Tiya

LaTeX editor. Local. Freeeee

Download & Editions

We offer two editions of Tiya depending on your needs.

1. Standalone Edition (if you just want to use it without much trouble, uses tectonic)

• Uses built-in LaTeX engine (Tectonic). No external installation required.
• Size: 60 - 100MBs.
• Downloads:

  • Windows

    • Standard - Download this one
    • Enterprise/IT Installer

  • macOS

    • Standard - For M1/M2/M3 chips
    • Manual/Binary compressed

  • Linux

    • Ubuntu / Debian / Mint / Kali
    • Fedora / Red Hat / CentOS
    • Universal - Works on any distro, no install needed
• Internet Connection: Standalone Edition of Tiya automatically downloads LaTeX packages and fonts (like geometry or amsmath) from the internet the first time you use them. Though once a package is downloaded, it is saved to your computer and works offline forever.

️2. Standard Edition (Pure clone of overleaf, uses pdflatex)

• Use this if you already have a TeX environment.
  • You must have a LaTeX distribution installed and added to your PATH:
  • Windows: MiKTeX (Requires Strawberry Perl for automation).
  • macOS: MacTeX (or brew install basictex).
  • Linux: TeX Live (sudo apt install texlive-full).
• Uses your system's existing LaTeX installation (pdflatex / xelatex).
• Size: 5 - 8MBs.
• Downloads:

  • Windows

    • Standard - Download this one
    • Enterprise/IT Installer

  • macOS

    • Standard - For M1/M2/M3 chips
    • Manual/Binary compressed

  • Linux

    • Ubuntu / Debian / Mint / Kali
    • Fedora / Red Hat / CentOS
    • Universal - Works on any distro, no install needed

Note for macOS Users: Because this app is not yet notarized by Apple, you may see a "Damaged" error. To fix this, run

xattr -cr /Applications/Tiya.app 

in your terminal after dragging it to Applications.

Features

• Live Preview: See your PDF update as you type.
• Cross-Platform: Runs natively on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

If you want to contribute :

Built with Tauri, React, and Rust.

Prerequisites

1. Node.js (LTS) & npm
2. Rust (Cargo)
3. Tauri CLI: cargo install tauri-cli

Setup

# Clone the repo
git clone [https://github.com/yourusername/tiya.git](https://github.com/yourusername/tiya.git)
cd tiya

# Install frontend dependencies
npm install

# Run in Development Mode
npm run tauri dev

# there are two branches
# main would need you to install external dependencies to work on
# sidecar would work smoothly with above prerequisites