Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Overleaf

Product categories

AI AI Tools Developer Tools Documentation IDE LaTeX Markdown Editor Project Management Software Development Text Editors Writing Writing Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Overleaf are MiKTeX, CoCalc, and Grabtext AI. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

MiKTeX Landing Page
1

MiKTeX

MiKTeX is a typesetting system for the Windows operating system.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Writing #Writing Tools #Text Editors 20 social mentions
CoCalc Landing Page
2

CoCalc

Collaborative Calculation and Data Science
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $14.0 / Monthly
#Mathematics #Python IDE #LaTeX 27 social mentions
grabtext.ai
3

Grabtext AI

Grab text from handwriting or any photo
Pricing:
- Open Source
#AI Tools #OCR #OCR API
iA Writer Landing Page
4

iA Writer

Minimal Design, Maximum Focus
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $29.99 / One-off
#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Writing 6 social mentions
Visual Studio Code Landing Page
5

Visual Studio Code

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1011 social mentions
SwiftLaTeX Landing Page
6

SwiftLaTeX

Fast, browser-based LaTeX visual editor.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Project Management #Writing #Office Suites
AsciidocFX Landing Page
7

AsciidocFX

Asciidoc FX is a book / document editor to build PDF, Epub, Mobi and HTML books, documents and...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Writing #Writing Tools #Text Editors 2 social mentions
Vim Landing Page
8

Vim

Highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #Software Development #IDE 10 social mentions
GNU Emacs Landing Page
9

GNU Emacs

GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 6 social mentions
Typst Landing Page
10

Typst

Focus on your text and let Typst take care of layout and formatting. Join the wait list so you can be part of the beta phase.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Document Management #Writing Tools #Writing 18 social mentions
SILE Landing Page
11

SILE

SILE is a typesetting system inspired by TeX and InDesign, but seeks to be more flexible...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Documentation As A Service & Tools #Project Management #Writing 12 social mentions
Typora Landing Page
12

Typora

A minimal Markdown reading & writing app.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Markdown Viewer 84 social mentions