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 seven 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 SwiftLaTeX, \Bluelatex, TeXlyre and vTeX.

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  1. Fidus Writer icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Snapcraft
     
  2. 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
     
  3. \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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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. TeXlyre icon
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    A local-first real-time LaTeX and Typst collaboration platform with offline editing capabilities. Built with React, TypeScript, and Yjs for collaborative document editing.

    54 TeXlyre alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. vTeX icon
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    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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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Vercel
    • GitHub Actions
    • Travis CI
     
  6. MathEditor is a convenient, accessible, mobile-friendly editor, that allows users to insert and understand the meaning of math formulas on the web.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Octree icon
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    An AI-powered collaborative LaTeX editor with real-time PDF compilation and intelligent editing suggestions.

    46 Octree alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
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