Gummi

Gummi is a LaTeX editor for Linux desktops, published by alexandervdm under the MIT license. It addresses the ordinary writing loop of a LaTeX document: keeping the .tex source in an editing pane and turning it into typeset output without driving the toolchain by hand from a terminal. The project's own framing as "the simple LaTeX editor" indicates the intended scope, a focused writing surface rather than a large development environment with project management, build profiles and a plugin ecosystem.

An editor of this kind sits on top of an existing TeX installation rather than replacing it. Compilers, style packages and fonts come from the system, so a working LaTeX distribution is a prerequisite and the range of usable packages depends on that installation instead of on the editor itself.

The listed platform support is Linux only, so anyone working on Windows or macOS would need a different program or a Linux environment. The MIT license places few conditions on modification, redistribution or reuse of the code in other projects.