vTeX Alternatives

Apps similar to vTeX include Oleafly, which is free and open source. Other options are Overleaf, TeX Live, TeXlyre and Murfy. You can choose from more than 10 LaTeX Editors like vTeX for the web, self-hosting, Mac, Windows and Linux.

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  1. Oleafly icon
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    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.

    57 Oleafly alternatives

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    • Mac
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  2. 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.

    73 Overleaf alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. TeX Live icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
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  4. TeXlyre icon
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    A local-first real-time LaTeX and Typst collaboration platform with offline editing capabilities. Built with React, TypeScript, and Yjs for collaborative document editing.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Murfy icon
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    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.

    60 Murfy alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  6. 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.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  7. Tectonic is a modernized, complete, self-contained TeX / LaTeX engine, powered by XeTeX and TeX Live .

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
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  8. Texpile icon
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    Texpile is a local, offline editor for LaTeX, Typst, and Markdown. It supports visual editing in the spirit of LyX, source editing with full IntelliSense, git support with a side-by-side diff view, and end-to-end encrypted real-time collaboration.

    51 Texpile alternatives

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  9. Aldine icon
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    Aldine is an open-source (AGPL-3.0), self-hosted collaborative LaTeX editor and an alternative to Overleaf. Co-authors edit in the browser in real time, and every project is a real git repository with branches in the interface and push and pull to GitHub, GitLab, Gitea and...

    51 Aldine alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
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  10. A web-based collaborative LaTeX editor, extended from Overleaf, formerly Ayaka-notes Overleaf Pro Edition.

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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