{"slug": "librepaper-a-free-platform-to-read-write-and-review-together", "title": "LibrePaper – A free platform to read, write, and review together", "summary": "LibrePaper launched as a free, open-source platform for reading, writing and reviewing documents together, with live preview for Markdown, HTML, Typst and LaTeX, computational notebooks via Quarto and Calepin, and BibTeX and Zotero bibliography support. The public host at librepaper.org caps storage at 50 MB per user and 30 uploads per hour, while self-hosting requires one binary and a Postgres DB. LibrePaper supports AI agents through MCP with reader, commenter or editor permissions, and states it does not need users' keys or tokens.", "body_md": "# A free platform to read, write, and review together.\n\nHTML LaTeX Typst Markdown Quarto Calepin\n\n## Write\n\n- **Live preview** renders Markdown, HTML, Typst and LaTeX.\n- **Computational notebooks** include Quarto and Calepin.\n- **Authoring** includes templates, tools, and multi-file projects.\n- **Bibliographies** work with BibTeX and Zotero.\n- **Track changes** lets you accept or reject each edit.\n\n## Free\n\n- **Everything is free** . No feature is gated.\n- **Open source** covers the server, reader and renderers.\n- **Public host** at librepaper.org allows only 50 MB of storage per user and 30 uploads per hour.\n- **Self-host** needs one binary and a Postgres DB.\n- **Export** saves projects and comments as ordinary files.\n\n## People\n\n- **Simultaneous editors** get named carets and personal undo.\n- **Annotate** adds highlights and threaded comments.\n- **Share** with readers, commenters or editors.\n- **Chat** works with collaborators and AI agents.\n- **History** is granular and infinite.\n\n## Agents\n\n- **Bring your own agent** needs no new subscription.\n- **Chat interface** lets you ask for changes in the sidebar.\n- **Pre-specified tasks** : pick one with a passage selected\n- **Permissions** are reader, commenter, or editor.\n- **Private** : LibrePaper doesn't need your keys or tokens\n- **MCP** works with any commercial model or local weights.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/librepaper-a-free-platform-to-read-write-and-review-together", "canonical_source": "https://librepaper.org/", "published_at": "2026-10-17 18:10:38+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-17 18:37:50.074290+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "agent-protocols", "developer-tools", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["LibrePaper", "librepaper.org", "Quarto", "Calepin", "BibTeX", "Zotero", "Postgres", "MCP"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/librepaper-a-free-platform-to-read-write-and-review-together", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/librepaper-a-free-platform-to-read-write-and-review-together.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/librepaper-a-free-platform-to-read-write-and-review-together.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/librepaper-a-free-platform-to-read-write-and-review-together.jsonld"}}