Overleaf

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

18070 stars · 2049 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Overleaf is an open-source, web-based real-time collaborative LaTeX editor, self-hostable via Docker (Community Edition) with a commercial Server Pro tier. It lets multiple users write, preview, and compile LaTeX documents together in the browser.

Use cases

• self-host a collaborative LaTeX editor for a lab or university
• write academic papers with co-authors in real time
• compile LaTeX documents in the browser without local installation
• run an internal document editing server for my team
• replace Google Docs for LaTeX-based writing

When to choose

• you need real-time collaborative LaTeX editing
• you want to self-host and control your own document data
• you're serving a trusted group of users (lab, class, team)

When to avoid

• you need user isolation or sandboxed compiles - Community Edition lacks them
• you need SSO (LDAP/SAML) or tracked changes without paying for Server Pro
• you only need offline single-user LaTeX editing - a local editor is simpler

Facets

application · maturity active

editor web-framework self-hosted documentation web-development documentation education developer-tools self-hosted latex collaborative-editing real-time academic-writing docker-deployment web-server docker nodejs

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