ShareLaTeX AlternativesLaTeX Editors and other similar apps like ShareLaTeX

ShareLaTeX is described as 'A web-based collaborative LaTeX editor' and is a LaTeX Editor in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ShareLaTeX for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Linux, Self-Hosted and Windows apps. The best ShareLaTeX alternative is Overleaf, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ShareLaTeX are Texmaker, Curvenote, Authorea and SwiftLaTeX.

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ShareLaTeX alternatives page was last updated Oct 26, 2022

Overleaf
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Overleaf, formerly WriteLaTeX, is a collaborative writing and publishing system that makes the whole process of producing academic papers much quicker for both authors and publishers.
55 Overleaf alternatives
Cost / License
Freemium (Subscription)
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
LaTeX Editor
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
Online
Self-Hosted
Is Overleaf a good alternative to ShareLaTeX?

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1comment
14users say it's a good alternative
Comments about Overleaf as an Alternative to ShareLaTeX

Guest
Positive commentJul 21, 2016
-4
More and better features than ShareLatex for free! E.g. git support, version history...
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Almost everyone thinks Overleaf is a great ShareLaTeX alternative.
Overleaf is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to ShareLaTeX.
Overleaf is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ShareLaTeX.
Overleaf is Freemium and Open SourceShareLaTeX is Free and Open Source
Overleaf is Privacy focusedShareLaTeX is not according to our users
Texmaker
109 likes
Texmaker is a free LaTeX editor, that integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX, in just one application.
41 Texmaker alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
LaTeX Editor
Origin
France
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Haiku
Is Texmaker a good alternative to ShareLaTeX?

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1comment
Comments about Texmaker as an Alternative to ShareLaTeX

Guest
Negative commentSep 10, 2018
2
Texmaker is not an online tool enabling collaboration.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
This alternative is disputed. Texmaker is a legitimate ShareLaTeX alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
Texmaker is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to ShareLaTeX.
Texmaker is Free and Open SourceShareLaTeX is also Free and Open Source
Curvenote
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Curvenote is a collaborative writing tool designed for open-science and reproducibility. Create & edit technical content in real-time, including equations, references, figures, and interactive plots from Jupyter, then export to any journal template.
Cost / License
Freemium (Subscription)
Open Source
Application type
LaTeX Editor
Platforms
Online
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Is Curvenote a good alternative to ShareLaTeX?
Curvenote is the most popular SaaS alternative to ShareLaTeX.
Curvenote is Freemium and Open SourceShareLaTeX is Free and Open Source
Authorea
23 likes
Authorea is the online document editor for researchers that allows researchers to write, cite, host data, and publish research documents. Authorea is trusted worldwide by leading researchers writing and publishing content in every discipline, from astrophysics to zoology.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application types
Word Processor
LaTeX Editor
Platforms
Online
Is Authorea a good alternative to ShareLaTeX?
SwiftLaTeX
3 likes
SwiftLaTeX is a Web-browser based editor to create PDF documents such as reports, term projects, slide decks, in the typesetting system LaTeX. In contrast to other web-based editors SwiftLaTeX is true WYSIWYG, What-you-see-is-what-you-get: You edit directly in a representation...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
LaTeX Editor
Origin
United States
Platforms
Online
Self-Hosted
Is SwiftLaTeX a good alternative to ShareLaTeX?
Papeeria
3 likes
Write and compile LaTeX online. You need only browser and Internet access to typeset LaTeX documents and compile them to PDF.

Papeeria mobile works with iPad, iPhone or Android, so you can work on your texts even when your are far from your desktop or laptop.

We take care of u.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
LaTeX Editor
Origin
Slovakia
EU
Platforms
Online
Is Papeeria a good alternative to ShareLaTeX?
Booktype
8 likes
Booktype helps you turn intellectual property into beautiful, professional books.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Origin
Czechia
EU
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Linux
+5
Is Booktype a good alternative to ShareLaTeX?
TexitEasy
4 likes
TexitEasy is a free, cross-platform and open-source latex editor. TexitEasy has all the features a modern editor can have.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
LaTeX Editor
Word Processor
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Is TexitEasy a good alternative to ShareLaTeX?
Fidus Writer
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Fidus Writer is an online collaborative LaTeX editor especially made for academics who need to use citations and/or formulas. The editor focuses on the content rather than the layout, so that with the same text, you can later on publish it in multiple ways: On a website, as a...
85 Fidus Writer alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application types
Word Processor
LaTeX Editor
Origin
Sweden
EU
Platforms
Linux
Self-Hosted
Snapcraft
Is Fidus Writer a good alternative to ShareLaTeX?
Verbosus: Online LaTeX Editor
2 likes
Write and publish scientific documents in LaTeX directly in your browser or by using the mobile app VerbTeX available on Android, iOS and Windows. Manage your projects, upload existing or create new documents, images and styling files.
Cost / License
Freemium (Subscription)
Proprietary
Application type
LaTeX Editor
Platforms
Online
Is this a good alternative to ShareLaTeX?
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\Bluelatex
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\BlueLaTeX provides a full-featured server that allows you to create, manage and collaboratively edit documents written in \LaTeX. A web client is also provided to use the features served by the server directly in your browser.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
LaTeX Editor
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Self-Hosted
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Is \Bluelatex a good alternative to ShareLaTeX?
VerbTeX LaTeX Editor
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VerbTeX is a free, collaborative LaTeX Editor. It allows you to create and manage LaTeX projects directly on your Android device and generate a PDF by using Verbosus (Online LaTeX and Octave Editor)
39 VerbTeX LaTeX Editor alternatives
Cost / License
Freemium (Pay once)
Proprietary
Application type
LaTeX Editor
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Online
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
Windows Phone
iPad
Is VerbTeX LaTeX Editor a good alternative to ShareLaTeX?
VerbTeX LaTeX Editor is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to ShareLaTeX.
VerbTeX LaTeX Editor is Freemium and ProprietaryShareLaTeX is Free and Open Source