overleaf.com

Scanned 15 Oct 2026Fresh929 checks

In its own wordsLooks like: Software or appOverleaf, Online LaTeX EditorAn online LaTeX editor that’s easy to use. No installation, real-time collaboration, version control, hundreds of LaTeX templates, and more.

overleaf.com looks like a software product or app, is ranked in the top 10,000 sites and was registered in 2008. It is built with Bootstrap and Google Cloud; we found no traces of an AI site builder.

Popularity

Website Traffic Checker

Among the top 10K sites.

A popularity band, not a visit count.

Top 1KTop 10KTop 100KTop 1MOutside top 1M

Tranco: #5,324 · Chrome UX Report: Top 5,000 · Majestic Million: #6,423

Each list, with its date

Source	Says	As of
TrancoA research ranking that combines several traffic and link sources, published daily.	#5,324	list of 7 Oct 2026
Chrome UX ReportRank buckets from Google’s real Chrome traffic, published monthly.	Top 5,000	Aug 2026
Majestic MillionRanks sites by how many separate networks link to them (links, not visits), published daily. CC BY 3.0	#6,423	list of 8 Oct 2026

Technology

Tech Stack Checker

Built with Bootstrap and Google Cloud.

BootstrapCSS frameworkShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 55
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<script src="https://cdn.overleaf.com/js/bootstrap-7c555895b93fe08cadfa.js">
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Google CloudHostingShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · response header
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via: 1.1 google
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Everything else it uses (12)

Around it: CDN, Security, DNS, Email and more.

CloudflareCDNShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · response header
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cf-ray: a4afa7473eb45f58-SIN
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reCAPTCHASecurityShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 52
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<script src="https://www.recaptcha.net/recaptcha/api.js?render=explicit">
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Cloudflare DNSDNSShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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overleaf.com NS bob.ns.cloudflare.com.
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Google WorkspaceEmailShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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overleaf.com MX 1 aspmx.l.google.com.
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ValimailEmailShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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_dmarc.overleaf.com TXT v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email;
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Google AnalyticsAnalyticsShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 1
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…})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', gaToken, c…
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MailchimpMarketingShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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overleaf.com TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:u794683.wl184.sendgrid.net include:servers.mcsv.net ~all
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Google Search ConsoleSEOShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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overleaf.com TXT google-site-verification=-X9hApZ1uqsr49ba4PBLg33y2s19VcADbb7lDHGqB5g
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Stripe (account)Business toolsShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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overleaf.com TXT stripe-verification=35afa471ecf4ad55d6c9a24e770eb73c8eb82e0b387585051bc5c38b46dcf467
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AtlassianBusiness toolsShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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overleaf.com TXT atlassian-domain-verification=vujOqKgTa3qfzkMqa3sYB93w6sf0XaNYcystg60SWUA7CmiVHw6q/7L0RP5NMfi3
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MiroBusiness toolsShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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overleaf.com TXT miro-verification=95335fdc096c06730131722de6a1b5615a5d9e78
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KnowBe4Business toolsShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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overleaf.com TXT knowbe4-site-verification=c20565b6b79a0be4a2685d8bfd5f23f0
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Trust signals

Website Trust Checker

4 of 7 trust signals found on the home page.

Signals, not a judgement: missing details are common on small, honest sites.

Domain registered2 Jul 2008, 18 years agoNoted
HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
Contact detailsNo email or phone on the home pageNot found
Privacy policyLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
TermsLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNoted

Every signal we looked at

On the site

Contact pageLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
About pageLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
Privacy policyLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
TermsLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
Refund or returns policyNo link found on the home pageNot found
Contact detailsNo email or phone on the home pageNot found
Company detailsNo company name or address foundNot found
Payment providersNone on the home pageNoted
Trackers1 analytics and advertising tool: Google AnalyticsNoted

Behind the site

Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNotedCloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filter
Domain registered2 Jul 2008, 18 years agoNoteddomain registry
HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
Protective settings6 of 6 in placeFound
Email protectionProtected against forged emailFoundDNS records

A second opinion on its security setup: Mozilla’s HTTP Observatory grades the site when you open it. Ten checks before you buy · A signal looks wrong? Report it

What it is

Website Summary

Looks like: Software or app.

In its own wordsOverleaf, Online LaTeX EditorAn online LaTeX editor that’s easy to use. No installation, real-time collaboration, version control, hundreds of LaTeX templates, and more.

Our reading of the page, medium confidence.

Show evidence (3)Hide evidence

Exhibit 1 · page source, line 52

<a href="/register">Sign up</a>

Exhibit 2 · page source, line 52

<a href="/login">Log in</a>

Exhibit 3 · visible text

…ates { plans } For everyone, everywhere Start for free, upgrade when you’re ready Overleaf Fre…

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Who is behind it

copyright lineOverleaf
WikidataOverleaf

Confirmed by 2 independent sources: copyright line and Wikidata.

Wikidata: Based in Regent Street, United Kingdom.

Its X and Facebook accounts are the ones Wikidata lists.

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Exhibit 1 · page source, line 55

© 2026 Overleaf

Exhibit 2 · Wikidata

Q27991271: Overleaf

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Each name is quoted from its source. A brand and the company that owns it often go by different names.

More about it: Wikidata, profiles, AI use, page facts

In Wikidata

Overleaf: online LaTeX and Rich Text collaborative writing and publishing tool · web service, publishing house

Wikidata, the free knowledge base behind Wikipedia, lists this domain as the official website of this item. Volunteers write it; each item shows its sources.

Find them on

The profiles its home page links. We haven’t checked who runs them.

AI use

AI training: doesn’t ask AI training crawlers to stay away.
AI assistants: may read it for the people who ask them.

What its robots.txt and robots tags ask of AI crawlers. Each crawler chooses whether to follow it.

Site name: Not given
Language: English (en)
What it tells search engines: None

Read from what the page says about itself; we haven’t checked whether it’s true.

Built with AI?

AI Website Detector

No AI builder traces found.

Coding tools such as Cursor leave no traces, so this doesn’t mean a person made it.

AI traces: None found

How we know

AI site builders leave traces in the sites they make. We look for the traces of 53 of them and show every match with the line it came from, so you can check it yourself.

We test this on 2,312 sites whose makers we know, and publish what we get wrong.

How we test it · Every builder we know · How to tell if a site was built with AI

Score breakdown

Site Score

93 of 100: strong trust signals.

How established and checkable it is; AI traces carry no weight.

TransparencyContact, policies and about page26 / 30

Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25

PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20

Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections15 / 15

ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines7 / 10

Why each part scored what it did

TransparencyContact, policies and about page26 / 30contact page linked · email and phone not both given · privacy policy linked · terms linked · no payments seen, so no refund policy needed · about page linked

Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25domain registered 18 years ago

PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20Top 10K in a popularity list

Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections15 / 15loads over HTTPS · sends visitors to HTTPS · always uses HTTPS · protective settings

ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines7 / 10site name matches the domain · describes itself · doesn’t tell search engines what it is

A high score isn’t a promise that a business is honest. How the score works.

Domain history

Domain History

Registered in 2008; first archived in 1996.

25 Dec 1996First captured by the web archiveInternet Archive
2 Jul 2008Domain registeredRDAP
15 Oct 2026This scanCheckAnySite

In the web archive: captured in 26 of 31 years · see the first capture

1996: captured
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2026: captured

No captures 2008–2010: the site may have been offline or parked then, or the archive didn’t visit.

The web archive saw this address on 25 Dec 1996, before its current registration on 2 Jul 2008. It was probably registered again, possibly by a new owner.

Changes, earlier scans and alerts

Since our previous scan: This is our first scan of the site.

How we scanned it

Only from what anyone can see: the site’s public pages and public records.

Politely. Our scanner, CheckAnySiteBot, says who it is and follows the site’s robots.txt.
With sources. Every fact above says where it came from and when.
Without guessing. When we couldn’t check something, we say so.

This scan, in numbers

929 checks on 15 Oct 2026, with version 0.5.0 of our checks and version 1.1 of the score.

How we work · What each version changed · About our scanner

Questions about overleaf.com

What is overleaf.com?

overleaf.com describes itself: “An online LaTeX editor that’s easy to use. No installation, real-time collaboration, version control, hundreds of LaTeX templates, and more.” It looks like a software product or app. See the evidence

How old is overleaf.com?

Its domain was registered on 2 Jul 2008, 18 years ago. See the evidence

What is overleaf.com built with?

It is built with Bootstrap and Google Cloud; we found 14 technologies in all. See the evidence

How popular is overleaf.com?

It is among the top 10,000 sites, by Tranco, Chrome UX Report and Majestic Million. See the evidence

Was overleaf.com made with AI?

We found no traces of an AI site builder. That doesn’t prove a person built it: AI coding assistants leave no traces. See the evidence

Who is behind overleaf.com?

Overleaf, named by its copyright line and Wikidata. See the evidence

More sites like this: software or app

Automated findings from the site’s public home page and public records, as of 15 Oct 2026. They describe what we found, not the people or business behind the site, and they may be incomplete or out of date. This is information, not advice. Terms · Report an error

What this scan can’t tell you

Whether the business is real, honest or delivers what it sells.
Whether a site was made with AI when no traces were left: coding assistants and hand edits leave none.
How many people visit: we show popularity bands from public lists, not visits.
Anything beyond the home page as it was at the time of the scan.

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