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typst/typst Alternatives

document typesetting

A markup-based typesetting system that compiles documents to PDF, designed as an easier-to-learn alternative to LaTeX.

56.2kRustApache-2.0active · last push 26d agoGitHub

Same job, different approach

Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.

jgm/pandocGitHub

Choose if you need a universal document converter and prefer Markdown or other formats over a dedicated typesetting language.

Universal markup converter

46.1k
Haskell
GPL-2.0
active2mo ago
sile-typesetter/sileGitHub

Choose if you want a Lua-scriptable typesetter with a different markup style and programmatic control.

The SILE Typesetter — Simon’s Improved Layout Engine

1.8k
Lua
MIT
active3mo ago
gfngfn/SATySFiGitHub

Choose if you prefer a statically-typed functional typesetting language with strong compile-time guarantees.

A statically-typed, functional typesetting system

1.2k
OCaml
LGPL-3.0
active6mo ago
brechtm/rinohtypeGitHub

Choose if you are in the Python/Sphinx ecosystem and need a native Python document processor for PDF generation.

The Python document processor

530
Python
AGPL-3.0
active5mo ago
iamgio/quarkdownGitHub

Choose if you want to write in Markdown with a powerful preprocessor and knowledge-base/static-site generation.

🪐 Markdown with superpowers: from ideas to papers, presentations, websites, books, and knowledge bases.

16.2k
Kotlin
GPL-3.0
active25d ago
vivliostyle/vivliostyle.jsGitHub

Choose if you want to typeset HTML/CSS into print-ready PDFs rather than learn a custom markup language.

📖 The power of CSS typesetting, right at your fingertips.

782
TypeScript
AGPL-3.0
active2mo ago

Listed as an alternative to

These projects were analysed and named typst among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how typst rates them is a separate judgement, made when typst is analysed in its own right.

iamgio/quarkdownGitHub

calls typst “Different approach and markup: use for fast native PDF typesetting without Markdown or web output.”

🪐 Markdown with superpowers: from ideas to papers, presentations, websites, books, and knowledge bases.

16.2kKotlinactive