texforge

Use the texforge CLI, which bundles the tectonic engine and downloads it automatically on the first build. Run texforge build inside a project to compile main.tex into a PDF in the build/ directory, with no external LaTeX distribution required.

Run texforge init inside the existing project directory. It detects the .tex file containing \documentclass, prompts for title and author, and generates a project.toml so build, check, and fmt commands work immediately.

Yes, texforge supports \begin{mermaid}, \begin{graphviz}, and \begin{d2} environments with width, pos, and caption options. Diagrams are rendered to PNG in pure Rust during the build, with no browser, Node.js, or external dot binary needed.

Yes, texforge check spell-checks prose using the language declared by babel or polyglossia, falling back to the configured default. Spanish uses Hunspell dictionaries downloaded automatically, and custom words can be added with texforge spell add.

The first build downloads tectonic, so it requires an internet connection. If it still fails, run texforge check to catch broken references before compiling, and texforge doctor to verify the managed environment, cache, and dictionaries.

Run texforge pdf text to extract the document text as a reader or ATS would see it, with ligatures normalized and hyphenated words rejoined. texforge pdf check also verifies that significant source words survived compilation.