# Overview

Write your next paper with less busywork. A free desktop workspace for LaTeX, Typst, and Markdown.

Keep your manuscript beside its PDF, find sources, and build your bibliography in one workspace. Bring an assistant to revise a section, draw a figure, or fix a build. Start with a paper, a thesis, or your next resume.

[Claude Code](/docs/cli-agents/) [Codex](/docs/cli-agents/) [Gemini CLI](/docs/cli-agents/) [OpenCode](/docs/cli-agents/) [Pi](/docs/cli-agents/) [See all agents →](/docs/cli-agents/)

[Download Oleafly](https://github.com/Oleafly/Oleafly/releases/latest) for macOS, Windows, or Linux. Free. No account required. AI is optional.

## Your writing workspace

01

Write

### Your manuscript, taking shape

Work in source or a visual prose view, complete commands as you type, and follow citations across files. Compile and read the PDF beside your draft.

The editor

02

Research

### Help with the work around the paper

Search scholarly indexes, organize references, and give an assistant a concrete task. Review its proposed changes before bringing them into your manuscript.

Your tools

03

Keep

### Files you can take anywhere

Your project stays in ordinary .tex, .typ, .md, and .bib files. Save milestones in Git, return to a saved checkpoint, and export your work when it is ready.

Your project

## What you can do

| When you need to… | Open… |
| --- | --- |
| Start a paper, thesis, report, or resume | [Templates](/docs/templates/) and [research starters](/docs/research-workspace/) |
| Find a source for a paragraph | [Literature search](/docs/literature-search/) and [citations](/docs/citations/) |
| Revise a section or repair a build | The [assistant](/docs/ai-chat/) or an [inline edit](/docs/ai-inline-edit/) |
| Let an agent work on a separate copy | [Research tasks](/docs/research-tasks/) |
| Reuse a research procedure | [Skills](/docs/skills/) |
| Turn an idea into an editable figure | [Diagram composer](/docs/figures-diagrams/) and [AI figures](/docs/ai-figures/) |
| Convert a file, equation, table, or reference | [Oleafly Tools](/docs/tools/) |
| Change the interface language | [Language & localization](/docs/localization/) |
| Check a submission or a resume | [Preflight](/docs/preflight/) |
| Recover an earlier draft | [Saved checkpoints](/docs/checkpoints/) and [Git history](/docs/git-history/) |

## Where to start

[1**Make your first PDF**Open a template, write a few lines, and compile.→](/docs/getting-started/)
[2**Bring your research into the workspace**Keep sources, notes, figures, and a manuscript together.→](/docs/workflows/research-paper/)
[3**Connect your assistant**Use a model API, a local model, or an installed CLI agent.→](/docs/ai-setup/)