Overleaf Alternatives

Overleaf is described as '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' and is a popular LaTeX Editor in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Overleaf for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best Overleaf alternative is LyX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Overleaf are TeXstudio, Texmaker, Curvenote and Authorea.

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Overleaf alternatives are mainly LaTeX Editors, but if you're looking for Word Processors or IDEs you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Open Source, Self-Hosted, LaTeX Editor, Android, Online and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Overleaf.
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  1. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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    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)

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
    • VerbTeX LaTeX Editor is the most popular Android, iPhone & Android Tablet alternative to Overleaf.

    • VerbTeX LaTeX Editor is Freemium and ProprietaryOverleaf is Freemium and Open Source
  3. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. 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.

    34 TeXmacs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  5. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. \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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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

    20 Scientific Workplace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Setzer icon
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    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
     
  9. 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

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Flowcite icon
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    All-In-One Solution For Academic Research/Writing/Editing/Publishing/Referencing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  11. MathType icon
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    Type and handwrite mathematical notation with MathType. Easily include quality math equations in your documents and digital content.

    33 MathType alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPad
    • Apple iWork
    • Microsoft Office Word
    • Google Drive - Docs
     
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    A desktop publishing (DTP) and word processing application that is popular for large documents.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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