AI chat assistant
Ask in plain words. It reads your project, calls tools and proposes edits you apply in one click.
Introduction
The best alternative to Overleaf Community or Server Pro
Ayakaleaf Pro is a forked Overleaf Community Edition enhanced with almost all Pro features — open source, free to use, and self-hostable.
Overleaf Community Edition, enhanced with all Pro features
— open source, free, and self-hostable.
Ways to collaborate
Pick how your team works on LaTeX
Three common setups, and where each one runs out of road.
Local TeX + Git
For solo work and small, technical teams already comfortable with Git.
- Free, and yours to keep
- Everyone installs their own TeX Live
- Merge conflicts in .tex by hand
- No live editing or comments
Hosted SaaS
For teams who want none of the operational work, and can budget for it.
- Nothing to run or maintain
- Live editing, comments, history
- Per-seat fee every year
- Your drafts live on someone else's server
Recommended
Ayakaleaf Pro (self-hosted)
For teams who want the full editor and keep their own data.
- Live editing, comments, full history
- Zotero, Mendeley, GitHub and Git-bridge
- SSO and an admin panel
- No licence fee, your data on your server
Whichever way you work today, Ayakaleaf Pro fits: individual researchers, lab groups, university departments and companies — on your own server, with no per-seat licence.
AI assistance
Error assistant
Explains compile errors from the log and suggests a fix based on your document.
Writing & references
Zotero, Mendeley & reference search
Link your Zotero and Mendeley libraries through OAuth, then search every source and cite it without leaving the editor.
Symbol palette
Insert symbols with one click, or draw one and pick the command. 1,622 symbols, recognised in your browser.
Pandoc import & export
Bring documents in and out in many formats via Pandoc.
Collaboration & history
Track changes
Review, comment, and accept or reject edits in a dedicated review panel.
Full project history
Browse the complete history, then restore or download any version.
Template system
Publish and reuse templates through the built-in template gallery.
Integrations & automation
Two-way GitHub sync
Push and pull your projects to and from GitHub repositories.
Git-bridge support
Clone, edit, and push your projects over plain Git.
Python script runner
Run Python scripts alongside your project.
Admin & deployment
Admin panel
Manage every user and project on the instance, including who can use AI features.
SSO & self-registration
Sign in with LDAP, SAML or OAuth 2.0, and let people sign up with an email on your allowed domain.
Sandboxed compiles, no time limit
Each compile runs in its own TeX Live container with no timeout, on x86_64 or arm64 servers.
Open source, free to self-host
Deploy your own Ayakaleaf Pro instance and own your data.