Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Semantic Math Editor
Online WYSIWYG formula editor
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Semantic Math Editor launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi all! TikZ is a widely-used LaTeX package for drawing figures in papers. It uses commands like \draw[->] (0,0) -- (1,2); to draw lines, shapes, text, etc. Academics usually code up their figures by hand, so there is lots of twiddling around with the coordinates and recompiling until things look nice. I guess it’s a bit like SVG, but it’s more code than markup, for example it has loops with \foreach. I built an open-source WYSIWYG TikZ editor (available for web and desktop) that allows you to edit your TikZ source code visually by dragging and resizing elements. It simultaneously shows the…
Jun 2026 · tikz.dev · its alternatives →
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2017 · mathcha.io · its alternatives →
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2021 · writer.math.dev · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I got so frustrated with modern WYSIWYG editors that I started to play around with building my own. The problem I had was simple: I wanted a low-tech way to type styled text, but I didn't want to load a complex 500KB library, especially if I was going to initialize it dozens of times on the same page. Markdown in a plain was the best alternative to a full WYSIWYG, but its main drawback is how ugly it looks without any formatting. I can handle it, but my clients certainly can't. I went down the ContentEditable rabbit hole for a few years, but always came to realize others had solved it…
2025 · its alternatives →
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2021 · mkhan45.github.io · its alternatives →
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2020 · runarberg.github.io · its alternatives →
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Inspired by the design and UI/UX of apps like Notion, and utility of open-source apps like StackEdit, I decided to create a minimalistic, local-only WYSIWYG Markdown editor. Some features worth highlighting: - Monaco editor and Prettier integration for code snippets - Tables (apparently the holy grail of WYSIWYG editing) - Embeds (for CodePen, CodeSandbox and YouTube, most useful for HTML or JSON exports) - Accepts Markdown paste-in, and "exports"/generates HTML, Markdown and JSON outputs - Collaboration (with real-time awareness and initial commenting system, available only when…
2023 · editor.vrite.io · its alternatives →
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Math Forge▲11AI-powered math editor for beautiful, fast LaTeX formulas
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · mathquill.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · socrates.io · its alternatives →
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Sep 2025 · little-book-of.github.io · its alternatives →
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