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Version 4 is now the current version of MathJax. This document is for version 2.5.

MathJax Documentation

MathJax is an open-source JavaScript display engine for LaTeX, MathML, and AsciiMath notation that works in all modern browsers.

Basic Usage

• What is MathJax?
• Getting Started with MathJax
• Installing and Testing MathJax
• Loading and Configuring MathJax
• Combined MathJax Configurations

• MathJax TeX and LaTeX Support
• MathJax MathML Support
• MathJax AsciiMath Support
• MathJax Output Formats
• MathJax Font Support

• MathJax Localization
• MathJax Safe-mode

• The MathJax Community

MathJax Configuration Options

• The configuration objects

• The core options

• The tex2jax preprocessor options
• The mml2jax preprocessor options
• The asciimath2jax preprocessor options
• The jsMath2jax preprocessor options

• The TeX input processor options
• The MathML input processor options
• The AsciiMath input processor options

• The HTML-CSS output processor options
• The NativeMML output processor options
• The SVG output processor options
• The CommonHTML output processor options
• The MMLorHTML configuration options

• The HTML-CSS floats extension
• The CHTML-preview options
• The Content MathML options
• The experimental MML3 extension

• The MathMenu options
• The MathZoom options
• The MathEvents options
• The FontWarnings options
• The Safe options
• The MatchWebFonts options

• Third-party extensions

Advanced Topics

• The MathJax Processing Model
• The MathJax Startup Sequence
• Synchronizing Your Code with MathJax
• Loading MathJax Dynamically
• Modifying Math on the Page
• Obtaining the MathML for an Expression
• Writing MathJax Extensions

• Details of the MathJax API

Miscellanea

• MathJax FAQ
• Browser Compatibility
• EPUB3 Reading Systems
• MathJax Badges and Logo
• Articles and Presentations
• Using MathJax in Web Platforms
• MathJax in Use

Upgrading MathJax

• What's New in MathJax v2.5
• What's New in MathJax v2.4
• What's New in MathJax v2.3
• What's New in MathJax v2.2
• What's New in MathJax v2.1
• What's New in MathJax v2.0
• What's New in MathJax v1.1
• Migrating from MathJax v1.0 to v1.1
• Converting to MathJax from jsMath

Reference Pages

• HTML snippets
• CSS style objects
• Localization strings
• Glossary

• Search

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This version of the documentation was built Aug 05, 2025.