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How to use Typst

To work with Typst, you have 2 options:

Web app

The web app offers an it just works experience since everything happens in your browser:

  • no installation
  • instant preview
  • auto-completion
  • collaboration
  • And other features!

It's probably what you should use if you're just getting started with Typst!

Text editor

The other option is to work locally inside a text editor. For this, you'll need to install the Typst compiler.

It's also recommended that you install Tinymist, which is a language service for Typst. Basically, it will offer things such as:

  • code formatting
  • auto-completion
  • function hovering to get documentation
  • And many more!

It works for most IDEs, and will create a similar experience to what you have on the official web app.