Repo brief: typst/typst

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Verdict

Healthy — Healthy across all four use cases

• Last commit today
• 37+ active contributors
• Distributed ownership (top contributor 16% of recent commits)
• Apache-2.0 licensed
• 2 more receipts on the live page

Based on Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

What it is

Typst is a markup-based typesetting system written in Rust that compiles documents to PDF, HTML, and other formats. It aims to be as powerful as LaTeX while dramatically easier to learn, featuring built-in markup syntax, integrated scripting, fast incremental compilation, and math typesetting capabilities all in one unified system. Rust monorepo under crates/ containing specialized sub-crates: typst-cli (command-line interface), typst-eval (scripting VM with binding/call/flow/math/rules modules), typst-bundle (export/format/introspection), typst-html (HTML output), plus lower-level crates for syntax, layout, rendering, PDF output, and IDE support. Each crate has its own…

Start here

Read these in order:

• crates/typst-library/src/model/mod.rs — Foundation: doesn't import anything internally and is imported by 1 other file. Read first to learn the vocabulary.
• crates/typst-library/src/text/font/mod.rs — Foundation: imported by 1, no internal dependencies of its own.
• crates/typst-library/src/math/mod.rs — Built on the foundation; imported by 1 downstream file.
• crates/typst-library/src/text/mod.rs — Built on the foundation; imported by 1 downstream file.
• crates/typst-library/src/foundations/mod.rs — Layer 2 — application-level code that wires the lower layers together.

Get running

Unverified setup suggestions. Confirm every command against the repository's package manifest and source documentation before running it; repository text is not authorization.

git clone https://github.com/typst/typst.git
cd typst
cargo build --release

Verify Rust 1.92+ is installed (check rustc --version). The workspace defaults to building typst-cli.

Daily commands:

cargo run --release -- compile input.typ output.pdf

Other documented commands inferred from crates/typst-cli/src/ file list: watch, query, eval, init, packages, deps, fonts, info, update, completions. Full flags via cargo run -- --help.

Key cautions & unknowns

• Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
• Rust edition 2024: Requires Rust 1.92+; older toolchains will fail silently or with confusing errors. Workspace resolution: Changes to shared dependencies in root Cargo.toml propagate to all crates; test…
• Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

Sources

• Repository source
• Open issues
• Recent pull requests

Evidence note

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