Overleaf Alternatives

Apps similar to Overleaf include Oleafly, which is free and open source. Other options are LyX, OpenAI Prism, TeXstudio and Texmaker. LaTeX Editors like Overleaf are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for the web, Mac, Windows, Linux and self-hosting.

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  1. 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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  2. Papeeria icon
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    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.

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
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  3. LaTeX Base icon
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    An online LaTeX editor that just works. No installation, live preview, and sharing. Get stuff done with or without an Internet connection.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  4. 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)

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
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  5. SwiftLaTeX icon
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    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
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  6. TeXmacs icon
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    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.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. \Bluelatex icon
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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.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. You write text and mathematics in your document without having to know a programming language or exit to an equation editor. Evaluate, simplify, solve, and plot functions without the need to master a complex syntax.

    24 Scientific Workplace alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  9. Texpad icon
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    Texpad is a LaTeX editor designed for straightforward navigation of projects of any size. When Texpad opens a document it scans through it, looking for LaTeX structure commands and any included files, then it presents you with an outline view with which you can swiftly navigate...

    24 Texpad alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Recent documents/welcome screen
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  10. TeXposit icon
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    Minimalistic online collaborative LaTeX editor with AI-assisted writing features and bibtex support, currently in beta testing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  11. Setzer icon
     3 likes

    Setzer lets you Write LaTeX documents with an easy to use yet full-featured editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  12. Flowcite icon
     1 like

    All-In-One Solution For Academic Research/Writing/Editing/Publishing/Referencing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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