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TexLite: Lightweight self-hosted collaborative LaTeX editor and Overleaf alternative - SWUFE-DB-Group/TexLite

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About TexLite

Own the writing environment. Use the host's TeX installation and keep

sources, history, and compiled output in one local data directory.

Collaborate without a large stack. The default deployment is one Node.js

when its hosted product or broader ecosystem is the right fit. TexLite addresses

A shared hosted service can queue, slow down, or time out at usage peaks.

shared browser writing, not a replacement for a personal IDE.

Per-project history and owner-only Git/GitHub backup. Git is optional and is

Install Node.js 24 or newer, latexmk , and at least one TeX engine such as

pdflatex , xelatex , or lualatex . Git is needed only for the optional

Open http://127.0.0.1:3000 . texlite init creates the configuration and the

texlite serve runs in the foreground for debugging, Docker, or systemd.

with the npm package. Run texlite help for the complete command list.

TexLite is a single-host application for trusted users. It is not a compiler

behaviour. Keep the default 127.0.0.1 bind unless you add the authentication,

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