Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Overleaf

Overleaf

The online platform for scientific writing. Overleaf is free: start writing now with one click. No sign-up required. Great on your iPad.

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The top open-source alternatives to Overleaf are MiKTeX, Typst, and CoCalc. 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
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MiKTeX

MiKTeX is a typesetting system for the Windows operating system.
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- Open Source
#Text Editors #Writing Tools #Writing 20 social mentions
Typst Landing Page
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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.
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- Open Source
#Document Management #Text Editors #Education 35 social mentions
CoCalc Landing Page
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CoCalc

Collaborative Calculation and Data Science
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $14.0 / Monthly
#Terminal Session Sharing #Python IDE #Teaching Marketplace 31 social mentions
grabtext.ai
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Grabtext AI

Grab text from handwriting or any photo
Pricing:
- Open Source
#AI #OCR #OCR API
SwiftLaTeX Landing Page
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SwiftLaTeX

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

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

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 1150 social mentions
Curvenote Landing Page
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Curvenote

Write, share & remix ideas from Jupyter Notebooks
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Productivity #Education #Classroom Management 18 social mentions
R Markdown Landing Page
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R Markdown

Dynamic Documents for R
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #CMS #Text Editors 4 social mentions
Vim Landing Page
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Vim

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

Open-source scientific and technical publishing system built on Pandoc.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #Blogging #Mobile Apps 42 social mentions
Sublime Text Landing Page
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Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. Fully customizable with macros, and syntax highlighting for most major languages.
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- Open Source
#Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 3 social mentions