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, Mac, Windows, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best Overleaf alternative is LyX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Overleaf are Oleafly, OpenAI Prism, TeXstudio and Texmaker.

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    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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Eclipse
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  2. TeXpert icon
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    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
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  3. VimTeX icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Neovim
    • Vim
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  4. Swift Calcs icon
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    The Collaborative Computational Notebook Built for Modern Engineering. Enter math as it appears on paper, get instantaneous results, and share your calculations with colleagues and clients. No special syntax, no software, no headaches, no kidding.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. Latexila icon
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    LaTeXila is an Integrated LaTeX Environment for the GNOME Desktop, written in Vala and covered by the GPL 3 license. Here is a summary of the functionalities:

    30 Latexila alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. WinEdt icon
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    WinEdt (shareware) is a powerful and versatile text editor for Windows with a strong predisposition towards the creation of LaTeX documents...

    26 WinEdt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Vim-LaTeX icon
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    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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  8. Murfy icon
     2 likes

    Murfy.ai is an AI based web-based collaborative LaTeX editor designed for researchers, students, developers, and academics, offering a smarter, faster, and more efficient alternative to Overleaf.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. LaTeXing icon
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    LaTeXing is plugin for the popular and fast text editor Sublime Text . The plugin supports many features to write your LaTeX files without leaving the text editor or using the mouse.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Sublime Text
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  10. Texifier icon
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    Texifier is a LaTeX editor designed for straightforward navigation, editing and typesetting of projects of any size. Open a LaTeX root file, and Texifier will scan it, open any referenced files, extract the document structure for display in the outline view, and configure the...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  11. TexMaths icon
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    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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    Platforms

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