# LaTeX in README.md file of a repo

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-in-readme-md-file-of-a-repo/53073>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Created:** [January 9, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-in-readme-md-file-of-a-repo/53073 "2021-01-09T00:48:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gregstrq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gregstrq/32/20620_2.png) [@Gregstrq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gregstrq)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-in-readme-md-file-of-a-repo/53073/1 "2021-01-09T00:48:50Z")

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Is it possible to use LaTeX rendering in README.md file of a repo?

I have tried to add some LaTeX commands in double backticks to README.MD, however, it looks like they are note recognized.

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**Author:** ![roflmaostc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/roflmaostc/32/30123_2.png) [@roflmaostc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/roflmaostc)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-in-readme-md-file-of-a-repo/53073/2 "2021-01-09T07:54:37Z")

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You probably mean Github?

Unfortunately Github doesn’t support LaTeX in markdown files 😕

You can use a web page like this and include it as image in your Readme:

[https://latex.codecogs.com/png.download?1+1](https://discourse.julialang.org/uploads/short-url/82aBq6xBagafrYdOFTYBtPYTR2h.png)

To show it do:

```julia
![Fancy equtation](upload://82aBq6xBagafrYdOFTYBtPYTR2h.png)

```

![Fancy equtation](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/3/8/385037aeaa92f651f8ffc6ad21aa0b4748e61fc9.png)

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**Author:** ![tlienart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tlienart/32/7640_2.png) [@tlienart](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tlienart)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-in-readme-md-file-of-a-repo/53073/3 "2021-01-09T12:58:38Z")

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One thing you _could_ do is use [PkgPage.jl](https://github.com/tlienart/PkgPage.jl) in lieu of README.md; that supports LaTeX maths (via KaTeX) out of the box (e.g.: this bit: [PkgPage.jl](https://tlienart.github.io/PkgPage.jl/#com-maths))