Florilegium
The most recommended of 3 LaTeX packages
People recommend it for its beautiful procedurally generated flower visuals and clever technical design, which can add pleasant watermarks to printed work.
People recommend it for its beautiful procedurally generated flower visuals and clever technical design, which can add pleasant watermarks to printed work.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 93%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 14 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Beautiful visual output
“Very impressed with both the cool idea and visuals, as well as the technical details.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX” “has been accomplished here so beautifully”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX” “This is beautiful - thanks for sharing.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX” - Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX”
- Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX”
Clever, original idea
“I like that different print runs will have different procedurally generated flowers; nice touch.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX” “Very impressed with both the cool idea and visuals, as well as the technical details.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX” “This is gorgeous! Great idea!”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
AI-generated text is grating
“Gorgeous but the AI text is so grating.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX” Falls short of Knuth's tradition
“This is still pretty neat, but it's just not the same as carrying the tradition of Donald Knuth.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX”
Other LaTeX packages people recommend
The two most recommended other LaTeX packages, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FlorilegiumThis page | 14 | 1 | 93% | 1 | — | — |
| TikZ | 13 | 4 | 76% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Beamer LaTeX class | 8 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Feels useful for watermarks that are pleasant to look at.”
“the reddit thing is beautiful, your thing is... ok compared to it.”
“has been accomplished here so beautifully”
“I like that different print runs will have different procedurally generated flowers; nice touch.”
“Gorgeous but the AI text is so grating.”
“This is beautiful - thanks for sharing.”
“This is still pretty neat, but it's just not the same as carrying the tradition of Donald Knuth.”
“This is beautiful, thank you!”
“This is gorgeous! Great idea!”
“Very impressed with both the cool idea and visuals, as well as the technical details.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.