CEP, Community Edition vs. Server Pro

CEP and Community Edition are both on premises versions of Overleaf Community. But what are the differences?

Overleaf CEP is an enhanced implementation of the Overleaf Community Edition, offering several free premium features from server pro. Unlike Overleaf Common available at https://www.overleaf.com/, we have no limitations on compilation time, no license requirements on the number of users, and you can fully self-host your own data, ensuring absolute security.

Overleaf Server Pro is a commercial, self-hosted deployment of Overleaf, with official support, For more information on Server Pro, visit Server Pro.

Overleaf Community Edition is intended for use in environments where all users are trusted. Community Edition is not appropriate for scenarios where isolation of users is required due to Sandbox Compiles not being available.

Without sandboxing, LaTeX compiles run with the same privileges as the container, allowing access to its filesystem, network, and environment variables. This creates a risk of data exposure or system compromise. Non-sandboxed compiles should only be used in fully trusted environments; for multi-user or production deployments, Sandbox Compiles are strongly recommended.

For more information on Sandbox Compiles check out our documentation.

Benefits for users

Feature	Community Edition	CEP	Server Pro
Powerful LaTeX editor	✓	✓	✓
Full project history	✓	✓	✓
Commenting	X	✓	✓
Real-time track changes	X	✓	✓
Easy internal collaboration	X	✓	✓
Private template management system	X	✓	✓
Git integration	X	✓	✓
Symbol Palette	X	✓	✓

Benefits for user admins

Feature	Community Edition	CEP	Server Pro
Easy user management via Admin Panel	Limited	Under Development	✓
No manual upgrade of users required	X	✓	✓

Benefits for system admins

Feature	Community Edition	CEP	Server Pro
Single sign-on (SSO) via SAML 2 and LDAP	X	✓	✓
Direct access to all user projects	✓	X	✓
Self-hosted	✓	✓	✓
Automatic user registration	X	✓(LDAP/SAML/OIDC)	✓ (LDAP or SAML 2)
Sandboxed Compiles	X	✓	✓
Optimized version of TeX Live	X	Community	✓
Early notification for security releases	X	Community	✓

CEP Support

For people using a self-hosted CEP instance, support is provided by the community via GitHub Issues.

Release status (Need Documents)

To remain on a supported track, you should be running one of the supported release numbers listed in the rightmost column.

Release	Release Date	Status	Latest Patch
6.0	2025-10-30	Supported	6.0.1 (2025-11-17)
5.5	2025-05-29	Supported	5.5.7 (2025-11-17)
5.4	2025-04-11	EOL	5.4.1 (2025-04-30)
5.3	2025-01-29	EOL	5.3.3 (2025-03-21)
5.2	2024-10-24	EOL	5.2.1 (2024-10-24)
5.1	2024-07-17	EOL	5.1.1 (2024-08-13)
5.0	-	EOL	5.0.7 (2024-07-12)
4.2	2023-11-10	EOL	4.2.9 (2025-03-21)
4.1	2023-08-24	EOL	4.1.6 (2023-11-02)
4.0	-	EOL	4.0.6 (2023-08-10)
3.5	2023-02-13	EOL	3.5.13 (2023-10-06)
3.4	2023-01-11	EOL	3.4.0 (2023-01-11)
3.3	2022-10-13	EOL	3.3.2 (2022-11-15)
3.2	2022-08-26	EOL	3.2.2 (2022-09-19)
2.7	2021-07-12	EOL	2.7.1 (2021-09-16)
2.6	2021-04-23	EOL	2.6.2 (2021-05-20)
2.5	2020-11-20	EOL	2.5.2 (2021-01-26)
2.4	2020-08-20	EOL	2.4.2 (2020-10-05)
2.3	2020-06-11	EOL	2.3.1 (2020-06-30)
2.2	2020-02-10	EOL	2.2.1 (2020-03-10)
2.1	2020-01-14	EOL	2.1.1 (2020-01-21)
2	2019-10-09	EOL	2.0.3 (2019-12-06)
1.2	-	EOL	1.2.1
1.1	-	EOL	1.1.0
1	-	EOL	1.0.2
0.6	-	EOL	0.6.3
0.5	-	EOL	0.5.11
0.3	-	EOL	0.3.0
0.2	-	EOL	0.2.0
0.1	-	EOL	0.1.4

You can confirm what version of Server Pro / Community Edition you're running by comparing the output of the command below against the Image ID's published in the release notes.

docker inspect --format '{{.Image}}' sharelatex | awk -F: '{print substr($2, 1, 12)}'