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Oleafly
What it is
Oleafly is a free desktop workspace for technical documents such as papers, theses, and resumes. It combines writing, PDF preview, references, and an optional AI assistant, with support for LaTeX, Typst, and Markdown projects. Users can connect hosted AI services, local Ollama models, custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints, or supported CLI agents such as Claude Code and Codex. Research search covers alphaXiv and OpenAlex, and citations can be checked against Crossref. Local spelling and grammar tools use Hunspell and Harper and focus on prose rather than LaTeX commands or mathematics. Writing, local compilation, PDF review, and proofreading work offline without AI, once packages, fonts, and tools have been downloaded. Projects can be imported from folders or ZIPs and exported as PDF, DOCX, HTML, Markdown, or source ZIP files. The app supports GitHub push and pull and Git-based collaboration, but real-time co-editing, comments, and managed sync are not currently available. Oleafly is open source under AGPL-3.0 for macOS, Windows, and Linux. The desktop app has no subscription, though paid AI providers may charge for usage.
For and against
For
- Supports LaTeX, Typst, and Markdown projects.
- Writing and proofreading work offline without AI.
- Projects export to PDF, DOCX, HTML, Markdown, or ZIP.
- No subscription for the desktop app.
Against
- Real-time co-editing and comments are not available.
- Managed sync is not currently available.
- Paid AI providers may charge for usage.
The verdict
Oleafly brings technical writing, PDF review, and references into a desktop app that can work offline. Collaboration currently relies on Git, and AI usage may carry separate provider charges.
Who it suits
Oleafly may suit writers preparing technical documents who want local editing, PDF review, references, and optional AI connections. It is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with Git-based collaboration rather than real-time co-editing.
Plans and prices
Free
Desktop app · no Oleafly subscription · paid AI-provider usage may apply · local Ollama does not require paid API
Read 15 Oct 2026 · oleafly.com
On the record
- AI options
- Users can connect hosted AI providers, local Ollama models, custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints, or supported CLI agents such as Claude Code and Codex.oleafly.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- AI providers
- Users can connect hosted model providers, any OpenAI-compatible endpoint or a local Ollama model.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Beta status
- The GitHub README labels Oleafly beta and says research tasks and CLI-agent support are beta features.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Citation search
- Citation Search queries arXiv, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, PubMed and OpenAlex and can save BibTeX entries.oleafly.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- CLI agents
- The editor supports command-line agents including Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Pi, OpenCode, Cline, Cursor and others.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Collaboration limit
- Real-time co-editing, comments, and managed sync are planned but are not currently in the app; collaboration currently uses Git.oleafly.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Collaboration server
- Teams can run Oleafly Server on their own Linux machine or cloud account for shared projects, accounts, roles and live collaboration.oleafly.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Compilation engines
- Tectonic, Typst and Pandoc are bundled, while users can switch to latexmk with TeX Live, MacTeX, MiKTeX or TinyTeX.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Desktop limitation
- Intel Macs and Windows on ARM do not have native packages listed in the installation documentation.oleafly.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Desktop requirements
- Native releases target macOS Apple Silicon, Windows x64, Linux x64 and Linux ARM64; Linux requires glibc 2.39 or newer.oleafly.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Diagram tools
- A visual diagram canvas can produce editable TikZ, Typst or Mermaid source, with AI-assisted figure creation available.oleafly.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Editor and preview
- The app combines source editing, document navigation and PDF preview, with source-to-PDF navigation through SyncTeX.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- Users can import project folders and ZIPs, including exports from online LaTeX editors, and export PDF, DOCX, HTML, Markdown, and source ZIP files.oleafly.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Import options
- Users can import ZIP archives, GitHub repositories, Word, Markdown, HTML, Typst, arXiv source bundles and PDFs reconstructed as editable LaTeX.oleafly.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent-source documentation depth
- The repository README links guides, build-from-source instructions, server deployment, compilation-engine documentation and contribution paths.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent-source extensibility
- The repository documents a local MCP server, external CLI agents, hosted model endpoints and Ollama as extension paths.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent-source product description
- GitHub describes Oleafly as a local-first AI-assisted research workspace for scientific writing and publishing.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent-source repository metrics
- The GitHub organization page lists the main repository as TypeScript under AGPL-3.0 and displays 21 stars and 11 forks at the time captured.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
