v2.1.29 — Verified, Rust-free installs

Highlights

Choose how MathPreview installs its daemon

MathPreview now has two explicit managed installation modes:

• install_method = "cargo" remains the default and compiles the daemon locally with Cargo.
• install_method = "github" downloads the exact prebuilt daemon for the plugin version, so users do not need Rust.

For a Peek-style lazy.nvim install/update hook:

{
  "sonv/TexViewer",
  ft = { "tex", "plaintex", "latex" },
  build = "sh scripts/install-prebuilt.sh",
  opts = { install_method = "github" },
}

The build hook is optional. Without it, GitHub mode downloads the binary on the first :MathPreview and refreshes stale managed binaries after plugin updates.

Self-contained and verified

Release binaries embed MathJax, fonts, JavaScript, and CSS, so normal previews need neither a separate MathJax/npm installation nor a Rust toolchain. Native TikZ rendering remains an opt-in feature that requires a local TeX installation.

Every GitHub download is checked against its published SHA-256 checksum, archive shape, target, and exact mathpreview-cli version before it atomically replaces the managed executable. A failed install leaves the previous executable untouched.

Prebuilt binaries support macOS and GNU/Linux on arm64 and x86_64. GNU/Linux requires glibc 2.34 or newer; Alpine/musl and stock NixOS users should keep the default Cargo mode or provide a compatible, user-managed cmd.

See :MathPreviewStatus for the selected install method, release target, resolved path, and plugin/binary versions.

Prebuilt mathpreview-cli archives for macOS and GNU/Linux (arm64/x86_64), plus SHA-256 checksums, are attached below.