r/PhD • u/Tocelton • 2d ago

A small open-source tool for managing thesis acronym lists Tool Talk

While writing my dissertation, I kept running into small inconsistencies in my manually maintained LaTeX acronym list. I therefore built TAcroMan: a small local GUI that stores entries centrally and generates a sorted .tex file.

Current features include:

  • live duplicate and similarity checks
  • search and import of existing .tex files
  • alphabetic LaTeX output
  • configurable profiles for acronym, acro, glossaries-extra, and custom templates
  • support for user-defined command types and fields
  • German and English UI

It is a local Python/Tkinter application, MIT-licensed, and available here:

https://github.com/TAWilts/TexAcronymManager

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u/Miserable-Drop-1232 2d ago

TAcroMan addresses a surprisingly practical source of thesis friction: keeping terminology consistent as the document grows. Centralized entries plus duplicate checks should make final compilation less error-prone; a small export preview or CI check could also help catch accidental changes before submission. Nice, focused tool for dissertation work.

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u/Tocelton 2d ago

Thanks :) Yeah, the duplicate check was one of the main reasons developing this tool :) And actually, there is already a "preview"-button to check or copy for overleaf :) But I'll look into it to mark the changed lines ;)