Free EndNote Alternatives

The best free alternative to EndNote is Zotero, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to EndNote and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to EndNote are Mendeley, Qiqqa, JabRef and Citavi.

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  1. Bibtex Editor icon
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    Easy to use online Bibtex Editor. Lets you manage Bibtex directly in your browser. Able to import and export Bibtex.

    19 Bibtex Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Bibfilex icon
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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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Mick Schroeder’s automatic citation generator. Create a bibliography from a URL, PubMed ID, DOI, ISBN, etc… Style with AMA, APA, APA, NLM, + 9000 more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. CiteMe icon
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    Academic citation generator that searches real databases and automatically formats references in 40+ styles including ABNT, APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. A lightweight, elegant reference manager. Organize your library, extract annotations from PDFs, auto-enrich metadata, and export BibTeX or RIS — your data stays locally.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. CiteFlow icon
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    CiteFlow is a focused desktop research workspace for students, researchers, academic writers, and anyone who wants to manage PDFs, notes, citations, and bibliographies in one place.

    6 CiteFlow alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Anara icon
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    Advanced AI workspace tailored for students, scientists, and teams, enabling academic paper search, passage extraction, citation finding, organizing projects, creating quizzes, flashcards, and ensuring reliable answers from major databases and uploaded materials.

    52 Anara alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
     
  8. Free, privacy-first citation generator and scholarship finder.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  9. We offer searchable online literature for the student, educator, or enthusiast. To find the work you're looking for start by looking through the author index. We currently have over 3500 full books and over 4400 short stories and poems by over 260 authors.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Biohunter icon
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    Biohunter is a single portal which provides literature search, data statistics, reading, sorting, storing, journal suggestion for publication, field expert identification and their contact details for collaboration. www.biohunter.in.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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