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What are some good Overleaf (Latex) alternatives? (self.opensource)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Clandestine to c/[email protected]

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I'm currently writing a report in using Overleaf. As I'm getting the premium version for free through my Uni, I've had no problems so far. Now I'm working in a place with unstable internet and using Overleaf has become very annoying.

Are there some good FOSS alternatives out there, preferably where I can just upload my Project.zip and continue working offline? I have no need to collaborate with anyone or anything like that.

Currently I'm looking at LyX, but I'd be happy to hear about your experiences with that or other programs.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You are correct, LaTeX isn’t very fast in general, but my 8 core ryzen server with 8GB of ram assigned to the vm running overleaf is usually twice as fast as the official overleaf unpaid tier. The specs you listed should produce much better results than the official overleaf. This seems weird to me.

As an example, I just compiled my thesis, which is about 60 pages, lots of references, pictures, and generally a heavy document. On my server it takes about 35 seconds, the official overleaf just times out (pay or we won’t compile your document).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Hmmm I guess I haven't really compared them on documents over about 20 pages, and even then it was just a qualitative judgment.