Installation

Quick install (recommended)

Linux / macOS:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UniverLab/texforge/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UniverLab/texforge/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

This downloads a precompiled binary — no Rust toolchain required. Tectonic (the LaTeX engine) is installed automatically on first build.

The installer accepts environment variables:

# Pin a specific version
VERSION=0.1.0 curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UniverLab/texforge/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

# Install to a custom directory
INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UniverLab/texforge/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

# Pin a specific version (PowerShell)
$env:VERSION="0.1.0"; irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UniverLab/texforge/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

Via cargo

cargo install texforge

Available on crates.io.

From source

git clone https://github.com/UniverLab/texforge.git
cd texforge
cargo build --release
# Binary at target/release/texforge

GitHub Releases

Precompiled binaries for Linux x86_64, macOS x86_64/ARM64 and Windows x86_64 are published on the Releases page.

Platform support

Uninstall

rm -f ~/.local/bin/texforge   # texforge binary
rm -rf ~/.texforge/           # tectonic engine + cached templates