Free Overleaf Alternatives Filtered by 'Tex'

The best free alternative to Overleaf is LyX, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Overleaf and 13 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Overleaf are TeXstudio, Kile, TexitEasy and TeXmacs.

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  1. LyX icon

    LyX

     204 likes

    LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of your documents (WYSIWYM) and not simply their appearance (WYSIWYG). LyX combines the power and flexibility of TeX/LaTeX with the ease of use of a GUI.

    46 LyX alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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    Comments about LyX as an Alternative to Overleaf
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    Combine lyx with git to enable collaboration.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    This is not a collaborative online tool like overleaf.

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    Not online so many people can work together on a project

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • LyX is Free and Open SourceOverleaf is Freemium and Open Source
  2. TeXstudio icon

    TeXstudio

     97 likes

    TeXstudio is an integrated environment for writing LaTeX documents. Our goal is to make writing LaTeX as easy and comfortable as possible. Therefore TeXstudio has numerous features like syntax-highlighting, integrated viewer, reference checking and various assistants.

    36 TeXstudio alternatives

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    • Flathub
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    Comments about TeXstudio as an Alternative to Overleaf
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    Not an online collaborative editor

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Not collaborative online tool

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    TeXstudio icon
    • TeXstudio is Free and Open SourceOverleaf is Freemium and Open Source
    • TeXstudio is LightweightOverleaf is not according to our users
  4. Kile icon

    Kile

     46 likes

    Kile is a user-friendly TeX/LaTeX editor by KDE. Kile gives you the ability to use all the functionality of LaTeX in a graphical interface and has interactive preview mechanisms to readily see the results of editing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
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  5. TexitEasy icon

    TexitEasy

     4 likes

    TexitEasy is a free, cross-platform and open-source latex editor. TexitEasy has all the features a modern editor can have.

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  6. TeXmacs icon

    TeXmacs

     19 likes

    GNU TeXmacs is a free scientific editing platform designed to create beautiful technical documents. It provides a unified and user friendly framework for editing structured documents with different types of content: text, math, graphics, slides, etc.

    34 TeXmacs alternatives

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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. TeXnicCenter icon

    TeXnicCenter

     32 likes

    TeXnicCenter is a feature rich and easy-to-use integrated environment for creating LaTeX documents on the Windows platform. Its powerful editor and its tight integration with the LaTeX environment helps you to concentrate on what matters: The content of your document.

    28 TeXnicCenter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  9. TeXpert icon

    TeXpert

     3 likes

    As an integrated environment, TeXpert allows users to edit, compile (generate PDF output) and view the result within a single app. As a result, it provides the convenience and productivity because it eliminates the hassles of switching back and forth between different...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
     

  10. TeXlipse

     3 likes

    TeXlipse is a plugin that adds Latex support to the Eclipse IDE. It supports Syntax highlighting, Document outline, Code folding, Templates, Build support, also partial building, Annotations for errors (while editing), Content assist (completion of commands and references)...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    This picture shows navigation from build errors to source file. Latex reports all kinds of warnings and errors, and not all of them contain a line number. However, there usually is also a valid error message with line number information.
     
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    VimTeX

     5 likes

    VimTeX is a Vim plugin that provides support for writing LaTeX documents. It is based on LaTeX-Box and it shares a similar goal: to provide a simple and lightweight LaTeX plugin. It has been rewritten from scratch to provide a more modern code base.

    25 VimTeX alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Neovim
    • Vim
     
  12. Vim-LaTeX icon

    Vim-LaTeX

     5 likes

    Vim-LaTeX (aka LaTeX-suite) is a mature project which aims at bringing together the rich set of LaTeX tools the vim community has produced over the years into one comprehensive package. It provides a set of tools which enable you to do all your LaTeX-ing without needing to qui.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Vim
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  13. TexMaths icon

    TexMaths

     9 likes

    TexMaths is an addon designed to provide LaTeX support into LibreOffice. LaTeX equations can be inserted as images (SVG or PNG formats) and the LaTeX code is saved into the image attribute for further editing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • LibreOffice
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  14. JLatexEditor icon

    JLatexEditor

     1 like

    JLatexEditor is a cross-platform open source LaTeX editor. It creates a unique development environment for a user by integrating many tools needed to write LaTeX documents, and is highly configurable.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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