Overleaf Community Edition enhanced with all Pro features
(open source, free to use, self-hostable).

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Figure 1: A screenshot of a project being edited in Ayakaleaf Pro Edition.

Ayakaleaf Pro Edition

Ayakaleaf Pro is an enhanced version of Overleaf with almost all features and capabilities. For details, please check Ayakaleaf Pro page. Features in Ayakaleaf Pro include:

• 2-way Dropbox Sync (Keep All Your Projects in Sync with Dropbox)
• MCP Server (Let AI Agents Edit, Compile and Comment)
• AI Chat Assistant (Chat, Edit and Fix with AI)
• Error Assistant (Explain and Fix Compile Errors)
• Pandoc Import/Export (Convert Word, Markdown and LaTeX)
• Python Script Runner (Run Python in Your Project)
• 2-way GitHub(Enterprise) Sync (Push and Pull with GitHub)
• 2-way GitLab Sync (GitLab.com or Self-hosted GitLab)
• Zotero Integration(With Zotero OAuth Support)
• Mendeley Integration(With Mendeley OAuth Support)
• Advanced Reference Search (Search All Your Bib Entries)
• Git-Bridge Support (Clone, Pull and Push with Git)
• Admin Panel (Global Users/Projects management)
• SSO with LDAP and SAML or OAuth 2.0
• Unlimited Compile Times (Adjustable in admin panel)
• Self Register (Optional, can be limited by mail domain)
• Sandbox Compile (With texlive-full image support)
• Template System (With Template Gallery)
• Track Changes (With Review and Comment Panel)
• Full Project History(With Restore and Download)
• Symbol Palette (Insert Math Symbols in One Click)
• ARM Support(x86_64/arm64 on Docker)

Last but not least, Ayakaleaf Pro is open-source, free to use and modify. You can self-host it and contribute to the development of Ayakaleaf Pro. For more details, please check Developer Documentation page.

[!NOTE] Note: Ayakaleaf Pro is not affiliated with Overleaf, Inc. or its parent company, Digital Science. It is also not Server Pro Edition, which is a commercial product offered by Overleaf, Inc.

Ayakaleaf Pro is an independent project developed and maintained by the ayaka-notes.

Installation

If you just want to try Ayakaleaf Pro without setting up a server, you can use our Ayakaleaf Pro Playground. It provides a preconfigured GitHub Codespaces environment that lets you launch and explore Ayakaleaf Pro directly in your browser.

If you want to deploy Ayakaleaf Pro for production use, we have detailed installation instructions on the Documents page. We highly recommend installing Ayakaleaf Pro using the ayaka-notes/Toolkit.

Upgrading

If you are upgrading from a previous version of Ayakaleaf Pro, please see the Releases page for the changes in each version between your current version and the one you are upgrading to.

Translations

We welcome contributions to translations of Ayakaleaf Pro. Generally, we use claude/codex to translate the English text into other languages. If you find any errors in the translations, please submit a pull request to fix them. Please only modify relevant files in the services/web/locales/locales_patches folder.

Files under services/web/locales/ are overleaf official translation files. Please do not modify them directly.

Contributing

Please see the CONTRIBUTING file for information on contributing to the development of Overleaf.

Blog

We write about Overleaf internals, compilation performance, and self-hosted LaTeX infrastructure. Read more on our blog:

• 2026.08 Overleaf Server Pro Price and Open-Source Alternative
• 2026.08 Overleaf Benchmark: A Deep Research of Concurrent LaTeX Compilation in Overleaf

Authors

• The Overleaf Team
• Features and Copyright

License

The code in this repository is released under the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, version 3. A copy can be found in the LICENSE file.

• Copyright (c) Overleaf, 2014-2025.
• Copyright (c) Pro Authors, 2026-now.

Sponsor

• OpenAI Codex OSS
• GitBook

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