KaTeX
JavaScript library for displaying math notation
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KaTeX is a cross-browser JavaScript library that displays mathematical notation in web browsers. It puts special emphasis on being fast and easy to use.[2]
Stable release
v0.16.22[1]
/ April 9, 2025
Written inJavaScript
| KaTeX | |
|---|---|
| |
| Stable release | v0.16.22[1]
/ April 9, 2025 |
| Written in | JavaScript |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Mathematical software |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | katex |
| Repository | |
It was initially developed by Khan Academy,[3] and became one of the top five trending projects on GitHub in September 2014.[4]
Features
KaTeX rendering of math claims to be:
- Fast: It renders its math synchronously and doesn't need to reflow the page.
- Print quality: Its layout is based on TeX.
- Self contained: It has no dependencies, so it can be easily bundled.
- Capable of server-side rendering: it has an option to generate HTML on the server (so, for example, one can pre-render expressions using Node.js and send them as plain HTML).
KaTeX implements a smaller subset of LaTeX's mathematical notation features than MathJax.[2][5]
