Open Source ShareLaTeX AlternativesLaTeX Editors and other similar apps like ShareLaTeX

The best open source alternative to ShareLaTeX is Overleaf. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to ShareLaTeX and eight of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to ShareLaTeX are Texmaker, Curvenote, SwiftLaTeX and Booktype.

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  1. Overleaf icon
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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.

    60 Overleaf alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Overleaf vs ShareLaTeX Comments
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    More and better features than ShareLatex for free! E.g. git support, version history...

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Overleaf is Freemium and Open SourceShareLaTeX is Free and Open Source
    • Overleaf is Privacy focusedShareLaTeX is not according to our users
  2. Texmaker icon
     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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
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    Texmaker vs ShareLaTeX Comments
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    Texmaker is not an online tool enabling collaboration.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Texmaker is Free and Open SourceShareLaTeX is also Free and Open Source
  3. Curvenote icon
     6 likes

    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
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. SwiftLaTeX icon
     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...

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Booktype icon
     9 likes

    Booktype helps you turn intellectual property into beautiful, professional books.

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. Fidus Writer icon
     18 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Snapcraft
     
  7. TexitEasy icon
     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

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. \Bluelatex icon
     2 likes

    \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.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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