This tool provides an easy way to synchronize Overleaf projects from and to your local computer. No paid account necessary.
- Sync your locally modified
.tex(and other) files to your Overleaf projects - Sync your remotely modified
.tex(and other) files to computer - Works with free Overleaf account
- No Git or Dropbox required
- Does not steal or store your login credentials (works with a persisted cookie, check yourself)
The package is available via PyPI. Just run:
moritz@github:~/test$ pip install overleaf-sync
That's it!
- Create your project on overleaf.com, for example
test. The tool is not able to create projects (yet). - Create a folder with the same name as the project (
test) on your computer - Execute the script from that folder (
test)
moritz@github:~/test$ ols login [-u/--username -p/--pasword --path]
Username: <overleaf username>
Password: <overleaf password>
Login successful. Cookie persisted as `.olauth`. You may now sync your project.
You can either specify your username and/or password on the command line or you will be prompted to enter them. The login command logs you into Overleaf and stores your cookie (not your login credentials) in a hidden file called .olauth in the same folder you run the command from. It is possible to store the cookie elsewhere using the --path option. The cookie file will not be synced to or from Overleaf.
moritz@github:~/test$ ols [-s/--sync -l/--local-only -r/--remote-only --store-path -p/--path]
Just calling ols will two-way sync your project. When there are changes both locally and remotely you will be asked which file to keep. Using the -l or -r option you can specify to either sync local project files to Overleaf only or Overleaf files to local ones only respectively. The option --store-path specifies the path of the cookie file created by the login command. If you did not change its path you do not need to specify this argument. The -p/--path option allows you to specify a different sync folder than the one you're calling ols from.
Sample Output:
Project queried successfully.
✅ Querying project
Project downloaded successfully.
✅ Downloading project
Syncing files from remote to local
====================
[SYNCING] report.tex
report.tex does not exist on local. Creating file.
[SYNCING] other-report.tex
other-report.tex does not exist on local. Creating file.
✅ Syncing files from remote to local
- When modifying a file on Overleaf and immediately syncing afterwards, the tool might not detect the changes. Please allow 1-2 minutes after modifying a file on Overleaf before syncing it to your local computer.
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