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Oleafly

Local-first desktop app for scientific writing in LaTeX, Typst, and Markdown supporting side-by-side editing and PDF preview, offline AI-assisted workflows, versioning via Git, citations, compiling, GitHub sync, and fully open-source, cross-platform performance.

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  1.  Support for Themes
  2.  Privacy focused
  3.  AI-Powered
  4.  Local-First

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  1.  Ad-free
  2. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
  3.  Live Preview
  4.  Spell Checking
  5.  No Tracking
  6.  Dark Mode
  7.  Works Offline
  8.  Support for MarkDown
  9.  Real time collaboration
  10.  No registration required
  11.  Desktop Application
  12.  Cross-Platform
  13.  LaTeX Editor

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    Love this! What I like most about Oleafly is its local-first approach and support for LaTeX, Typst, and Markdown in one place. The side-by-side PDF preview, citation support, and Git integration are a thoughtful combination for scientific writing. Being open source and supporting offline work makes it especially appealing.

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Love this! What I like most about Oleafly is its local-first approach and support for LaTeX, Typst, and Markdown in one place. The side-by-side PDF preview, citation support, and Git integration are a thoughtful combination for scientific writing. Being open source and supporting offline work makes it especially appealing.

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What is Oleafly?

Oleafly is a free, open-source desktop app for writing research documents in LaTeX, Typst, and Markdown. It runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux, works without an account, and keeps plain project files on your own computer.

The editor and the compiled PDF sit side by side, with click-to-jump SyncTeX navigation between them. The LaTeX and Typst engines are bundled and Markdown compiles through Pandoc, so most work happens offline. Every project has a real Git history with diffs and restore, and can sync to GitHub.

An optional AI assistant can see the whole project. It finds and fixes compile errors, inserts citations, and proposes edits as diffs you approve or reject. It works with local models through Ollama as well as hosted providers, and speaks MCP.