Overleaf
Web-based collaborative LaTeX editor.
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Still maintained? Yes: 560 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.1.3 (Feb 2015).
At a glance
Overleaf quick facts
- Health score
- 62/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 18,292
- Last commit
- 1 month ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.1.3, Feb 2015
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Figure 1: A screenshot of a project being edited in Overleaf Community Edition."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Overleaf scores 62/100, #18 of 21 in Note-taking & Editors: 560 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.1.3, 11.7 years ago) earns 0.0 of 25, 18,292 stars add 17.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
560 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
v0.1.3 released 11.7 years ago
- Stars 17.0 / 20
18k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 560
- Last 90 days
- 2,137
- Last 12 months
- 1 month ago
- Last push
Ranked #18 of 21 tools in Note-taking & Editors by health , between flatnotes (#17) and DailyTxT (#19) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Ruby |
| Latest release | v0.1.3 · 11.7 years ago |
| Stars | 18,292 |
| Open issues | 150 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | overleaf/overleaf ↗ |
Overleaf vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Overleaf (Note-taking & Editors), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memos | 99 | 64k | MIT | yesterday |
| TriliumNext Notes | 98 | 39k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| HedgeDoc | 96 | 7.5k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Joplin | 89 | 57k | MIT | yesterday |
| Overleaf (this tool) | 62 | 18k | AGPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| Writing | 22 | 1.1k | MIT | 3.2 years ago |
Overleaf: common questions
Is Overleaf still maintained?
Overleaf had 560 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 1 month ago; the latest tagged release, v0.1.3, is from 11.7 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.