Overleaf AlternativesOnly apps categorised as LaTeX Editors

The best LaTeX Editor alternative to Overleaf 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 LaTeX Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting LaTeX Editor alternatives to Overleaf are Oleafly, OpenAI Prism, TeXstudio and Texmaker.

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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
     110 likes

    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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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
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  6. Curvenote icon
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    Curvenote is a collaborative writing tool designed for open-science and reproducibility. Create & edit technical content in real-time, including equations, references, figures, and interactive plots from Jupyter, then export to any journal template.

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  7. 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...

    90 Fidus Writer alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Linux
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    • Snapcraft
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  8. CoCalc icon
     7 likes

    Web-based cloud computing (SaaS) and course management platform for computational mathematics.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  9. Texable icon
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    TeXable is a LaTeX Editor for iPad. Edit your LaTeX projects completely offline, draw diagrams, generate tables and more all in one app.

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    • iPad
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  10. 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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  11. Papeeria icon
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    Write and compile LaTeX online. You need only browser and Internet access to typeset LaTeX documents and compile them to PDF.

    Papeeria mobile works with iPad, iPhone or Android, so you can work on your texts even when your are far from your desktop or laptop.

    We take care of u.

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
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