Overleaf key facts
Last updated- Legal entity
- Overleaf (Digital Science & Research Solutions Ltd)
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom (GB)
- Ownership
- Part of Digital Science
- Founded
- 2011
- Data hosting
- EU (any EU region), United States
- Deployment
- SaaS
- Open source
- No
- US Cloud Act exposure
- Exposed
- Replaces
- LaTeX (Local Installation), Authorea Computing, Papeeria, CoCalc
About Overleaf
Overleaf is a web-based collaborative LaTeX editor that allows researchers and academics to write, edit, and publish scientific documents. It provides a seamless environment for real-time collaboration, eliminating the need for local LaTeX installations and version control conflicts. The platform originally began as WriteLaTeX and merged with ShareLaTeX in 2017 to create the dominant tool in the field. The service is widely adopted by major research institutions such as CERN and various global universities. It offers a freemium model with premium features for individuals and institutional-scale deployments for labs and organizations. Overleaf simplifies the technical overhead of LaTeX by providing ready-to-use templates and integrated submission links to many scientific journals.
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