Compositor
The WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor
The WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor
“My goal with Compositor is to make it the most compelling way to work with LaTeX.”
— Karl Traunmüller
Edit the rendered document directly and see changes instantly as you type. This is true WYSIWYG LaTeX editing of unmatched fidelity.
When you need precise control, switch to a modern, purpose-built LaTeX source editor with syntax highlighting, smart completions, and other helpful features.
Compositor comes with a built-in visual formula editor, that easily lets you build up formulas from a number of building blocks.
The app comes with its own basic LaTeX distribution (based on TeXLive) built right in, so there’s nothing else to install, and no configuration required.
Any packages referenced by your documents that aren’t available locally are automatically downloaded from CTAN, no manual intervention required.
Compositor reads and writes plain text .tex files. This means it’s compatible with your existing documents, and there’s no vendor lock-in of any kind.
Compositor is a native app on macOS and Windows, designed for small size, quick startup, maximum performance, and memory efficiency.
Your documents stay on your machine and under your control. A tip: Put your files under git version control!
Compositor is a small download with everything you need to start writing beautiful LaTeX documents. Give it a try!
Non-Latin scripts, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK), are not supported. Support is not planned for the foreseeable future.
Multi-file documents are currently combined into a single file. Support for keeping files separate may be added in a future version.
Compositor for macOS and Windows is currently available as a free preview, with no restrictions of any kind. Both versions are at the same stage of development, offer the same features, and will continue to evolve together. The two apps share the same core code, with a native UI tailored to each platform.
I won’t charge anything for Compositor until it reaches a truly usable state — which I roughly define as “a student can write a master’s thesis with Compositor”. I have also written a blog post about this.
All I’m asking for at this stage is to try it out, send me feedback, and spread the word!
