The Best 19 Scientific Workplace Alternatives

  • Apache OpenOffice Writer icon

    Apache OpenOffice Writer

    writer, part of the apache openoffice suite, is an open-source word processor.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

  • Kile icon

    Kile

    Kile is a TeX/LaTeX editor providing a user friendly environment to edit TeX/LaTeX source code. To install Kile on Windows, follow this tutorial: http://goo.gl/j1avz

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux KDE

  • TeXnicCenter icon

    TeXnicCenter

    TeXnicCenter is a feature rich and easy-to-use integrated environment for creating LaTeX documents on the Windows platform.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • Overleaf icon

    Overleaf

    Overleaf, formerly WriteLaTeX, is a collaborative writing and publishing system that makes the whole process of producing academic papers much quicker for both authors and publishers.

    Freemium Web

  • Gummi icon

    Gummi

    Gummi is a lightweight LaTeX editor for the Linux/GTK+ platform, released as free open-source software.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • TeXworks icon

    TeXworks

    The TeXworks project is an effort to build a simple TeX front-end program (working environment) that will be available for all today’s major desktop operating systems—in particular, MS Windows (XP and Vista), typical GNU/Linux distros and...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • VerbTeX LaTeX Editor icon

    VerbTeX LaTeX Editor

    VerbTeX is a free, collaborative LaTeX Editor for your Android device.

    Freemium Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Web Windows Phone

  • WinEdt icon

    WinEdt

    WinEdt (shareware) is a powerful and versatile text editor for Windows with a strong predisposition towards the creation of LaTeX documents...

    Commercial Windows

  • TexMaths icon

    TexMaths

    TexMaths is an addon designed to provide LaTeX support into LibreOffice. LaTeX equations can be inserted as images (SVG or PNG formats) and the LaTeX code is saved into the image attribute for further editing.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux LibreOffice

  • Mariner Write icon

    Mariner Write

    Mariner Write is your Mac OS X go-to word processing tool if your a professional writer, educator or student.

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • TeXPortal icon

    TeXPortal

    TeXPortal is an application to typeset TeX documents, targeting mainly at academic researchers.

    Free Android Android Tablet

  • LaTeXing icon

    LaTeXing

    latexing is plugin for the popular and fast text editor sublime text .

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux Sublime Text

  • TeXpert icon

    TeXpert

    As an integrated environment, TeXpert allows users to edit, compile (generate PDF output) and view the result within a single app. As a result, it provides the...

    Freemium Android

  • Rizonesoft Verbum icon

    Rizonesoft Verbum

    Verbum is a simple, user friendly word processor that works with a wide selection of file formats. When working with Verbum, do not expect to find fancy ribbon menus or...

    Free Windows