review all the open PRs (Pull Requests) and calculate a PR score based on the number of thumbs-up on the PR's opening comment. - The PR with the highest score will be merged and deployed. - Afterward,…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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