latex-action VS latex-docker

Compare latex-action vs latex-docker and see what are their differences.

latex-action

:octocat: GitHub Action to compile LaTeX documents (by xu-cheng)
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latex-action latex-docker
3 2
1,039 90
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6.8 5.8
about 1 month ago 20 days ago
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MIT License MIT License
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latex-action

Posts with mentions or reviews of latex-action. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-28.
  • Simple LaTeX CI/CD Template
    8 projects | /r/LaTeX | 28 Aug 2022
    The main purpose of this template is not to automate the compilation process, as you've said it would be too slow, and there are tools that provides this service, if needed, such as Cheng Xu's latex-action. It provides an automation for creating milestones in your LaTeX project. For example, you have completed an iteration of the project, say v01, you tag the last commit and push to GitHub remote. That state of the project is saved as a release, and the PDF file generated from those source files are also added to that release.
  • Compile latex from private Github Repository.
    2 projects | /r/github | 11 Jun 2021

latex-docker

Posts with mentions or reviews of latex-docker. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-28.
  • Simple LaTeX CI/CD Template
    8 projects | /r/LaTeX | 28 Aug 2022
    The main reason of utilizing Cheng Xu's latex-action is that we are utilizing GitHub Actions, and I believe this is best option, in terms of ease of configurability and usability, for compiling LaTeX documents with GitHub Actions. The action pulls the docker image created by Xu as well, and I believe this is the part that you have issue with. However, best of my knowledge, there is not an "Official Docker Image" on DockerHub, nor an official GitHub Action that compiles LaTeX projects. Please share the ones that you refer as "official ones", I would be happy to integrate them.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing latex-action and latex-docker you can also consider the following projects:

golang-templates/seed - Go application GitHub repository template.

action-gh-release - 📦 :octocat: GitHub Action for creating GitHub Releases

build-hugo - A GitHub Action to build Hugo site.

latex-ci-template - Template for writing CI enabled, tag-versioned LaTeX documents.

git-repo-sync - Git Repo Sync enables you to synchronize code to other code management platforms, such as GitLab, Gitee, etc.

images

minimal-texlive-installer - Get yourself a minimal TeXlive on GNU/Linux.

amplify-preview-actions - This action deploys your AWS Amplify pull request preview for your public repository

latex-online - Online latex compiler. You give it a link, it gives you PDF

teton - 🌄 Dotfiles that make you feel at $HOME.