KherveTeX

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WYSIWYG document editing that produces beautiful LaTeX PDFs.

Write in a Word-style page view while KherveTeX generates clean LaTeX underneath — with live source and PDF preview tabs. Math, figures, tables, citations, cross-references and footnotes are first-class, .tex and .docx import are built in, and every save is versioned in Git.

Download for Windows Portable zip (no install) View source on GitHubFree & open source · unsigned installer — Windows may warn on first run (choose “More info” → “Run anyway”).

Attributes

Word-style page card at real A4 / Letter / Legal size, with visible page-break lines
Paragraph styles (Title, Heading 1–5, Body) and full inline marks — bold, italic, code, small caps, sub/superscript
Inline and block math, typed as LaTeX and rendered live
Figures with captions and labels, tables, footnotes, citations, cross-references, hyperlinks
Three live tabs: Formatted (WYSIWYG), LaTeX source, compiled PDF preview
Import .tex and .docx (embedded images extracted automatically); export .tex and .pdf
Raw LaTeX escape hatch when you need full control
Git-based version history — every save is a commit

Built with

A modern stack of well-known scientific Python libraries.

PySide6PyMuPDFpygit2python-docxpyspellcheckermatplotlibtectonic

Documentation

Getting started

Install the requirements and run kherveDOC.py, or use the Windows installer. You write on a page card that matches real paper sizes; the LaTeX and PDF tabs update live as you type.

Math and science writing

Insert inline math or display equations and type LaTeX directly — they render in place. Citations (cite / citep / citet), cross-references (ref / eqref / pageref) and footnotes work the way LaTeX users expect, without leaving the WYSIWYG view.

File formats

The native format is .ktex.json — a JSON serialisation of the document model — with a sibling .tex file always kept alongside. .ktexz bundles the document with its images in one ZIP. Import from .tex or .docx; export to .tex or compiled .pdf.

Version history

Each document gets its own Git repository via pygit2. Saving auto-commits (and pushes to origin when a remote is configured), and the History viewer lets you inspect and restore any earlier version.

Versions

v0.163Latest2026-07-14

AI panel on by default with a toolbar toggle; equation-editor slot UX.

Installer Zip Release notes

Part of the Kherve Tools family

Applications made by a scientist, for scientists.

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