Folio WriterCollaboration without the LaTeX nightmare
Real-time and async collaboration with your coauthors. Readable change tracking, comment threads, and native apps. Overleaf's workflow, native performance.
Why collaboration is hard in LaTeX
When your coauthor sends you manuscript_v3_final_REAL.tex, you're not collaborating. You're guessing. Their changes hide in a sea of backslashes and braces. Merge conflicts become conflicts you have to resolve by hand. Track changes shows you raw LaTeX diffs—unreadable. You give up and just rewrite the whole section yourself.
Markdown changes are human-readable
Folio's collaboration shows you what actually changed:
- Red text = deleted
- Green text = added
- Comments = threaded feedback on any sentence
- Presence = see where your coauthor is editing right now
You see the manuscript as prose, not code. You make decisions about their edits (accept, reject, merge) without being a LaTeX expert.
Async collaboration with cloud sync
Work in parallel, not real-time. You write on your Mac, they edit on their iPad, changes sync automatically when you reconnect. No lock-outs. No "you must close this file to save." No sent-for-approval email chains.
Real-time for close pairs
When you need to write together (thesis defense prep, paper rewrite, grant deadline sprint), live editing means presence indicators, cursor positions, and instant feedback. Like Google Docs, but for technical manuscripts—with Markdown source and professional output.
Compile together, publish separately
One manuscript source, many outputs. Your coauthor can compile to Word for journal submission, you compile to Typst for your preprint server. No version misalignment. No missing figures.