wenpengy/awesome-tikz

A curated list of awesome TikZ documentations, libraries and resources

Awesome TikZ

Official Links

PGF/TikZ

• SourceForge - Code, releases, support and bug reports
• CTAN - Latest version release
• pgf-users - A friendly and relatively active mailing list.

PGFPlots

• SourceForge
• CTAN

Books

• PGF Manual - About 1200 pages, 300 of which contains the core concepts
• PGFPlots Manual - About 560 pages
• VisualTikZ - Visual help for TikZ based on images with minimum text
• LaTeX/PGF/TikZ - A short tutorial from wikibooks
• MinimalTikZ - A very minimal introduction to TikZ

Gallery

• TeXample - Gallery of wonderful examples made by TikZ
• walmes/Tikz - Collection of TikZ art from Prof. Walmes M. Zeviani, contains about 200 TikZ figures, most of which were done to teach statistics
• MartinThoma/LaTeX-examples - Contains about 350 TikZ examples from Martin Thoma
• Nice Scientific Pictures - Contains some really nice TikZ examples, together with pictures drawn by other TeX friends
• Love heart with LaTeX - Contains lovely code to make a heart by LaTeX/TikZ

Tools

• tikzedt - A combined WYSIWYG/text editor designed for editing Tikz code
• ktikz - Provides a nice user interface for making pictures using TikZ
• gratex - Visual graph creator for LaTeX (PGF & TikZ)
• matlab2tikz - Converts MATLAB®/Octave figures to TikZ/pgfplots figures
• matplotlib2tikz - Convert matplotlib figure and spits out a TikZ/PGFplots figure

Libraries

From CTAN:

• aobs-tikz - TikZ styles for creating overlaid pictures in beamer
• battleship - A style file for typesetting Battleship logic puzzles
• binarytree - Drawing binary trees using TikZ
• blochsphere - Draw pseudo-3D diagrams of Bloch spheres
• bloques - Generate control diagrams
• blox - Draw block diagrams, using TikZ
• bodegraph - Draw Bode, Nyquist and Black plots with gnuplot and TikZ
• braids - Draw braid diagrams with PGF/TikZ
• celtic - A TikZ library for drawing celtic knots
• circuitikz - Draw electrical networks with TikZ
• fast-diagram - Easy generation of FAST diagrams
• flowchart - Shapes for drawing flowcharts, using TikZ
• forest - Drawing (linguistic) trees
• grafcet - Draw Grafcet/SFC with TikZ
• harveyballs - Create Harvey Balls using TikZ
• hf-tikz - A simple way to highlight formulas and formula parts
• hobby - An implementation of Hobby’s algorithm for PGF/TikZ
• karnaugh-map - LATEX package for drawing karnaugh maps with up to 6 variables
• karnaughmap - Typeset Karnaugh maps
• logicpuzzle - Typeset (grid-based) logic puzzles
• makeshape - Declare new PGF shapes
• neuralnetwork - Graph-drawing for neural networks
• pgf-blur - PGF/TikZ package for “blurred” shadows
• pgf-pie - Draw pie charts, using PGF
• pgf-soroban - Create images of the soroban using TikZ/PGF
• pgf-spectra - Draw continuous or discrete spectra using PGF/TikZ
• pgf-umlcd - Some LATEX macros for UML Class Diagrams
• pgf-umlsd - Draw UML Sequence Diagrams
• pgfgantt - Draw Gantt charts with TikZ
• pgfplots - Loads, rounds, formats and postprocesses numerical tables
• prooftrees - Forest-based proof trees (symbolic logic)
• pxpgfmark - e-pTEX driver for PGF inter-picture connections
• reotex - Draw Reo Channels and Circuits
• rulercompass - A TikZ library for straight-edge and compass diagrams
• sa-tikz - TikZ library to draw switching architectures
• schemabloc - Draw block diagrams, using TikZ
• scsnowman - Snowman variants using TikZ
• setdeck - Typeset cards for Set
• smartdiagram - Generate diagrams from lists
• spath3 - Manipulate “soft paths” in PGF
• stanli - TikZ Library for Structural Analysis
• ticollege - Graphical representation of keys on a standard scientific calculator
• tikz-3dplot - Coordinate transformation styles for 3d plotting in TikZ
• tikz-bayesnet - Draw Bayesian networks, graphical models and directed factor graphs
• tikz-cd - Create commutative diagrams with TikZ
• tikz-dependency - A library for drawing dependency graphs
• tikz-dimline - Technical dimension lines using PGF/TikZ
• tikz-feynman - Feynman diagrams with TikZ
• tikz-inet - Draw interaction nets with TikZ
• tikz-opm - Typeset OPM diagrams
• tikz-optics - A library for drawing optical setups with TikZ
• tikz-page - Small macro to help building nice and complex layout materials
• tikz-palattice - Draw particle accelerator lattices with TikZ
• tikz-qtree - Use existing qtree syntax for trees in TikZ
• tikz-timing - Easy generation of timing diagrams as TikZ pictures
• tikzinclude - Import TikZ images from colletions
• tikzmark - Use TikZ’s method of remembering a position on a page
• tikzorbital - Atomic and molecular orbitals using TikZ
• tikzpagenodes - A single TikZ node for the whole page
• tikzpeople - Draw people-shaped nodes in TikZ
• tikzpfeile - Draw arrows using PGF/TikZ
• tikzposter - Create scientific posters using TikZ
• tikzscale - Resize pictures while respecting text size
• tikzsymbols - Some symbols created using TikZ
• timing-diagrams - Draw timing diagrams
• tipfr - Produces calculator’s keys with the help of TikZ
• tkz-berge - Macros for drawing graphs of graph theory
• tkz-orm - Create Object-Role Model (ORM) diagrams
• xebaposter - Create beautiful scientific Persian/Latin posters using TikZ

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