Still uploading your .tex files to Overleaf's servers?
My usual workflow is VS Code + LaTeX Workshop + Claude Code: files on my disk, version control in Git, compilation on my own machine. No sync wait, no cloud queue.
Now there’s an open-source project packaging much of that into a single local-first workspace: ClaudePrism.
Swipe / scroll for the editor, templates, PDF capture, skills, and Python environment →
What earned my attention as a researcher
- Offline LaTeX compilation with embedded Tectonic — no TeX Live setup, no cloud queue
- Built-in Python environment for analysis, plots, and data processing, right inside the editor
- 100+ scientific workflows and domain skills, loaded when relevant
- Claude Code integrated directly into the writing environment
- Local Git history with diffs — review edits and accept or reject them chunk by chunk
- Zotero + BibTeX support, plus selecting a region of a PDF and asking Claude about it
The honest nuance: the workspace is local-first, but AI-assisted features still send relevant content to the model API — same as any cloud LLM tool.
Not a replacement for Overleaf
I’m not trying to replace Overleaf. Real-time collaboration is still one of its strongest advantages. But for solo, code-heavy, simulation-heavy research, local files, reproducible builds, and a tighter AI workflow are getting hard to ignore.
Where do you land — Overleaf’s collaboration, or local control?