Tools I Use

This page lists software tools that I use for linguistic work, and how I have them set up. The goal of this page is to make it easier for others to start using these tools.

General Setup

I use an M3 MacBook Pro. Many of the tools I use are installed using Homebrew, which is a package manager accessed using the Terminal.

LaTeX

I use MacTeX as my LaTeX distribution, which can be installed by running brew install --cask mactex.

To edit LaTeX files (and code in general), I use Zed. Zed has a LaTeX plugin which conveniently compiles LaTeX files to PDFs automatically when you save your changes. This plugin depends on an separate PDF reader, Skim, which can be installed using brew install --cask skim.

Python

I use uv for Python version and environment management. I find it much easier to use than alternatives like pyenv, conda, venv, and poetry. It can be installed using brew install uv

Other Software