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LaTeX

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Summary

LaTeX is a word processor[1]. LaTeX ranks in the top 6% of word processor entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,327 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: TeX macro package[3], desktop publishing software[4], markup language[5], open science tool[6], file format[7], free and open-source software[8]
  • Named after: Leslie Lamport[9], TeX[10]
  • Based on: TeX[11]
  • Developer: Leslie Lamport[12]
  • Copyright license: LaTeX Project Public License[13]
  • Programmed in: TeX[14]
  • Subclass of: markup language[15]
  • Operating system: cross-platform[16]
  • Software version identifier: 2.09[17], 2ε[18], April 2018 LaTeX release[19], December 2018 LaTeX release[20], October 2019 LaTeX release[21], Spring 2021 LaTeX release[22], Fall 2021 LaTeX release[23], June 2022 LaTeX release[24], November 2022 LaTeX release[25], June 2023 LaTeX release[26], November 2023 LaTeX release[27], June 2024 LaTeX release[28], November 2024 LaTeX release[29]
  • Has use: typesetting[30]
  • Commons category: LaTeX[31]
  • Inception: 1980[32]
  • Publication date: 1984[33]
  • Official website: https://www.latex-project.org/[34]
  • Topic's main category: Category:LaTeX[35]
  • Commons gallery: LaTeX[36]
  • Web feed URL: https://latex-project.org/feed.xml[37]
  • Media type: application/x-latex[38]
  • File extension: tex[39]
  • Source code repository URL: https://github.com/latex3/latex2e[40], https://github.com/latex3/latex3[41]
  • Described by source: The varying openness of digital open science tools[42]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/latex[43], https://ja.stackoverflow.com/tags/latex[44], https://superuser.com/tags/latex[45], https://mathoverflow.net/tags/latex[46], https://proofassistants.stackexchange.com/tags/latex[47]
  • Depends on software: TeX[48]
  • Main Wikidata property: P6835[49]
  • Different from: TeX[50]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for LaTeX include AMS-LaTeX[51], a TeX macro package[52].

Why It Matters

LaTeX has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] LaTeX is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

Entities named for LaTeX include AMS-LaTeX[51], a TeX macro package[52].

Related Entities

CDLaTeX cross-platform Leslie Lamport Mathematica MeWa pdfjam TeX

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [13] ↑ . latex-project.org. Retrieved . latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . latex-project.org. Retrieved . latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . latex-project.org. Retrieved . latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . latex-project.org. Retrieved . latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . latex-project.org. Retrieved . latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . latex-project.org. Retrieved . latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . latex-project.org. Retrieved . latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . lamport.azurewebsites.net. Retrieved . lamport.azurewebsites.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  36. [38] ↑ . svn.apache.org. Retrieved . svn.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . xent.com. Retrieved . xent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Colt browning · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.09, 2<sub>ε</sub>, April 2018 LaTeX release +10
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||0 */ Changing order of values for [[Property:P348|P348]]"
  2. 13w ago · Charp238 · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lemmy community id → latex@programming.dev
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Lemmy community id: latex@programming.dev"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007565-LaTeX-software
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0007565-LaTeX-software, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edam ontology id → format_3817
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 18682, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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