[mbforbes]

I also used Overleaf (and sharelatex before it) for most of my PhD and had no idea it was open source. That's awesome!

I randomly logged in to Overleaf the other day to make something quick in latex, and discovered that my dissertation would no longer compile. Since I'd graduated, I no longer had access to my school's account, and dissertations are so long they time out the build on the free plan.

That it's open source makes me feel better about ever being able to reproduce a build someday if I needed to. (As I write this, I realize I never will. But the it's the feeling that counts!)

[quenix]

Why don’t you download the project .zip file from Overleaf and simply compile the project locally on your machine for a build?

[JCharante]

I’m glad they changed the name. In high school I used to mention share latex as a good online compiler and people would always give me a weird look and believe it was a prank.

[jorl17]

Sharelatex and Overleaf were actually two different competing products, and one bought the other out and integrated.

Source: I used sharelatex before and all my stuff from 10 years ago is now on overleaf, even though I don't even use it!