LaTeX is an open source software system for document preparation. This software mainly aims at the effortless creation of general-purpose books and articles within TeX. LaTeX is one of the first typesetting programs which can able to bring complex mathematical equations. This software is commonly used for the publication of scientific documents in many fields such as mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry , engineering, etc. It also helps a user to effectively handle equations, figures, bibliographies, indexes, etc. With LateX the user can only focus on the content of the document and let the program handle how the output is formatted.

A number of libraries are available for preparing Malayalam documents in LaTex. Different types of LaTeX templates are available for convenient use. ICFOSS created some of the LaTeX templates for the easy use of Malayalam documents. You can download and use Malayalam templates from ICFOSS website.