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I want to build a researcher blog website, where multiple researcher can work on one journal like google docs. For research paper, all of us choose latex. So I have to put a latex compiler in the website. Can anyone give basic idea how to do it?

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  • If you only want compilers and build everything else manually, have a look at the Island of TeX's docker images. But currently, your aim is unclear to me. – TeXnician Jul 12 '20 at 08:18
  • Could using mathJax be an option, if it is just for LaTeX like syntax for some simple enough equations? – oliversm Jul 12 '20 at 11:43
  • what researchers need. just like overleaf. – dipcb05 Jul 12 '20 at 13:46
  • @dip the maths rendering capabilities of mathJax, as seen on several stack exchange sites, probably meets most of the needs for writing most vanilla documents. – oliversm Jul 12 '20 at 21:58

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The best way is probably to install the open source Overleaf (formerly ShareLaTeX) on your server. Just be sure you read up on how to run a LaTeX compiler securely, because you don't want your server to be hacked. Probably you will have to put LaTeX into some sort of sandbox container.

You can also look at the question Compiling documents online and see if any of the linked projects suit your needs.

Or you could embed a project on on an existing online editor website (like overleaf.com) in an <iframe>. But then everyone needs an account there.

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    Overleaf and ShareLaTeX merged together. Overleaf existed together with ShareLaTeX before. – CarLaTeX Jul 12 '20 at 08:34
  • thanks. gonna try – dipcb05 Jul 12 '20 at 13:52
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    @CarLaTeX Yes I know. What I meant is that in the past, you could only use ShareLaTeX on your own server, because Overleaf was closed source as far as I know. And Overleaf is using the editor component from ShareLaTeX now, and renamed it to Overleaf. That's why I wrote "formerly ShareLaTeX". – Fritz Jul 12 '20 at 18:10