Authorea

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Authorea is ranked #41 of 135 in writing apps on The Geeks Club. It runs on Web. There is a free plan.

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Free Free Online writing tool · Preprint hosting · Real-time author collaboration · LaTeX and Markdown support authors.wiley.com · 22 Sept 2026

Free Free Free for researchers · can be used by anyone authorservices.wiley.com · 3 Oct 2026

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Real-time editing: Yes
Version history: not stated
Guest access: Yes
Offline access: Yes
Comments: Yes
Native app coverage: web

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Purpose: Authorea is an online writing tool and preprint hosting platform designed for creating and rapidly disseminating open research.
Import and collaboration: Researchers can upload Word, PDF, or LaTeX files, add data, code, Jupyter Notebooks, videos, and figures, or start a document from scratch, with real-time author collaboration.
Writing formats: Authorea supports LaTeX and Markdown writing.
Journal templates: The Wiley page says Authorea provides over 8,000 journal templates.
Preprint DOI: Posting work as a preprint assigns it a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), making it citable, shareable, and discoverable immediately.
Journal submission: The page says users can seamlessly submit preprints to a number of refereed journals and participate in Wiley’s Under Review program at participating journals.
Data and figures: Authorea documents include a file layer for figures and data, and virtually any kind of file may be uploaded.
Upload limits: The help page states a current limit of 25 MB per file and 1 GB per document.
Citation integrations: Authorea’s help page explains how to import a Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero bibliography by exporting it as a BibTeX file and uploading it to a document’s bibliography folder.
GitHub integration: Authorea’s help page describes linking an article to a GitHub repository so online changes are reflected in the repository and pushed offline changes update the online article.
Export formats: The help page says documents may be exported to PDF, Word, LaTeX when applicable, or ZIP.
Support: The help page instructs users with failed DOI registration to contact [email protected].
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Writing Apps in 2026#41 of 135
Best Collaborative Document Software in 2026#16 of 34

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authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/Prepar· checked 3 Oct 2026
authorea.crisp.help/en-us/article/hosting-data-and-uploadin· checked 3 Oct 2026
authorea.crisp.help/en-us/article/how-to-import-an-entire-m· checked 3 Oct 2026
authorea.crisp.help/en-us/article/syncing-articles-to-githu· checked 3 Oct 2026
authorea.crisp.help/en-us/category/publishing-zz8e81/· checked 3 Oct 2026
authors.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/Prepar· checked 22 Sept 2026