KaTeX VS koreader

Compare KaTeX vs koreader and see what are their differences.

koreader

An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices (by koreader)
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KaTeX koreader
50 390
17,719 15,254
0.6% 2.0%
7.1 9.7
7 days ago 3 days ago
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MIT License GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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KaTeX

Posts with mentions or reviews of KaTeX. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-12.
  • KaTeX-Compatible Test File
    1 project | /r/LaTeX | 11 Dec 2023
    I want to resolve this KaTeX issue, so in order to test my ideas, is there some LaTeX test file with just a lot of equations, preferably inline (since this issue is related to inline math) but without fancy libraries or stuff not included in KaTeX?
  • MathJax – Beautiful and accessible math in all browsers
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Oct 2023
    > Could you elaborate on why you switched away from it?

    I started using KaTeX sometime after 2015 because it promised to be fast (the fastest! [1]). I had to change the representation of a bunch of expressions because KaTeX didn't support some environments, whilst MathJax did. It was a trade-off I was willing to accept at the time.

    Many years later, I started writing a personal static-site generator. I wanted comparatively lightweight pages, so rendering server-side was an option. I re-evaluated MathJax vs KaTeX again and this time I leaned towards MathJax, as speed was no longer an issue for me. It looks like KaTeX has broader support now [2].

    [1] https://katex.org

    [2] https://katex.org/docs/support_table.html

  • Markup of math expressions using SwiftUI or UIKit - How's it possible?
    3 projects | /r/swift | 9 Jul 2023
    Another alternative: Create a WebView by using UIViewRepresentable and Webkit together with MathJax or Katex where Katex is the better option. Here is a link to katex: https://katex.org/
  • How to put html input fields into LaTeX vector parenthesis? (with katex properly rendering)
    1 project | /r/LaTeX | 28 May 2023
    This isn't a LaTeX question. It's a web dev question. Probably best directed at folks who make (or use) KaTeX.
  • Quick Questions: May 24, 2023
    1 project | /r/math | 27 May 2023
    KaTeX
  • [Math] HTML + Katex vs PDF + Latex
    1 project | /r/enfrancais | 10 May 2023
    (1) [https://katex.org/
  • How do I do this?
    4 projects | /r/webdev | 20 Apr 2023
    If you want to make it from scratch, go with https://www.slatejs.org/examples/richtext, then use something like https://katex.org/ for rendering the LaTeX, and maybe Mathjs.org for plotting.
  • The fastest math typesetting library for the web
    1 project | /r/hypeurls | 16 Apr 2023
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Apr 2023
    The speed of KaTeX is great, but the lack of support for diagrams (a la tikz-cd) is what makes KaTeX unsuitable for general adoption by mathematicians (e.g., mathoverflow.net and all online mathematical wiki I know use MathJax). KaTeX has some rudimentary support for diagrams though the {CD} environment, but something more fully fledged akin to tizk-cd or xymatrix is needed. There's been some discussion on their github (https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/issues/219), but I wouldn't hold my breath.
  • What's the easiest way to display equations with LaTeX in HTML?
    1 project | /r/webdev | 5 Mar 2023
    Haven't personally used it, but have heard of KaTeX

koreader

Posts with mentions or reviews of koreader. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-20.
  • Ask HN: Best Open E-Reader?
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Apr 2024
    Kobos[1] and Pocketbooks[2] are a lot more open than Kindles. AFAIK you can transfer .epub files into both devices and these epubs are perfectly readable via the stock OS. If for some reason you find the stock proprietary OS lacking, you can install an open source one like KOreader [3] or Plato[4]

    Of course you want a good way of organizing epubs pdfs mobi, and like has already been mentioned Calibre[5] is a great option.

    [1]https://www.kobo.com/

    [2]https://pocketbookstore.com/en-ca

    [3]https://github.com/koreader/koreader

    [4]https://github.com/baskerville/plato

    [5]https://calibre-ebook.com/

  • KOReader Document Viewer for E Ink devices
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Apr 2024
    [2]: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/Dictionary-support...
  • Majority of web apps could just run on a single server
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Mar 2024
    Oh man I absolutely love the work that you guys do. I'm actually in the process of learning Ebook production using the 'Step by Step' guide on your website. I'm essentially learning it all from scratch as I have little to no programming/SWE experience (I learned a bit of Lua because of KOReader[1]) but the technical side of ebook production has always fascinated me enough to keep learning.

    [1] https://github.com/koreader/koreader

  • Wear OS "Hybrid" design has two OSes, two CPUs, "100 hour" battery life
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Feb 2024
    Ha! I feel similarly, if not as eloquently.

    Installed https://github.com/koreader/koreader on mine + enabled SSH server.

  • E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Dec 2023
    I read that KOreader is unstable on the Libra 2[0], so I haven’t installed it yet even though I would like to. What has been your experience running it?

    [0] https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/8414

  • First E-reader. I am thinking of buying Kobo Libra 2?
    1 project | /r/ereader | 6 Dec 2023
    You can easily modify it (like adding KOReader).
  • Conversion from epub to kepub, and related Calibre use
    5 projects | /r/kobo | 5 Dec 2023
    I'm using Kobo Clara 2E (6" screen size), and it is unpleasant to read PDF and CBZ files (comic/manga) since Kobo only provides zoom and orientation mode. I installed KOReader on my Kobo. It has more setup to display those files way better. The views of PDF in KOReader and Comic in Koreader. I read Epub files in Koreader to maintain its original format.
  • Should I buy a kobo libra 2 or carla 2e for manga
    1 project | /r/kobo | 29 Nov 2023
    I installed KOReader on my Kobo Clara 2E. KOReader is a document viewer to read PDFs and manga/comics. KOReader has more setup to display fixed-layout format in a way that is better than the native Kobo display (Kobo stock).
  • Calibre – New in Calibre 7.0
    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Nov 2023
    It doesn't try to solve the same use cases that Calibre does, but I built an open source (EPUB only) manager / reader / statistics tracker called AnthoLume [0]. It mostly stemmed from me reading in KOReader [1] on my Kindle, and not having the ability to sync the progress to my iPhone / iPad.

    It's got metadata matching, support for multiple users, and statistics tracking which allows me to have a "Leaderboard" that shows how fast you read (words per minute). Fun competition between my wife and I (that I'm 100% losing). It's a Progressive Web App and utilizes a Service Worker to support 100% offline reading as well.

    There's a demo server [2] (creds are "demo" for both user & pass).

    [0] https://gitea.va.reichard.io/evan/AnthoLume

    [1] http://koreader.rocks/

    [2] https://antholume-demo.cloud.reichard.io/

  • I wanted to get the Libra 2 but is it good for reading manga without much hassle?
    2 projects | /r/kobo | 4 Nov 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing KaTeX and koreader you can also consider the following projects:

MathJax - Beautiful and accessible math in all browsers

plato - Document reader

quiver - A modern commutative diagram editor for the web.

Tachiyomi - Free and open source manga reader for Android. [Moved to: https://github.com/tachiyomiorg/tachiyomi]

nerdamer - a symbolic math expression evaluator for javascript

koodo-reader - A modern ebook manager and reader with sync and backup capacities for Windows, macOS, Linux and Web

latex2mathml - Pure Python library for LaTeX to MathML conversion

Kavita - Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with the goal of being a full solution for all your reading needs. Setup your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family.

remark - markdown processor powered by plugins part of the @unifiedjs collective

Calibre Web - :books: Web app for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks stored in a Calibre database

manim - A community-maintained Python framework for creating mathematical animations.

calibre - The official source code repository for the calibre ebook manager