I started building a new app called Knuth, named after Donald Knuth, creator of LaTeX. Why? Because after scouring the App Store, I realized there wasn’t an app that perfectly fit my needs, so I’m making one myself.
You: Eliseo, don’t you have enough side projects already?
Me: Yes. Next question.
Knuth will be an app designed for those who frequently work with LaTeX formulas, whether you're a student, researcher, or math enthusiast. The goal is to make writing, saving, and interacting with LaTeX formulas as seamless as possible, and feeling mostly like a first party iOS/iPadOS/macOS app.
I’m planning these 7 core features for this App:
- Render LaTeX Formulas (Using iosMath to display formulas);
- Write Formulas with a Keyboard;
- Drag & Drop Formulas as images;
- Save Formulas Locally & in iCloud (Using SwiftData);
- Edit Previously Saved Formulas;
- Attach a Name to Formulas;
- Formula History (Think Time Machine, But for Math).
I would also like to have:
- PencilKit Integration
- Convert handwritten formulas to LaTeX with Im2LaTeX.
- Import Formulas from Photos
- Custom IME to select, insert, or edit formulas on the fly.
Stay tuned for updates as I bring Knuth to life. Any suggestion is welcome!