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  1. Welcome

Server Pro vs. Community Edition

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

Benefits for users

Feature
Community Edition
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

✓

Benefits for user admins

Feature
Community Edition
Server Pro

Easy user management via Admin Panel

Limited

✓

No manual upgrade of users required

X

✓

Benefits for system admins

Feature
Community Edition
Server Pro

Single sign-on (SSO) via SAML 2 and LDAP

X

✓

Direct access to all user projects

✓

✓

Self-hosted

✓

✓

Automatic user registration

X

✓

(LDAP or SAML 2)

Sandboxed compiles

X

✓

Optimized version of TeX Live

X

✓

Early notification for security releases

X

✓

Community Support

Server Pro Support

For customers using a self-hosted Server Pro instance we will provide reasonable support to assist with the resolution of technical issues relating to the installation, configuration, maintenance and general usage of Server Pro, to a single, named staff member.

Support services for Server Pro specifically exclude:

  • Direct support for the LaTeX language including layout, typesetting, and programming errors;

  • Defects or errors resulting from any modifications to Server Pro unless made, instructed, or approved by us in writing;

  • Support for any version of Server Pro other than:

    • The two (2) most current point releases of the current major version; and

    • The last released point release of the previous major version;

  • Support for any non-current version of Server Pro that is more than twenty-four (24) months old;

  • Any fault in the environment or in any software or hardware used in conjunction with Server Pro; and

  • Defects or errors caused by the use with any software products other than those specifically certified for use with Server Pro in this documentation.

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

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)}'
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Issues
Release
Release Date
Status
Latest Patch

5.4

2025-04-11

Supported

5.3

2025-01-29

Supported

(2025-03-21)

5.2

2024-10-24

EOL

(2024-10-24)

5.1

2024-07-17

EOL

(2024-08-13)

5.0

-

EOL

4.2

2023-11-10

Supported

(2025-03-21)

4.1

2023-08-24

EOL

4.0

-

EOL

3.5

2023-02-13

EOL

(2023-10-06)

3.4

2023-01-11

EOL

(2023-01-11)

3.3

2022-10-13

EOL

(2022-11-15)

3.2

2022-08-26

EOL

(2022-09-19)

2.7

2021-07-12

EOL

(2021-09-16)

2.6

2021-04-23

EOL

(2021-05-20)

2.5

2020-11-20

EOL

(2021-01-26)

2.4

2020-08-20

EOL

(2020-10-05)

2.3

2020-06-11

EOL

(2020-06-30)

2.2

2020-02-10

EOL

(2020-03-10)

2.1

2020-01-14

EOL

(2020-01-21)

2

2019-10-09

EOL

(2019-12-06)

1.2

-

EOL

1.1

-

EOL

1

-

EOL

0.6

-

EOL

0.5

-

EOL

0.3

-

EOL

0.2

-

EOL

0.1

-

EOL

(2025-04-30)

(2024-07-12)

(2023-11-02)

(2023-08-10)

0.6.3
0.5.11
0.3.0
0.2.0
0.1.4
5.4.1
5.3.3
5.2.1
5.1.1
5.0.7
4.2.9
4.1.6
4.0.6
3.5.13
3.4.0
3.3.2
3.2.2
2.7.1
2.6.2
2.5.2
2.4.2
2.3.1
2.2.1
2.1.1
2.0.3
1.2.1
1.1.0
1.0.2