# SmartTeX

> Live LaTeX previews, reference and citation tools, source highlighting, and Nextcloud integration for CollabTeX editors.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/smarttex](https://chrome-stats.com/d/smarttex)

## Overview

- **ID:** `smarttex`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** smartioz.com
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 2.1.46
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-20
- **First published:** 2026-08-04
- **Size:** 2.25 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/smarttex/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/smarttex/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/smarttex/privacy/)

## Description

SmartTeX enhances CollabTeX-compatible LaTeX editors with interactive previews and editing tools directly inside the browser.

SmartTeX provides live previews for equations, tables, and figures while you work in the source editor. Equations are rendered locally with KaTeX, including custom commands, numbered and multiline environments, explicit tags, and unnumbered equations. Table previews support common LaTeX table environments, rules, alignment, \multicolumn, formatted text, and inline mathematics.

Reference and citation tools make navigation and editing faster:

Autocomplete for \ref, \eqref, and common citation commands
Previews for referenced equations, figures, tables, and sections
Background parsing of project bibliography files
Search by citation key, title, author, journal, year, keyword, or DOI
Navigation back to the previous source position after following a reference
Automatic handover to Smart Citations when that extension is active

SmartTeX can highlight LaTeX structures directly in the source editor, including environments, section lines, captions, labels, references, inline equations, and \nonumber or \notag. Every category can be enabled separately and assigned an individual color.

Optional Nextcloud integration allows project files to be uploaded from Nextcloud and linked to their source. Linked files can be updated individually, together, or automatically without replacing the normal CollabTeX project workflow.

Equation rendering, table processing, and bibliography parsing are performed locally in the browser. SmartCitations can be used additionally as a full-featured citation manager working hand-in hand with SmartTex.

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## Rankings

- #123,195 — Overall
- #213 — smart tool

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `scripting`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

- `https://collabtex.helmholtz.cloud/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/smarttex)