Limits
This page lists Luzbase’s limits. Most are the same for everyone. A few depend on your plan; for those, see the current numbers on the pricing page.
In this page, 1 MB means 1,024 × 1,024 bytes.
Limits that depend on your plan
Section titled “Limits that depend on your plan”| Limit | How it works | Whose plan counts |
|---|---|---|
| Storage | Each account has a storage allowance for the projects it owns. The Free plan includes less than Pro. | The project owner’s |
| Collaborators per project | The Free plan allows a limited number of collaborators per project. Pending invitations count too. | The project owner’s |
| Version history | The Free plan keeps a limited window of version history; after an email notice, the stored files of older versions are deleted. Pro keeps the full history. See History. | The project owner’s |
| Photo captures (image to LaTeX, OCR) | The Free plan includes a limited number each calendar month (UTC). | Yours |
| Compile queue | Pro compiles go to a priority queue. The time limit is the same on every plan. | Whoever clicks Compile |
| Private snippets | Pro only. | Yours |
| Live error checking (the LaTeX language server) | Pro only. | Yours |
| Zotero and Mendeley sync | Pro only. | The member who linked the library |
For details, see Plans and limits.
| Limit | Value |
|---|---|
One text file (.tex, .bib and so on) |
1 MB |
| One image or PDF upload | 10 MB |
| Files in a project (per branch) | 500 |
| Total size of a project (per branch) | 500 MB |
File types and names
Section titled “File types and names”Only some file types can be added to a project, and file and folder names follow a few rules (for example, no \ : * ? " < > |, and every file needs an extension). For the full lists, see Supported file types and limits.
A top-level folder named out is reserved for compile output, so files in it are not used when you compile.
Projects
Section titled “Projects”| Limit | Value |
|---|---|
| Project name | 255 characters |
| Project description | 350 characters |
| Branch name | 100 characters |
| Version message | Required, up to 500 characters |
| Comment on a version | 10,000 characters |
| Pull request title / description / comment | 255 / 20,000 / 10,000 characters |
| Invitation | Expires after 7 days |
Source .zip export link |
Expires after 7 days |
Importing a .zip
Section titled “Importing a .zip”| Limit | Value |
|---|---|
Size of the .zip file |
500 MB |
Entries in the .zip |
100,000 |
| What it extracts to | 500 files and 500 MB |
| Imports | 10 per hour |
Compiling
Section titled “Compiling”| Limit | Value |
|---|---|
| Time limit for one LaTeX run | 55 seconds, on every plan |
| Total text in the files of a branch | 31 MB |
| One file written by a compile | 500 MB |
| Compiles you can start | 240 per minute |
| Compiles running at the same time in one project | 2 automatic and 4 manual |
Compiles run without internet access, so packages cannot be downloaded during a compile. See Compilers and TeX Live.
Other limits
Section titled “Other limits”| Feature | Limit |
|---|---|
| Image for OCR | 25 MB, 12 per minute |
| Snippet | Name up to 255 characters, LaTeX up to 2,000 characters |
| Templates | 50 per person; each up to 200 files and 50 MB; a template .zip up to 60 MB |
| Zotero and Mendeley | The synced .bib file is a text file, so up to 1 MB; Zotero syncs up to 50,000 items at a time; 60 syncs per hour |
| Contact form | Message of 10 to 5,000 characters, 5 messages per hour |