LetsWritePaper
An editor for academic papers built around version control and AI co-authors. Humans and
agents (Claude Code, Claude in VS Code/Cursor, any MCP client) edit the same LaTeX or Typst
paper live. Every change is recorded with who made it, when and why, and can be
diffed by section, blamed line by line, checkpointed, restored, reviewed and synced to your
other devices.
- Live co-editing. Every document is a CRDT (Yjs-compatible, via
yrs). The editor, agents,
other tools writing files, and other devices all merge without conflicts.
- Version control made for papers. Every edit is its own entry in the change log:
who made it, when, and a short description of what changed. History can also be
grouped into edit sessions per author. Diffs are word-level and grouped by section.
Blame works per character. Named checkpoints and milestones (
submitted, rebuttal,
camera-ready, arxiv) also become git commits crediting every human and agent contributor.
- AI agents as first-class co-authors. A built-in MCP server offers 23 paper-aware tools:
section context, exact-excerpt edits, suggested edits, compile, review and more. Agent
edits show up live, attributed to the agent.
- The assistant panel. The app has its own chat panel, like the VS Code/Cursor extension.
It runs Claude Code, ChatGPT through Codex, or Gemini through Antigravity, each with your
own account. Chats know your file, section and selection. Claude chats can also continue
on another device through Claude Code's Remote Control.
- Skills. A skill is a
SKILL.md file of writing or review instructions, bound to sections
(e.g. intro* → paper-introduction). 13 skills ship built in, your existing
~/.claude/skills are picked up automatically, and you can add per-paper skills.
- Peer review. Review rounds can come from humans or reviewer personas (methods-skeptic,
clarity, novelty, reproducibility, area chair). Comments carry severity and category and are
anchored to quotes that follow the text as it changes. Rounds record rubric scores, take
author responses, and export a Markdown response-to-reviewers letter.
- Cross-device sync. Share a paper from the app on your local network, or through a relay
server (
paper serve). Other devices join from a link and keep full, offline-capable
copies.
- Live preview. Typst compiles in-process from the live text, typically in milliseconds.
LaTeX compiles with
tectonic (recommended) or latexmk, and diagnostics are clickable.
- Cross-platform. Written in Rust with a Tauri 2 desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux,
plus a
paper CLI.
See it work
Recorded in the desktop app on a sample Typst paper. The agent edits go through the same MCP tools Claude Code uses.
An agent edits the paper live. Claude Code changes the Method section through MCP. The editor, the change log (with the agent's reason) and the preview update as it happens.
Typst preview while you type.
Accepting an agent's suggested edit from the review panel, next to the reviewer comments it answers.
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| Editor, section skills and preview | Change log: who, what and why |
| Blame, per line, for people and agents | Word-level diff by section |
| Review comments and suggested edits | Writing and review skills |
Website
The public site lives in web/ and is deployed at letswritepaper.vercel.app. It introduces the app and links to the desktop installers on the latest GitHub release. The Vercel project root is web.
cd web
pnpm install
pnpm dev
The download buttons point at LetsWritePaper-macos.dmg, LetsWritePaper-x64-setup.exe, and LetsWritePaper-x64.AppImage on the latest GitHub release of GITHUB_REPOSITORY (default amirrezaalasti/LetsWritePaper). A clone of the repository is only for building the app yourself.
Install
Download the app. Rust, Node, and a clone of this repository are only needed to build it from source.
A version tag such as v0.1.0 publishes these files. Until that first release exists, the links have nothing to download.
macOS
LetsWritePaper-macos.dmg
Or:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amirrezaalasti/LetsWritePaper/main/install.sh | bash
The command downloads the latest release and copies LetsWritePaper into your Applications folder.
Windows
LetsWritePaper-x64-setup.exe
Run that setup wizard. It installs for the current user, adds a Start menu folder, and downloads the WebView2 runtime when Windows needs it.
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amirrezaalasti/LetsWritePaper/main/install.ps1 | iex
Linux
LetsWritePaper-x64.AppImage
Or:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amirrezaalasti/LetsWritePaper/main/install.sh | bash
The command installs the AppImage for your user and adds an application menu entry. When a .deb or .rpm is also on the release and you run the script in a terminal, you can choose the system package instead.
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