neutronJul 12, 2025
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Overleaf is an open-source online real-time collaborative LaTeX editor. Use to create beautiful documentation for your school/college or professional work. You can host it locally. A very handy tool for developers and anyone looking easy to use collaborative LaTeX editor https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf
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A web-based collaborative LaTeX editor. Contribute to overleaf/overleaf development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Jul 8, 2025 at 2:57pmWeb
Show threadUsagiJul 8, 2025
@nixCraft Why would you want that?

Sure, if your options for typesetting are MS Word and TeX then TeX is the choice any day.

It was brilliant for its time but it's not perfect. For one colors are awkward.

Has not typesetting advanced in 50 years? Are we doomed to using 50 years old technology in all of computing? ​​
Show threadOblomovJul 8, 2025
@nixCraft I didn't know it was open source. GNU Affero GPL, for the curious.
Show threadMehmet Atakan GürkanJul 8, 2025
@oblomov @nixCraft unfortunately, only the community version. Not the full thing with review etc. capability.
Show threadLinus GasserJul 8, 2025
@nixCraft this June I tried to run it on our local server, but I gave up after 1h. Usually I can install things quite nicely, but this package made it too complicated for me...
Show threadCJ  👨‍💻Jul 8, 2025
@nixCraft TIL Overleaf is open source…I’ve been using their paid subscription for over a year for collaborative work and it’s been fantastic. Might have to self host one of these days and see how it goes!