What is CTAN?
'''CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network)''' is an online collection of [[open source]] [[LaTeX]]-related files and [[software]] (including [[Beamer]]).<ref>Greenwade, G. D. (1993). The comprehensive TEX archive network (CTAN). TUGboat, 14(3), 342-351.</ref> In other words, this network is a LaTeX-only [[GitHub]].<ref>CTAN is a [[repository (data)|repository]] but it does not depend on [[Git (software)|Git]].</ref> ==Location== CTAN is based in the [[United States]],<ref>{{URL|https://ctan.org/}}</ref> [[United Kingdom]]<ref>{{URL|http://www.tex.ac.uk/}}</ref> and [[Germany]].<ref>{{URL|http://www.dante.de/}}</ref> They also have several mirror sites (certified clones).<ref>{{URL|http://mirror.ctan.org/}}</ref> Mirror sites are needed in order to avoid access concentration. This effort helps the users to [[download]] files without fatal delay. ==Similar projects== CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) is the [[Perl]] version of CTAN.<ref>Tregar, S. (2002). Writing Perl Modules for CPAN. Apress.</ref> In the field of [[statistics]], CRAN (Comprehensive R Archive Network) is frequently used.<ref>Verzani, J. (2018). Using R for introductory statistics. CRC Press.</ref><ref>This is an archive network for [[R (programming language)|R]].</ref> ==References and remarks== {{reflist|2}} ==Other websites== *[https://ctan.org/ CTAN Comprehensive TEX Archive Network] *[http://www.mail-archive.com/ctan-ann@dante.de/ CTAN announcements list] *[https://archive.today/20121209004851/http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/index.html The TeX Catalogue Online] [[Category:Archives]] [[Category:Free software]]