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/mirror.ufs.ac.za (Bloemfontein, Free State)
ftp http rsync://mirror.ufs.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.cqu.edu.cn (Chongqing, Southwest)
httpmirrors.geekpie.club (Shanghai)
http httpsmirrors.huaweicloud.com (Shenzhen, Guangdong)
http httpsmirrors.shu.edu.cn (Shanghai)
http ftp rsync://mirrors.shu.edu.cn/CTAN/mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn (Shanghai)
http httpsmirrors.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.harukasan.org (Busan)
ftp http rsync://ftp.harukasan.org/CTAN/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/mirror.navercorp.com (Chuncheon)
http
India
ctan.imsc.res.in (Chennai)
httpmirror.iopb.res.in (Bhubaneswar, Odisha)
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)
ftpftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp (Yonezawa, Yamagata)
http
Philippines
mirror.pregi.net (Quezon City, Metro Manila)
ftp 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 ftp
Iran
ctan.asis.io (Tehran)
rsync://ctan.asis.io/ctan/ httpctan.um.ac.ir (Mashhad)
httpctan.yazd.ac.ir (Yazd)
httprepo.iut.ac.ir (Isfahan)
http
Thailand
mirror.kku.ac.th (Khon Kaen, Northeastern)
ftp http rsync://mirror.kku.ac.th/CTAN/Europe
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.mirror.norbert-ruehl.de
ftp http https rsync://ctan.mirror.norbert-ruehl.de/ctan/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.informatik.hs-fulda.de (Fulda, hessen)
http rsync://mirror.informatik.hs-fulda.de/CTAN/ httpspackages.oth-regensburg.de (Regensburg, Bavaria)
http rsync://packages.oth-regensburg.de/ctan/ httpssunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen)
http ftp
Ireland
ftp.heanet.ie (Dublin, Leinster)
http rsync://ftp.heanet.iemirrors/ctan.org/tex/ ftp
Spain
osl.ugr.es (Granada)
http
France
ctan.crest.fr (Palaiseau, Ile-de-France)
httpctan.mines-albi.fr (Albi)
httpctan.tetaneutral.net (Toulouse, Occitanie)
rsync://ctan.tetaneutral.net/ctan/ httpdistrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr (Paris)
http ftp rsync://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/ctan/mirror.ibcp.fr (Lyon, Rhône)
httpmirrors.ircam.fr (Paris)
http ftpstandaloneinstaller.com
http rsync://mirrors.standaloneinstaller.com/ctan/
Italy
ctan.mirror.garr.it
http
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 httpmirror.koddos.net (Dronten, Fevoland)
http rsync://mirror.koddos.net/CTAN/
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 ftp httpsftp.ist.utl.pt (Lisboa)
ftpmirrors.up.pt (Porto)
ftp http rsync://mirrors.up.pt/pub/CTAN/
Romania
mirrors.nxthost.com (Bucharest)
http rsync://mirrors.nxthost.com/ctan/
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/
UK
anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk (Coventry, Warwickshire)
ftp httpcam.ctan.org (Cambridge, England)
ftpmirror.ox.ac.uk (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
ftp http
Austria
cyber-perikarp.eu (Vienna)
https httpmirror.easyname.at (Vienna)
ftp rsync://mirror.easyname.at/ctan/ http
Greece
ftp.cc.uoc.gr (Heraklion, Crete)
ftp httpftp.ntua.gr (Athens)
ftp
Russia
ctan.altspu.ru (Barnaul, Altai)
httpmirror.macomnet.net (Moscow)
ftp httpmirrors.mi.ras.ru (Moscow)
ftp http rsync://mirrors.mi.ras.ru/CTAN/North America
Canada
colo-serv.net (Montreal, Quebec)
httpctan.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.math.illinois.edu (Urbana, Illinois)
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)
httpftp.math.purdue.edu (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ftp httpibiblio.org (North Carolina)
httpmirror.hmc.edu (Claremont, California)
httpmirror.las.iastate.edu (Ames, Iowa)
httpmirror.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/Oceania
Australia
mirror.aarnet.edu.au (Canberra, ACT)
http rsync://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/CTAN/
New Zealand
mirror.aut.ac.nz (Auckland)
ftp http
New Caledonia
mirror.lagoon.nc (Nouméa)
ftp rsync://mirror.lagoon.nc/ctan/ httpSouth 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 ctan@ctan.org.
Master Host
The participating hosts in the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network are:
ftp.dante.de (Cologne, Germany)
- anonymous ftp
ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive
- rsync access on
rsync://rsync.dante.ctan.org/CTAN/
- World Wide Web access on
https://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.