Suggestions for base
The following packages have something in common with the package base. The packages are ordered in decreasing similarity.
- plain: The Plain TeX format
- latexrelease: LaTeX release emulation
- latex-base: Base sources of LaTeX
- cslatex: LaTeX support for Czech/Slovak typesetting
- csplain: Plain TeX multilanguage support
- ptex-base: Plain TeX format for pTeX and e-pTeX
- uptex-base: Plain TeX formats and documents for upTeX
- lollipop: TeX made easy
- startex: An XML-inspired format for student use
- eplain: Extended plain TeX macros
- psizzl: A TeX format for physics papers
- texsis: Plain TeX macros for Physicists
- optex: LuaTeX format based on Plain TeX and OPmac
- latex-base-dev: Development pre-release of the LaTeX kernel
- testfont: A testbed for font evaluation
- xmltex: Support for parsing XML documents
- lamstex: A merge of the best in AMS-TeX and LaTeX
- blue: A document preparation system
- inrstex: Extended Plain TeX for use with MLTeX
- phyzzx: A TeX format for physicists
- text1: TeX format from Washington State University
- physe: The PHYSE format
- ytex: Macro package developed at MIT
- makeidx: Standard LaTeX package for creating indexes
- alltt: Everything in tt font, but obey commands and line endings
- exscale: Implements scaling of the 'cmex' fonts
- classes: The source of LaTeX’s standard classes
- shortvrb: Abbreviated verbatim commands
- latex: A TeX macro package that defines LaTeX
- latex209: Old, unsupported, LaTeX
- mylatexformat: Build a format based on the preamble of a LaTeX file