CTAN Sites
This list contains the known active mirrors of the CTAN. They are listed by location (alphabetically, by continent, then by country).
Africa
South Africa
ftp.leg.uct.ac.za (Cape Town, Western Cape)
ftp http rsync://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/packages/ctan/ftp.sun.ac.za (Stellenbosch)
ftp httpmirror.ac.za (Johannesburg)
ftp http rsync://ctan.mirror.ac.za/CTAN/
Algeria
ctan.epst-tlemcen.dz (Tlemcen)
http rsync://ctan.epst-tlemcen.dz/ctan/ ftpAsia
China
mirror.lzu.edu.cn (Lanzhou, Gansu)
httpmirrors.hust.edu.cn (Wuhan, Hubei)
http rsync://mirrors.hust.edu.cn/CTAN/mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn (Beijing)
http rsync://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/CTAN/mirrors.ustc.edu.cn (Hefei, Anhui)
ftp http rsync://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/CTAN/
Korea
ftp.kaist.ac.kr (Daejeon)
ftp rsync://ftp.kaist.ac.kr/ctan/ httpftp.ktug.org
http ftpftp.neowiz.com (Seoul)
http ftp rsync://ftp.neowiz.com/CTAN/
India
ctan.imsc.res.in (Chennai)
http
Iran
ctan.asis.io (Tehran)
rsync://ctan.asis.io/ctan/ httpctan.um.ac.ir (Mashhad)
httpctan.yazd.ac.ir (Yazd)
http
Malaysia
wbc.upm.edu.my (Serdang, Selangor)
http
Japan
ftp.jaist.ac.jp (Nomi, Ishikawa)
http rsync://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/CTAN/ ftpftp.kddilabs.jp (Saitama)
ftpftp.u-aizu.ac.jp (Aizuwakamatsu)
ftp
Philippines
mirror.pregi.net (Quezon City, Metro Manila)
ftp http
Thailand
ctan.megagod.net
http
Taiwan
ftp.ccu.edu.tw
ftpftp.yzu.edu.tw
ftp http rsync://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/pub/CTAN/
Saudi Arabia
latex.imamu.edu.sa (Riyadh)
http ftpAustralasia
Australia
mirror.aarnet.edu.au (Canberra, ACT)
http rsync://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/CTAN/
New Zealand
mirror.aut.ac.nz (Auckland)
ftp httpEurope
Belarus
mirror.datacenter.by (Minsk)
http rsync://mirror.datacenter.by/CTAN/ ftp
The Czech Republic
ftp.cvut.cz (Prague)
ftp httpmirrors.nic.cz (Prague)
ftp http rsync://mirrors.nic.cz/CTAN/
Denmark
mirrors.dotsrc.org
http ftp
Germany
ctan.space-pro.be
httpdante.ctan.org (Köln)
ftpftp.fau.de (Erlangen, Bayern)
ftp http rsync://ftp.fau.de/ctan/ftp.fernuni-hagen.de (Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen)
http ftp rsync://ftp.fernuni-hagen.de/ctan/ftp.fu-berlin.de (Berlin)
ftpftp.gwdg.de (Göttingen, Niedersachsen)
ftpftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de (Saarbrücken, Saarland)
ftpftp.rrze.uni-erlangen.de (Erlangen, Bayern)
http ftpftp.rrzn.uni-hannover.de (Hannover, Niedersachsen)
ftpftp.tu-chemnitz.de (Chemnitz, Sachsen)
ftpmirror.physik-pool.tu-berlin.de (Berlin)
ftp http rsync://mirror.physik-pool.tu-berlin.de/ctan/mirror.unicorncloud.org
httpsunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen)
http ftp
Ireland
ftp.heanet.ie (Dublin, Leinster)
http rsync://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ctan.org/tex/ ftp
Spain
osl.ugr.es (Granada)
http
France
ctan.mines-albi.fr (Albi)
httpdistrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr (Paris)
http ftp rsync://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/ctan/ftp.oleane.net
ftp httpmirror.ibcp.fr (Lyon, Rhône)
httpmirrors.ircam.fr (Paris)
http ftp
Greece
ftp.cc.uoc.gr (Heraklion, Crete)
ftp httpftp.ntua.gr (Athens)
ftp
Italy
ctan.mirror.garr.it
http
Norway
ctan.uib.no (Bergen)
ftp http rsync://ctan.uib.no/ctan/
Poland
ftp.gust.org.pl
ftppiotrkosoft.net (Oświęcim)
http rsync://ftp.piotrkosoft.net/mirrors/CTAN/ ftpsunsite.icm.edu.pl (Warsaw)
ftp
Portugal
ftp.di.uminho.pt (Braga)
ftpftp.eq.uc.pt (Coimbra)
http ftpftp.ist.utl.pt (Lisboa)
ftpneacm.fe.up.pt (Porto)
ftp http
Russia
ctan.altspu.ru (Barnaul, Altai)
httpmirror.macomnet.net (Moscow)
ftp http
Switzerland
mirror.switch.ch (Zürich)
http ftppirbot.com (Zürich)
http rsync://www.pirbot.com/mirrors/ctan/
Slovenia
ctan.ijs.si (Ljubljana)
http rsync://ctan.ijs.si/CTAN/
Serbia
ctan.mirror.ftn.uns.ac.rs (Novi Sad)
http
Finland
ftp.funet.fi
ftp
Sweden
ftp.acc.umu.se (Umeå)
http rsync://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/CTAN/
The Netherlands
cs.uu.nl (Utrecht)
http ftp rsync://rsync.cs.uu.nl/CTAN/ctan.triasinformatica.nl (Groningen)
ftp httpftp.snt.utwente.nl (Enschede, Overijssel)
ftp http
UK
anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk (Coventry, Warwickshire)
ftp httpcam.ctan.org (Cambridge, England)
ftpmirror.ox.ac.uk (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
ftp http
Austria
mirror.easyname.at (Vienna)
ftp rsync://mirror.easyname.at/ctan/ httpNorth America
Canada
ctan.forsale.plus (Montreal, Quebec)
httpctan.math.ca (Ottawa, Ontario)
http ftpctan.mirror.rafal.ca (Hamilton, Ontario)
http rsync://ctan.mirror.rafal.ca/CTAN/ ftpmirror.its.dal.ca (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
ftp http rsync://mirror.its.dal.ca/ctan/muug.ca (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
ftp http rsync://muug.ca/ctan/
Costa Rica
mirrors.ucr.ac.cr (San Jose)
ftp http
USA
ctan.mackichan.com (Virginia)
httpctan.math.utah.edu (Salt Lake City, Utah)
http rsync://ctan.math.utah.edu/CTAN/ rsync://tug.ctan.org/CTAN/ ftp http ftpctan.math.washington.edu (Seattle, Washington)
httpctan.sharelatex.com (Atlanta, Georgia)
ftp httpftp.math.purdue.edu (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ftp httpibiblio.org (North Carolina)
httpmirror.hmc.edu (Claremont, California)
httpmirror.jmu.edu (Harrisonburg, Virginia)
ftp http rsync://mirror.jmu.edu/CTAN/mirror.unl.edu (Lincoln, Nebraska)
http rsync://mirror.unl.edu/ctan/mirror.utexas.edu (Austin, Texas)
ftp http rsync://mirror.utexas.edu/CTAN/mirrors.concertpass.com (Lansing, Michigan)
httpmirrors.hoobly.com (San Jose, California)
httpmirrors.rit.edu (Rochester, New York)
ftp http rsync://mirrors.rit.edu/CTAN/South America
Brazil
linorg.usp.br (São Paulo)
http ftprepositorios.cpai.unb.br (Brasília)
http
Chile
ctan.dcc.uchile.cl (Santiago)
ftpftp.inf.utfsm.cl (Valparaiso, Region de Valparaiso)
ftp http rsync://ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/tex-archive/
Colombia
ctan.uniminuto.edu (Bogota)
http rsync://ctan.uniminuto.edu/Mirror Multiplexor
In order to reduce network load, it is recommended that you use the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) host which is located in the closest network proximity to your site. Alternatively, you may wish to obtain a copy of the CTAN via DVD.
CTAN has a mirror multiplexor service. Point your browser to
for automatic redirection to a mirror in or close to your country.
Updates
Please send updates to this list to [email protected].
Master Host
The participating hosts in the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network are:
ftp.dante.de (Köln, Germany)
- anonymous ftp
ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive - rsync access on
rsync://rsync.dante.ctan.org/CTAN/ - World Wide Web access on
http://dante.ctan.org/
Becoming A CTAN Mirror
You can help out the TeX community by running a mirror of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network.
On the page Becoming a CTAN Site you can read more.
Monitoring of the Mirrors
We monitor mirrors to check
that they are up to date. If a mirror falls behind
then mirror.ctan.org will not redirect to it.