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Math API: LaTeX Math as SVG image

I've always wanted to put LaTeX Math equations on a web page where MathJax is not allowed to run inside it.

Spending some time, I made Math API, that renders LaTeX Math markup into an SVG image.

So you can place your equation on almost everywhere on which you could put <img> or Markdown (![]()), such as GitHub, Jupyter Notebook or dev.to (here!).

![](https://math.now.sh?from=\\LaTeX)
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![](https://math.now.sh?from=\\log\\prod^N_{i}x_{i}=\\sum^N_i\\log{x_i})
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Inline image

It is possible to generate an inline equation by changing the query from from to inline.

<img src="https://math.now.sh?inline=\\LaTeX" />
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Online Editor

Also, there is the online editor available at https://math.now.sh.

Conclusion

The source code is available on GitHub.
Give it a try and leave a comment/idea for a new feature.

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webdva •

I might use this for some of my future Dev.to posts.

Thanks for making this.

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Adolfo Reyna •

Thank you so much, I'm using this to add math equation to my figures for my scientific papers.

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Tai An Su •

Thank you so much for make this tool. I use this to fix my articles which broken due to google remove their charts.googleapi service.

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