# Overleaf

A web-based collaborative LaTeX editor

Repository: https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/overleaf
Language: JavaScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-07-10T15:01:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4589, "days_push": 54, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 18070, forks 2049 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:26.291389+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, web-framework, self-hosted, documentation
- domain: web-development, documentation, education, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: latex, collaborative-editing, real-time, academic-writing, docker-deployment, web-server, docker, nodejs

## Member repositories
- overleaf/overleaf (main) score 64
- overleaf/toolkit (infra) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.291389+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:02:10.262037+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.291389+00:00, sha 12d2c290d70e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.