We've open-sourced our bootstrapped startup, ShareLaTeX

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ShareLaTeX is a web-based collaborative LaTeX editor that allows multiple users to work on documents together in real time. Originally a bootstrapped startup, the project is now open source on GitHub, enabling developers to contribute to its development. It serves researchers, academics, and technical writers who need to create and edit LaTeX documents collaboratively. The tool combines LaTeX's typesetting capabilities with cloud-based collaboration features, making it accessible through a web browser without local installation.

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