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.


vTeX is described as 'Pandoc and LaTeX payload for continuous integration. It is customizable. So, it only contains the exact TeX packages that you need. It is intended for use in web development environments. For example, you can generate web pages and beautiful PDFs from the same source' and is an app. There are six alternatives to vTeX for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Haiku, Mac and Windows apps. The best vTeX alternative is Overleaf, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like vTeX are TeX Live, TeXlyre, Murfy and Tectonic typesetting.
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.


TeX Live is an easy way to get up and running with the TeX document production system. It provides a comprehensive TeX system with binaries for most flavors of Unix, including GNU/Linux, and also Windows.



A local-first real-time LaTeX and Typst collaboration platform with offline editing capabilities. Built with React, TypeScript, and Yjs for collaborative document editing.


Murfy.ai is an AI based web-based collaborative LaTeX editor designed for researchers, students, developers, and academics, offering a smarter, faster, and more efficient alternative to Overleaf.

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.