Self-host texlyre
v0.13.0Collaborative LaTeX and Typst editor with offline support
- Stars
- 998
- Ports
- 4173 (Production preview server), 5173 (Development server), 8082 (Docker Compose frontend (via texlyre-infrastructure))
ghcr.io/texlyre/texlyre-frontend
What is texlyre?
TeXlyre is a local-first collaborative web editor for LaTeX and Typst documents. It enables real-time multi-user editing with live cursors using Yjs CRDTs and WebRTC peer-to-peer connections, works offline with IndexedDB storage, and compiles LaTeX (pdfTeX, XeTeX, LuaTeX via SwiftLaTeX and BusyTeX WASM engines) and Typst (via typst.ts) entirely in the browser. Features include SyncTeX source-PDF mapping, inline comments and tracked changes, embedded Draw.io and TikZ diagram editors, Zotero/OpenAlex reference management, FilePizza peer-to-peer file sharing, LSP support for grammar/spell checking, and Git repository backup integration. It can be self-hosted via npm/yarn/pnpm/bun or Docker Compose using the texlyre-infrastructure repository which includes signaling servers (Y-WebRTC, PeerJS), FilePizza server, TeX Live download servers, and optional Chelys recipes for external LSP servers (LTeX LS Plus, Harper LS, TexLab, Tinymist, JabRef LSP) and typesetters (SILE, ConTeXt, PreTeXt, TeX Live, Asciidoctor, Quarto, LilyPond, Slidev, Sphinx). The project is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and funded by NLnet.
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Should you self-host texlyre?
texlyre scores 54/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #25 of 46 in Document Management. It has 998 GitHub stars.
It shipped 10 stable releases in the past year. The latest, v0.13.0, came out on 30 September 2026. New versions land roughly every 5 weeks.
Setup is advanced: plan for several services and some ongoing maintenance. An official Docker image is available. It is AGPL-3.0-licensed and written mostly in Typescript.
Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is Stirling-PDF (87/100, 95 363 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See texlyre vs Stirling-PDF side by side.
Features
- Comments and tracked changes
- Document statistics
- Draw.io diagrams
- FilePizza P2P file sharing
- Git repository backupOptional, requires explicit enablement and personal token
- LaTeX compilation
- LSP supportLimited LSP support; requires locally deployed LSP servers
- Offline Editing
- OpenAlex integration
- Real-Time Collaboration
- SyncTeXOnly with BusyTeX engines
- TikZ diagrams
- Typst compilationSVG and HTML compilation are experimental
- Zotero integration
texlyre README
A local-first real-time LaTeX and Typst collaboration platform with offline editing capabilities. Built with React, TypeScript, and Yjs for collaborative document editing.
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