The best latex packages, according to hackers
3 latex packages were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and November 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one, and 1 earns the Hacker Approved badge.
Top pick
The most recommended latex package with the badge. Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes One comment
Flexible enough for almost any diagram
People recommend TikZ for flexible diagrams and plots in LaTeX, though hand-writing complex drawings is tedious and time consuming.
All 3 latex packages, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Approval share is recommenders out of everyone who gave an opinion; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 13, in which someone recommended it.
| Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florilegium | 14 | 1 | 93% | 1 | — | — |
| 2 | TikZ | 13 | 4 | 76% | 8 | — | Approved |
| 3 | Beamer LaTeX class | 8 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment over the past year. Someone who praises the same latex package in five threads counts once.
The badge goes to latex packages that at least 10 people recommend, with recommenders outnumbering critics at least 2 to 1, recommended in at least 4 of the 13 months.
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