Tool for backing up projects from Overleaf.

The original repo is at: https://github.com/tbmihailov/overleaf-backup-tool.git I have made the following modifications to enable a better support for:

• Support for protected projects
• Backups are listed by their name
• Modified storage file structure

Works with Python 3.+

git clone https://github.com/zhanghan177/overleaf-backup-tool
cd overleaf-backup-tool
pip install -r requirements.txt

python overleaf_backup.py backup_dir [email protected] overleafpass

If you want to store your Overleaf credentials in environment variables, you could

cp app-env.example app-env

vim app-env # Update credentails in app-env

source app-env
python overleaf_backup.py backup_dir

The tool logins with your Overleaf username and password and downloads all projects under "active" and "archived" via git.

You will find the cloned projects folders in backup_dir/git_backup/:

your_backup_dir/
 ├── projects.json      # List of all projects
 ├── your-project-1-id
 │   ├── acl2018.bib
 │   ├── acl2018.sty
 │   ├── acl_natbib.bst
 │   ├── main.tex
 ├── your-project-2-id
 │   ├── acl2018.bib
 │   ├── acl2018.sty
 │   ├── acl_natbib.bst
 │   ├── main.tex

projects.json contains the metadata about the projects in Overleaf. Successfully backed up projects will not be downloaded again if they are not changed in Overleaf.