Zotero is a free, open-source reference manager that enables one-click capture of references from websites and databases. It provides powerful organization tools, synchronization across devices, and supports citation in thousands of styles through plugins for Word, LibreOffice, and Google Docs, along with an extensive ecosystem of add-ons for customization.

Mendeley is a reference manager from Elsevier that helps researchers organize PDFs, extract metadata, and create citations with ease. It integrates with Microsoft Word for in-text citations and bibliography generation, offers cloud storage and collaboration through shared groups, and includes a web importer for capturing references from online sources.

Systematic review software (whole process) | CADIMA is an open-access online platform designed to support the entire workflow of systematic reviews and evidence syntheses. It is particularly useful for managing literature screening, data extraction, and documentation in a transparent and reproducible manner. CADIMA enables collaborative work among reviewers, provides structured templates for data collection, and ensures compliance with best-practice guidelines for systematic reviews.

Systematic review software (focused on screening) | Rayyan is particularly useful for managing the two levels of screening required in a systematic review: title/abstract screening and full-text screening. It also facilitates peer assessment of the selection process by enabling blinded decisions and conflict resolution among reviewers.

Systematic review software (focused on screening) | HubMeta integrates Artificial Intelligence in the search equation and screening process.

Meta-analysis software (Statistical application) | CMA is only available for Windows. You can use it on Mac with virtual machines.

Meta-analysis software (Statistical application) | ProMeta 3 is an interesting free alternative to CMA and it is user-friendly.

Systematic review and meta-analysis software | RevMan 5 is suitable for Cochrane systematic review and/or meta-analysis

(1.1) M.O. Excel is the main spreadsheet that I use to prepare my dataset before using a specific statistical package. What I love most is that I can color the cells, which is very visual for reviewing the dataset.

(1.2) Well, this is a great alternative for Excel. Sometimes I used the iCloud version, specially when I have to use a computer that is not mine.

(1.3) This is also a wonderful alternative for Excel and Numbers.

(2.1) This is the most important statistical software in which I conduct the majority of statistical analysis. I really love the Graphical User Interface and the way IBM enable you to execute simple and complex analysis. It is very intuitive.

(2.2) PSPP is the free alternative of SPSS.

(3.1) R is a programming language very useful to perform complex statistical analysis. You can create specific operations or use different functions by the myriad of macros available on the Internet. In addition, there is a powerful and interesting community around R. R only works by syntax (no Graphical User Interface such SPSS)

(3.2) This is the "friendly" version of R. I love this application too, and help me to understand the operations and the syntax behind R.

(4.1) A good (and free) alternative to SPSS or R is Jamovi. Here, you can conduct simple and complex data analysis in a user-friendly environment.

(4.2) JASP is an interesting alternative to Jamovi and the aforementioned software.

(5.1) Finally, Orange is a creative and relevant way to perform statistical analysis. It is very warm. I am sure that you will not consider Statistics boring anymore.