Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Texpad
Research is hard, writing should be easy
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Texpad launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Effortless LaTeX Writing at Your Fingertips
2024 · texifier.com · its alternatives →
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I'm a master's engineering student and a big fan of LaTeX, which I used for my thesis and research articles. I have used Overleaf and that was fine until I wanted to git sync, which unfortunately sits behind a paywall. Since I didn't want to pay subscriptions for things that should simply just work, I built the editor I wanted in my free time, where you open a tab, write LaTeX, get your PDF and the files stay all in one folder on my disk. TeXbrain is a static site with no backend. pdfTeX is compiled to WebAssembly (SwiftLaTeX) and runs in your browser. The editor can read and write your…
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Textpad▲200Simple online notepad, no fancy stuff. Just write.
2016 · textpad.surge.sh · its alternatives →
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NotePad▲78Simple text editor with a resizable menu bar window
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · opendocs.github.io · its alternatives →
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2013 · firepad.io · its alternatives →
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PDFpen▲110Full-featured PDF editor for Mac, with OCR and Word export.
2016 · textexpander.com · its alternatives →
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Self-rendering Markdown + LaTeX documents. Contribute to susam/texme development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I recently released version 1.4 of Notepad.exe, my editor built for macOS. The goal of the app is to let you prototype ideas in Swift or Python with minimal setup - write code, hit Run, skip project scaffolding. This release adds support for a Linux runtime/subsystem, so you can write on macOS and execute snippets in a Linux environment. I’d love to hear any feedback or answer any questions: would a tool like this fit your workflow? What friction remains?
2025 · notepadexe.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · etherpad.org · its alternatives →
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2018 · html-notepad.com · its alternatives →
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Tincta▲87Free, fast and simple open source text editor for Mac
2021 · codingfriends.github.io · its alternatives →
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I'm not the author of the app (nor i have any connection with them, just a random user). iA Writer and Writer Pro aren't well suited for me as a developer. They feel quite "strange" to me. Mou is a good option (free too) but still missing some features. So far this, this editor is the most complete user-friendly. Hope it helps!
2013 · clockworkengine.com · its alternatives →
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The best PDF viewer, editor, and form filler available.
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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OrgPad▲133A simple and easy-to-use app that liberates your thinking
2021 · orgpad.com · its alternatives →
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