MacTeX

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[[Programmer|DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text]]MacTeX TeXnical working group
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PlatformArm and Intel
Size6.4 GB
Available inEnglish
TypeTeX Live redistribution
LicenseMixed free licenses
Websitewww.tug.org/mactex/
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As ofMarch 2026

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MacTeX is a free redistribution of TeX Live, a typesetting environment based on TeX. While TeX Live is designed to be cross-platform (running on Unix, macOS, and Windows), MacTeX includes Mac-specific utilities and front-ends (such as TeXShop and BibDesk).[1] It is also pre-configured to work out-of-the-box with macOS, as it provides sensible defaults for configuration options that, in TeX Live, are left up to the user to allow for its cross-platform compatibility.

Details

MacTeX is packaged and distributed by the MacTeX TeXnical working group, a subgroup of TeX Users Group (TUG). TeX Live is distributed by the TUG, making MacTeX less a fork of TeX Live than a customised repackaging.

The full MacTeX install package contains three subpackages:[1]

A substantially smaller version of MacTeX, BasicTeX, which does not contain Ghostscript or the aforementioned GUI programs, can be used instead along with a TeX editor as well.[2] However, it still contains TeX, LaTeX, pdfTeX, MetaFont, dvips, MetaPost, and XeTeX.

See also

References

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