tectonic
v0.16.9 GrowingA modernized, complete, embeddable TeX/LaTeX engine. Tectonic is forked from the XeTeX extension to the classic "Web2C" implementation of TeX and uses the TeXLive distribution of support files.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 87d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 149 crates
- !Heavy dependency tree (42 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
5.5K downloads in the last 30 days (183/day), up 58% from the previous period.
149 crates depend on tectonic. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 9+ years old, tectonic hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
42 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
2.2MB is relatively large. May impact download and compile times.
Notable dependents include vesti, texcore, mdbook-latex, bard, math_utils_lib. When high-quality crates choose tectonic, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["geturl-reqwest", "serialization"]