TikZ Editor
Dev tools
latex figure editor
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How HN took it
22 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 40 comments about the project. Thread score +0.56.
Idea: 14 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful tool for LaTeX and TikZ users
From 3 comments
All STEM students and researches from the world thank you
GL26 on HNHey! I've always wanted something like this! Thanks for building this!
adityamwagh on HNWow. I would have loved something like this when I was studying in University.
hosteur on HN
Impressive UI and well-made code
From 2 comments
I've tried it now a little. The UI looks very cool, and generally the project is cool so congrats! However, the generated TikZ code is not good in my opinion. Everything uses…
gignico on HNWow, awesome project! I gave a look a bit at the code (before realizing this was made with coding agents as said below on the website) and this seems really well made. Still, I…
aziis98 on HN
Objections
Generated TikZ uses absolute coordinates instead of idiomatic relative or anchor-based positioning
From 1 comment
I've tried it now a little. The UI looks very cool, and generally the project is cool so congrats! However, the generated TikZ code is not good in my opinion. Everything uses…
gignico on HN
Grid cells render as rectangles instead of squares in the desktop build
From 1 comment
I'm running Linux Mint (xfce version), and I installed the .deb version (TikZ.Editor_0.4.0_amd64.deb). It's very odd...for example, when I open it or do File/New, many (but not…
mcswell on HN
Requests
Support for pgfplots
From 1 comment
This is superb. Will you consider adding support for pgfplots[1]? When I was a student I was long considering writing a native application for real-time TikZing. [1]:…
delta_p_delta_x on HN
Support for Typst CeTZ
From 2 comments
This is very cool, but I'm going to say the inevitable... How hard would it be to support cetz? I'm not touching LaTeX if I can avoid it, but I'm using Typst all the time.
__mharrison__ on HNOh man, good on you identifying a product that needs to exist. I've used a few TikZ editors (both online and desktop) and none of them are just amazing. But, I've taken my papers…
wjholden on HN
Arrows that attach to nodes and move with them
From 1 comment
This is cool! I know people like it, but I hate writing TikZ manually, to the point that I've mostly moved most of my technical-ish drawings to draw.io/diagrams.net, and then…
tombert on HN
Circular or evenly spaced node placement
From 1 comment
Here's what I would need: the ability to position five nodes in a circular fashion, so that they are evenly spaced.
emil-lp on HN
Questions
How the architecture and rendering were verified against LaTeX output
From 1 comment
Wow, awesome project! I gave a look a bit at the code (before realizing this was made with coding agents as said below on the website) and this seems really well made. Still, I…
aziis98 on HN
Alternatives named
TikZiT
From 1 comment
Yes, there are several editors for more specialized things. Other nice examples: https://tikzit.github.io/ and https://www.circuit2tikz.tf.fau.de/designer/ and…
DominikPeters on HN
q.uiver
From 1 comment
Neat! I also enjoyed https://q.uiver.app/ by https://github.com/varkor which is a bit more specialized.
j2kun on HN
xfig
From 1 comment
Is their anyone here old enough to remember Xfig ? I was quite proud of the hours of work I had put in to configure it just so, with the 3d look and all.
srean on HN
draw.io
From 1 comment
This is cool! I know people like it, but I hate writing TikZ manually, to the point that I've mostly moved most of my technical-ish drawings to draw.io/diagrams.net, and then…
tombert on HN