MathJax

Implemented here via the metalsmith-mathjax plu­gin.

• Typically con­sid­ered slower to load than KaTeX
• Adding mathjax: true to the meta­data will pre­ren­der math to svg
• Prerendering is fast but in­creases the page size sig­nif­i­cantly

KaTeX

Implemented here via CDN scripts.

• Loads faster than MathJax
• Consists of a sub­set of TeX (typically enough to use)
• Implemented here by adding katex: true to the meta­data
• However, this in­cludes a mul­ti­tude of fonts
• Overall size is not much re­duced for sites with less equa­tions

Stats

For the same doc­u­ment, the de­tails are:

Conclusions

• Lots of equa­tions, use KaTeX
• Else use MathJaX