Self-Hosted Overleaf Alternatives

There are many alternatives to Overleaf as a self-hosted solution if you are looking for a replacement. The best Self-Hosted alternative is Fidus Writer, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Overleaf and six of them are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to Overleaf are Visual Math Editor, SwiftLaTeX, vTeX and \Bluelatex.

Overleaf alternatives are mainly LaTeX Editors but may also be Word Processors or IDEs. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Overleaf.

Overleaf

Freemium • Open Source
LaTeX Editor

Overleaf, formerly WriteLaTeX, is a collaborative writing and publishing system that makes the whole process of producing...

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Fidus Writer
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Free • Open Source
Word Processor
Note-taking Tool
LaTeX Editor
Linux
Self-Hosted
80 Fidus Writer alternatives
Fidus Writer is an online collaborative LaTeX editor especially made for academics who need to use citations and/or formulas. The editor focuses on the content rather than the layout, so that with the same text, you can later on publish it in multiple ways: On a website, as a...
- - Fidus Writer is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Overleaf.
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Fidus Writer Features
1. Real time collaborationMultiple users can work together in Fidus Writer simultaneously.
2. Support for LaTeXFidus Writer supports LaTeX for text and math equation formatting.
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Visual Math Editor
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Free • Open Source
LaTeX Editor
Online
Self-Hosted
20 Visual Math Editor alternatives
VisualMathEditor is a LaTeX, AsciiMath and MathML editor developed in Javascript and HTML. It operates independently on the web or locally. It has many features and menus that help the equation-entry and allow their posting and backup.
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Visual Math Editor Features
1. Support for LaTeXVisual Math Editor supports LaTeX for text and math equation formatting.
Support for MathML
Equation editor
SwiftLaTeX
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Free • Open Source
LaTeX Editor
Online
Self-Hosted
35 SwiftLaTeX alternatives
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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SwiftLaTeX Features
1. Support for LaTeXSwiftLaTeX supports LaTeX for text and math equation formatting.
vTeX
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Free • Open Source
Online
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Vercel
GitHub Actions
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4 vTeX alternatives
vTeX is a Pandoc and LaTeX payload for continuous integration. It is customizable. So, it only contains the exact TeX packages that you need. It is intended for use in web development environments. For example, you can generate web pages and beautiful PDFs from the same source...
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vTeX Features
1. LightweightvTeX consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Support for LaTeXvTeX supports LaTeX for text and math equation formatting.
Continuous Integration
Continuous Deployment
Customizable
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\Bluelatex
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Free • Open Source
LaTeX Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
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7 \Bluelatex alternatives
\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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\Bluelatex Features
1. Support for LaTeX\Bluelatex supports LaTeX for text and math equation formatting.
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MathEditor
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Paid • Proprietary
Online
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19 MathEditor alternatives
MathEditor edits math formula from mobile or PC browser, understands the semantic of the formula and generate syntax and semantic trees. Has new level of a11y.
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MathEditor Features
Equation editor