About TeXnicCenter

TeXnicCenter is a free, open-source integrated development environment (IDE) for creating LaTeX documents on the Windows platform. Since its first release, TeXnicCenter has been helping students, researchers, and professionals create high-quality documents with LaTeX.

The project was born in 1999 by Sven Wiegand, out of the need for a user-friendly LaTeX editor on Windows that makes it easy to navigate in multi file projects and insert references with just a click. TeXnicCenter has been downloaded millions of times all around the globe, from undergraduate students writing their first lab reports to professors preparing research papers and books.

Sven Wiegand started the development of TeXnicCenter in 1999 to write his diploma thesis. His goal was to create a powerful yet accessible LaTeX editor for Windows users. The goal was to provide an IDE that could handle everything from simple documents to complex multi-file projects with bibliography management, index generation, and more. In the early 2000s the software became more traction and became the default for LaTeX editing on Windows with millions of downloads. Developers created several clones for other platforms reusing the groundbreaking document navigation.

After several beta version the first stable version was released in 2008. At the same time Tino Weinkauf – who contributed several enhancements over the years before – took over the management of the project. The latest version is 2.02 from 2013.

TeXnicCenter is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), which guarantees your freedom to use, study, modify, and distribute the software. This means:

• You can use TeXnicCenter for any purpose, personal or commercial, at no cost
• You have the right to study how the program works and adapt it to your needs
• You can distribute copies to help others
• You can improve the program and release your improvements to the public

The source code is publicly available on GitHub, allowing anyone to contribute improvements, fix bugs, or create derivative works. We encourage users to get involved in the development process, whether by submitting bug reports, contributing code, or helping with documentation.

TeXnicCenter has been developed and maintained by a team of volunteers who are passionate about LaTeX and open-source software:

Creator: Sven Wiegand

Maintainer: Tino Weinkauf

Main Code

• Sergiu Dotenco
• Alexander Müller
• Tino Weinkauf
• Sven Wiegand
• Oliver Wieland

Scintilla Source Code Editing Component: Neil Hodgson, et al.

Hunspell Spell Checker: László Németh

Additional Codes:

• Loïc d'Anterroches
• Stefan Ascher
• Adam Clauss
• Michael Dunn
• Raffi Enficiaud
• Mark Findlay
• Chris Norris
• Stephan Schrader
• Paul Selormey
• Martin Stanek
• Alexander Täschner
• Pavel Vacha
• Christian Welzel

Online-Help & Tips:

• Gerald Binder
• Sergiu Dotenco
• Marckus Kraft
• Rüdiger Stuible
• Tino Weinkauf
• Sven Wiegand

TeXnicCenter Templates:

• Christoph Börensen
• Mark Müller
• Gyorgy Szeidl
• Tino Weinkauf

Logo and Icons:

• Felix Kaiser
• Lukas Schneider

We're always looking for new contributors! Whether you're a developer, designer, technical writer, or translator, there are many ways to help improve TeXnicCenter. Visit our Community & Support page to learn how you can get involved.

No further development is currently taking place. If you want to contribute, reach out to the Github project linked at the bottom of the page.

TeXnicCenter would not be possible without the contributions of many individuals and the broader open-source community. We'd like to thank:

• All the developers who have contributed code to the project
• Users who have reported bugs, suggested features, and provided feedback
• The LaTeX Project and the teams behind TeX distributions like MiKTeX and TeX Live
• The open-source community that provides the tools and libraries TeXnicCenter is built on