KaTeX

Last updated
KaTeX
Stable release
v0.16.22 [1] / April 9, 2025;4 months ago (2025-04-09)
Repository
Written in JavaScript
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Mathematical software
License MIT License
Website katex.org

KaTeX is a cross-browser JavaScript library that displays mathematical notation in web browsers. It puts special emphasis on being fast and easy to use. [2]

Contents

It was initially developed by Khan Academy, [3] and became one of the top five trending projects on GitHub in September 2014. [4]

Features

KaTeX rendering of math claims to be:

KaTeX implements a smaller subset of LaTeX's mathematical notation features than MathJax. [2] [5]

See also

References

  1. "Release v0.16.22". KaTeX. 2025-04-24.
  2. 1 2 von Gagern, Martin; Richter-Gebert, Jürgen (2016), "CindyJS Plugins", in Greuel, Gert-Martin; Koch, Thorsten; Paule, Peter; Sommese, Andrew (eds.), Mathematical Software – ICMS 2016: 5th International Conference, Berlin, Germany, July 11–14, 2016, Proceedings, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 9725, Springer, pp. 327–334, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-42432-3_40
  3. Venkatesan, S. K. (2015). "TeX as a three-stage rocket: Cookie-cutter page breaking". TUGboat. 36 (2). TeX User's Group: 145–148.
  4. Marvin, Rob (September 19, 2014), "Top 5 projects trending on GitHub this week", SD Times
  5. "Support Table · KaTeX". katex.org. Retrieved 11 January 2024.