Coming October 2026

LaTeX produces beautiful documents.
texlode makes it real-time.

See your typeset output as you type — every line break, every equation, every margin adjustment — with the full typographic quality of real LaTeX.

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\section{Quantum Entanglement}

When two particles become entangled,

measuring one instantly determines the

state of the other, regardless of the

distance separating them. This

\begin{equation}

|\Psi\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}

(|01\rangle + |10\rangle)

\end{equation}

Compiled in 0.5ms LuaTeX

The gap between thinking and seeing

When you type in a word processor, you see the result immediately. Visual feedback is part of the thinking process. When you type in LaTeX, you see source code. The rendered result arrives seconds or even minutes later. The feedback loop is broken.

Overleaf / VS Code

2 to 20 seconds per compile
Full document recompilation
Slower on larger documents
Full LaTeX compatibility

Typst

<1 ms to 2 s compilation
New markup language
No CTAN package ecosystem
No microtypography

texlode

Under 1 ms per paragraph
Standard LaTeX source
Real LuaTeX engine
Knuth-Plass line breaking

What changes when feedback is instant

You stop guessing and start seeing. Adjust a margin, refine a paragraph, tweak an equation — and the typeset result updates before your finger leaves the key. Layout decisions that used to take compile-wait-check cycles now happen in flow.

Better layout decisions

See how your paragraph actually breaks across lines as you write it. No more compiling to check if a sentence wraps awkwardly or an equation overflows the margin.

Same speed at 500 pages

Editing a paragraph in a 500-page textbook feels exactly like editing a one-page letter. Document size does not affect your typing experience.

Your existing documents work

texlode runs the real LuaTeX engine. Your .tex files, bibliographies, custom class files, and packages from CTAN's 6,000+ ecosystem just work. Nothing to port or rewrite.

Real typographic quality

Knuth-Plass line breaking, proper hyphenation, optical margin alignment. The same algorithms that make LaTeX output beautiful — now visible while you write, not after you compile.

Performance that scales

The fast path is O(1) with respect to document size. Whether you are editing a single-page letter or a 500-page textbook, paragraph compilation time stays the same.

0.5ms

Paragraph compile time

<7ms

End-to-end latency

100×

Message size reduction

26×

Cache speedup

Where texlode fits

Every editor makes different trade-offs between latency, typographic quality, compatibility, and collaboration.

System	Latency	At 300 pages	Typography	LaTeX Support	Collaboration
Word / Google Docs	<100 ms	<100 ms	Low	No	Yes
Typst	<1 ms-2 s	<1 ms-5 s	Medium	No	Planned
Overleaf	2-5 s	10-30 s	High	Full	Yes
VS Code + LaTeX Workshop	5-20 s	20-60 s	High	Full	No
texlode	<1 ms*	<1 ms*	High	Templates**	Git***

* Per-paragraph fast path. Full document compile for page positions runs in the background.
** Works with templates optimized for texlode like the LODE template. Arbitrary .tex files are not supported.
*** Git-based collaboration at launch. Server-based real-time collaboration planned.

From writing to print in one place

texlode is not just an editor. It is a publishing platform. Write your book, get it edited, design the cover, and ship printed copies — without leaving the app.

Automatic cover creation

Generate a print-ready cover with correct spine width, bleed, and barcode — calculated from your page count and trim size.

Hire an editor

Invite a professional editor directly into your document. They see the same real-time preview you do and edit collaboratively.

Print on demand

Click publish, set your price, and your book is printed and shipped to readers worldwide. No inventory, no upfront cost.

Free collaboration

No paywalled tiers for collaborators. Invite co-authors and editors for free, with full Git-based versioning and history.

LaTeX produces beautiful documents.texlode makes it real-time.