Mendeley Alternatives for Linux

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   Zotero

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   Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, share research and cite your research sources directly in your favourite word processor, with 300 MB free online storage.

   88 Zotero alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Research Manager

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad
   • Microsoft Edge
   • Google Chrome
   • Safari
   • Microsoft Word
   • Google Docs
   • LibreOffice
   • Mozilla Firefox

   

   

   

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   Guest

   Positive comment•Dec 1, 2018

   9

   Amazing. Full featured; sqlite db, tagging, notes... Hey, knowledge at your fingertips

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   Ron Bar-Ad

   Comment•Aug 23, 2023

   1

   Zotero is great for referencing and integrates well with browsers and word processors. It's not the same as Mendeley Reference Manager, which not only holds references but also pdfs, and has annotation and notebook features.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   Guest

   Positive comment•Jan 29, 2020

   -5

   Open source and made in the U.S.A!

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • Zotero is Freemium and Open SourceMendeley is Freemium and Proprietary
   • Zotero is Privacy focusedMendeley is not according to our users
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   JabRef

    107 likes

   Bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format.

   57 JabRef alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Research Manager

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Microsoft Edge
   • Vivaldi
   • Google Chrome
   • Mozilla Firefox

   

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   Guest

   Negative comment•Aug 22, 2019

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   JabRef only handles bibtex files.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • JabRef is Free and Open SourceMendeley is Freemium and Proprietary
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   Research

    6 likes

   The Research app is designed to streamline your workflow, offering a minimalist yet powerful platform for collecting, organizing, and analyzing research materials.

   56 Research alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux

   

   

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   Paperlib

    4 likes

   An open-source and simple academic paper management tool.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Research Manager

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Google Chrome
   • Mozilla Firefox
   • Safari

   

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   KBibTeX

    9 likes

   KBibTeX is a reference management software primarily for BibTeX which is typically used in conjunction with TeX/LaTeX.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Research Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

   

   

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   wizdom.ai

    24 likes

   wizdom.ai (formerly colwiz) is a free and comprehensive research management software for researchers, academics and students. With the wizdom.ai android app, you can search, add and manage publications in your wizdom.ai library on the go. Sync instantly across wizdom.

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Research Manager

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad

   

   

   

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   RefWorks

    11 likes

   RefWorks - an online research management, writing and collaboration tool - is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online

   

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    scrible

     19 likes

    scrible lets you highlight and annotate web pages and easily save, share and collaborate on your web research with others.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome

    

    

    

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    Utopia Documents

     4 likes

    Utopia Documents is a free PDF reader that connects the static content of scientific articles to the dynamic world of online content.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    SCIENTILLA

     21 likes

    Scientilla is a new approach to give the scientific community an open, free, accurate, tidy and up-to-date production reporting solution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Research Manager

    Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    Bibfilex

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    Bibfilex is a free bibliographic manager for GNU/Linux, Windows and OS X. It's useful to create and to manage archives of bibliographical items (books, articles, etc.) with possible attachments of any kind according to Biblatex structure and rules.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • Italy
    • EU

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

    

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    Citations

     1 like

    Manage your bibliographies using the BibTeX format.

    21 Citations alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Origin

    • Chile

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    

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