A MathType alternative, built for the web
Write visually, as you would in MathType — or type LaTeX, with both views in step as you go. Every equation comes out as accessible MathML, SVG or PNG, and the editor goes wherever your content is written.
- Visual + LaTeX
- MathML
- SVG
- PNG
- Chemistry
- Pictures
- Spoken text
Side by side
The same rows as our full comparison. Where MathType is ahead, we say so.
| Equation Editor | MathType | |
|---|---|---|
| Writing the equation | ||
| How you work | Maths + live LaTeX | Visual |
| Edits flow both ways, live | Yes | — |
| Auto-suggestion as you type | Commands and equations | — |
| Drag-to-size matrix builder | Yes | Yes |
| Paste MathML in as an equation | Yes | Yes |
| Handwriting and image capture | Not yet | Yes |
| Toolbar scales to any size | Yes | 3 fixed sizes |
| Built-in picture editor | Yes | — |
| Built-in chemical structure editor | Yes | Formulas only |
| Customise which panels appear | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | ||
| LaTeX, MathML, SVG and PNG | All four | Limited |
| Formatted for wikis and forums | Yes | — |
| Shareable equation link | Yes | — |
| Paste into Word as editable maths | Yes, as MathML | Via plugin |
| Accessibility | ||
| Spoken description generated | Yes | Partial |
| Published screen-reader tests | Yes | — |
One honest gap: handwriting and image capture. MathType has it and we do not, yet. The same table with Overleaf, Mathpix and Word is on How we compare.
More than a formula dialog
The editor is one part of a platform for maths on the web: the same equation can be written, stored as LaTeX, delivered as MathML with spoken text, drawn as an image from a URL, or turned into working code.
Where your authors already write
Plugins for CKEditor, TinyMCE, Froala, Tiptap, WordPress, Moodle and the LTI 1.3 platforms — Canvas, Blackboard, Brightspace and Schoology. The plugins →
Science built in
A chemical structure editor that writes chemfig, panels for chemistry and
physics, and a picture editor for labelled diagrams — all kept as LaTeX.
Rendering included
fxTeX turns LaTeX into MathML in the reader's browser, and fxTeX Server draws any equation from a URL. Both carry the spoken text.
Switching over
- Bring your equations. Equations you can copy as MathML paste straight into the editor, and arrive with their LaTeX written for you.
- Install the plugin for your editor or learning platform, with your licence key — for CKEditor 5 it is one npm package and a few lines of configuration.
- Publish MathML. What your authors insert is MathML with its spoken text, so it needs nothing from us to be read — one stylesheet line styles it on any page.
Questions
Can it write equations into Microsoft Word?
Yes. Copy the equation as MathML and paste it into Word, and Word makes it one of its own equations, still editable — no add-in needed. How →
Do my authors need to know LaTeX?
No. The toolbar builds any equation without it, as MathType's does. LaTeX is there for those who would rather type, and the two stay in step.
What does it cost?
It is free in non-commercial applications. A product you sell, or charge for access to, needs a commercial licence, with no territorial or volume restriction.
MathType is a trademark of its owner. CodeCogs is not affiliated with it.
Try it on the real thing
The full editor is on the home page, with suggestions as you type, history and every export format. It is free for non-commercial use — study, teaching, research or a personal site. Building it into something you sell needs a commercial licence.
More ways to use it
- Online equation editorWrite maths visually or in LaTeX, and copy it out as MathML, SVG or PNG.
- LaTeX equation editorType LaTeX and edit the rendered equation directly; the two stay in step.
- MathML editorClean MathML with its spoken text, from LaTeX or from the visual editor.
- Accessible mathsEvery equation carries generated spoken text, tested with screen readers.
- Equations in WordPaste an equation into Word as a native equation you can still edit.
- CKEditor pluginAn fx button for CKEditor 5 that inserts MathML or an SVG image.
- LaTeX to SVG and PNGAn image of any equation from a single URL, with nothing to install.
- How we compareThe editor beside MathType, Overleaf, Mathpix and Word.