ascii-tables VS KaTeX

Compare ascii-tables vs KaTeX and see what are their differences.

ascii-tables

⚡ Quickly format table in ASCII. Great for code comments, or Github Markdown! (by ozh)
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ascii-tables

Posts with mentions or reviews of ascii-tables. 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

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

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ascii-tables and KaTeX you can also consider the following projects:

enigma-bbs - ENiGMA½ BBS Software

MathJax - Beautiful and accessible math in all browsers

markdown-table - Generate a markdown (GFM) table

quiver - A modern commutative diagram editor for the web.

asciiflow - ASCIIFlow

nerdamer - a symbolic math expression evaluator for javascript

wtf-tui - Text-based UI tool for configuring the WTF terminal dashboard

latex2mathml - Pure Python library for LaTeX to MathML conversion

latex-to-html

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

ditaa - ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art ('drawings' that contain characters that resemble lines like | / - ), into proper bitmap graphics.

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