Overleaf Alternatives for Mac

Overleaf is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is LyX, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Overleaf and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Overleaf are Oleafly, TeXstudio, Texmaker and Kile.

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  1. LyX icon
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    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.

    52 LyX alternatives

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  2. 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.

    55 Oleafly alternatives

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  3. TeXstudio icon
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    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.

    45 TeXstudio alternatives

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    • Flathub
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  4. Texmaker icon
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    Texmaker is a free LaTeX editor, that integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX, in just one application.

    48 Texmaker alternatives

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  5. Kile icon
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    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.

    37 Kile alternatives

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    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
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  6. TexitEasy icon
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    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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  7. 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.

    36 TeXmacs alternatives

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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  8. \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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  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...

    23 Texpad alternatives

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  10. TexSlide icon
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    The revolutionary solution for native LaTeX & PowerPoint integration is finally here !

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  11. TeXworks icon
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    The TeXworks project is an effort to build a simple TeX front-end program (working environment) that will be available for all today’s major desktop operating systems—in particular, MS Windows (XP and Vista), typical GNU/Linux distros and other X11-based systems, and Mac OS X.

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

    38 MathType alternatives

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    • Apple iWork
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