OpenMathpix
Formula screenshots to LaTeX, locally on Windows
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Snip a formula with Ctrl+Shift+S or paste/drop an image to get copyable LaTeX. OpenMathpix runs Pix2Text MFR-1.5 on your Windows PC’s CPU, with rendered previews and searchable history. After the initial model setup, local formula recognition works offline without an account or API key.
PH · launched Nov 4, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: document processing and ocr software · 202 launches, 16 in the last 7 days ▼ -27% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- AI feature
- Hobby / open-source project
- Productivity
- Education
- GitHub
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Could you build this?
Yes It wraps an existing open-source formula recognition model in a Windows desktop app with a screenshot hotkey and local history, all achievable with common Python packaging tools.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 85 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #24 of 86 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 357 days after the earliest competitor.
- imagetolatex · ph · 2026-10-19 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.58
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- OCR Buddy: local browser OCR for code, formulas (LaTeX) and tables · hn · 2026-07-07 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- office-engine · github · 2026-11-02 · 86 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- Purr Math Keyboard · ph · 2026-10-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- GrabText · ph · 2026-10-12 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- cadtomesh · ph · 2026-11-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- <15MB Local-first Interactive LaTeX Scratchpad in the Browser · hn · 2026-09-13 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.38
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