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Overleaf vs LaTeX Workshop: catalog facts
Overleaf	LaTeX Workshop
Freemium A free tier is available. Paid plans add collaborators and compile time. A community…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux
No local TeX installation, and collaborators can join instantly Large template library for journals, theses and CVs	Auto build with configurable LaTeX recipes Internal PDF viewer with SyncTeX
Free accounts limit collaborators and compile time Self-hosting the community edition lacks many hosted features	Requires Visual Studio Code and a separately installed TeX distribution Latest version needs a recent VS Code release
Web application, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
Account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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