TikZ
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
0warn against
Mar 7, 2026first mention
Jul 18, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“yes it is amazingly flexible and can produce just about any kind of plot (or diagram) you want.”
“make a diagram using Tikz (as a .tex file), which can then be converted to pdf/png”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Real-Time LuaTeX: Recompiling Large Documents in 1ms [pdf] 1 mention
- Show HN: TikZ Editor – WYSIWYG editor for figures in LaTeX 1 mention
- Ask HN: What do you use for scientific presentations? 1 mention
- A New Typst Template for Pandoc 1 mention
- I spent 50 hours drawing a line graph 1 mention
- I use excalidraw to manage my diagrams for my blog 1 mention
Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“No mention of TikZ. Realtime TikZ would be really useful to me.”
“too lazy/busy to learn TikZ proper”
“I used Beamer with a few macros of Tikz to make consistent graphics”
“just like TikZ it takes an investment to learn”
“yes it is amazingly flexible and can produce just about any kind of plot (or diagram) you want.”
“make a diagram using Tikz (as a .tex file), which can then be converted to pdf/png”
“TikZ has native and full support for ConTeXt”