TeX Live Utility, a Mac OS GUI for the TeX Live Manager
WHAT IS THIS?
TeX Live Utility is a Mac OS X graphical interface for TeX Live Manager. It aims to provide a native Mac OS X interface for the most commonly used functions of the TeX Live Manager command-line tool.
TeX Live 2008 and later come with the TeX Live Manager for updating, installing, and otherwise managing a TeX installation. It includes a cross-platform Perl/Tk graphical interface, and a command-line interface (tlmgr). The cross-platform Perl/Tk interface is less Mac-like, but provides access to more features.
The home page _ has more information about features.
COMPILATION
To check out:
git clone https://github.com/amaxwell/tlutility`git submodule init git submodule update
to pull the necessary submodules.
TeX Live Utility.xcodeproj` and set the scheme to`TeX Live Utility (Debug)` or release, and build it
LICENSE
TeX Live Utility and associated scripts are released under the BSD license as follows:
This software is Copyright (c) 2010-2014 Adam Maxwell. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
Description adapted from the project README.
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BSD 3-Clause License
Use, change and share it freely, including in closed source apps, as long as the copyright notice stays.
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Signed by Adam Maxwell (966Z24PX4J)
Apple Developer ID team 966Z24PX4J
Notarized by Apple
Hardened Runtime on
File matches the hash GitHub published
SHA-256 ddc70b940298ffcb919ce6f2c1467c5b17d2f54de62f143535441f93dd5a6e35
No malware found
ClamAV 1.5.4 on Oct 14, 2026
Install and behavior test in a virtual machine: not run yet
Coming soon for all listings.
Updates itself from the maintainer's own feed
sparkle: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amaxwell/tlutility/master/appcast/tlu_appcast.xml. AppsXi checks each new version too.
Checked Oct 14, 2026 · Mac
ZIP · 39 MB
Yes. TLUtility is free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause License. AppsXi lists the maintainers' official release and does not charge for it.
AppsXi downloads every version of TLUtility from the maintainers' official GitHub release and checks it before it is listed. For version 1.58 (checked Oct 14, 2026), the Mac download is signed by its developer and notarized by Apple, each file matches the checksum GitHub publishes for the release, byte for byte and a malware scan found nothing.
Yes. TLUtility has a native Apple silicon build, and it runs on Intel Macs too.
TLUtility needs macOS 10.9 or later.
TLUtility is an open source project by amaxwell on GitHub (amaxwell/tlutility). Help and bug reports go to its maintainers there.
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