Beyond LaTeX Templates is a GitHub-hosted, awesome-list-style directory that curates academic writing templates — primarily LaTeX degree-thesis and dissertation templates, plus Beamer presentations and Word, Typst, and Markdown templates for papers, slides, resumes, reports, and books — and exposes the whole index as machine-readable JSON. The repository belongs to GitHub user hantang and is mirrored as a browsable website at hantang.github.io/latex-templates/awesome.
What is Beyond LaTeX Templates?
Beyond LaTeX Templates is a curated collection of templates for academic writing, maintained as a GitHub repository under the Awesome list convention. It aggregates templates from GitHub repositories, displaying each entry's star count, fork count, and last-commit date directly in the README so users can assess popularity and maintenance status. The project also publishes two JSON data files, templates.json and templates-resume.json, that contain the same listing data in a structured format for programmatic use.
Key Features
- University-specific coverage — Lists official and community LaTeX thesis templates for over 40 universities, including Chinese institutions (Tsinghua, Peking, Shanghai Jiao Tong, Zhejiang, USTC, etc.) and international ones (Cambridge, Oxford, TU Munich, NTU Singapore, UBC, etc.).
- Multiple document formats — Covers not only LaTeX but also Word, Typst, and Markdown templates for theses, presentations, resumes, reports, and books, matching the README's stated scope.
- Live repository metrics — Each listed template shows GitHub stars, forks, and last commit date as flat-square badges, giving an at-a-glance view of community traction and maintenance.
- Categorized structure — Templates are grouped into five sections: degree theses (LaTeX), degree theses (non-LaTeX), presentations and slides (LaTeX), resume templates (LaTeX and others), and reports and other templates (LaTeX).
- Machine-readable data — The project provides templates.json and templates-resume.json, enabling programmatic access to the catalog for developers building tools or search interfaces.
- Multilingual README — The README is available in both Simplified Chinese and English.
- Companion website — A browsable web version of the catalog is hosted at hantang.github.io/latex-templates/awesome.
Who is it for?
- Graduate and undergraduate students — Locate a formatting-compliant thesis template for their specific university, such as thuthesis for Tsinghua or SJTUThesis for Shanghai Jiao Tong, and use it as the starting point for their dissertation.
- Researchers and academics — Find Beamer presentation templates and report templates for conferences and project deliverables, along with resume templates for job applications.
- Tool and platform developers — Use the provided JSON data files to build custom template finders, or to integrate template recommendations into writing environments like Overleaf.
What can you do with it?
- Thesis writers: Search the README or website for their institution's template, check its last-commit date and star count, then clone the GitHub repo and start writing in LaTeX (or the template's format).
- Non-LaTeX users: Browse the non-LaTeX thesis section for Word, Typst, or Markdown alternatives, which can be easier for collaborators who don't use LaTeX.
- Resume builders: Pick a LaTeX or Markdown resume template from the resume section and adapt it for academic or industry job applications.
- Developers: Download templates.json and templates-resume.json to build a local database of academic templates with metadata like repository URLs and metrics.
Alternatives
- CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network), the official repository for TeX packages and document classes, which hosts many university thesis classes.
- Overleaf's template gallery, a web-based LaTeX editor with a curated gallery of templates for theses, papers, and presentations.
FAQ
Is Beyond LaTeX Templates free?
Yes. The repository is open source on GitHub, and the templates it lists are generally free to download and use, with most hosted on public GitHub repositories under open-source licenses.
Does it have a template for my university?
The list covers a large set of Chinese universities and a number of international institutions. If your university is not included, you may want to check CTAN or the collection's JSON data, which is updated regularly.
Beyond LaTeX, the directory includes templates in Word, Typst, and Markdown for degree theses, presentations, resumes, reports, and books. The LaTeX templates also span thesis classes, Beamer slides, and standalone documents.
How current is the template data?
The README shows a last-updated marker of 2026-04-24, and each template entry displays its own GitHub last-commit date, so you can see whether a given template is actively maintained. Some entries are marked as archived.
Can I search the templates programmatically?
Yes. The project publishes templates.json and templates-resume.json, which contain structured data for all listed templates, suitable for use in custom scripts or applications.
