Alternatives to Reference Manager for all platforms with any license

Zotero

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox/Chrome extension or standalone program to help you collect, organize, manage, search and cite your research sources directly in...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Chrome Safari ... Microsoft Office Word LibreOffice Firefox
Browser integration Export to CSV Firefox extension Importing from webpages ... Libre Office Integration Compatible with Microsoft Office Microsoft Office integration Multiple languages Save web page for offline use Sync between devices Support for WebDAV Add a feature

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Mendeley

Mendeley helps manage and share academic knowledge: Mendeley Desktop is free academic software (Windows, Mac, Linux) for organizing and sharing research papers and...

Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux Web iPhone ... iPad
Browser integration Libre Office Integration Microsoft Office integration PDF annotation ... Real time collaboration Add a feature

244 Like
Qiqqa

Qiqqa is free award-winning knowledge-, research- and reference management software. If you're serious about getting the most from managing your publications, PDFs...

Freemium Windows Web Android Android Tablet
PDF annotation Automatic Tagging Citation detection Content analysis ... Document annotations Metadata Search Portable Qualitative Data Analysis Real time collaboration Optimized for Touch screen Add a feature

291 Like
Docear

Docear is a unique solution to academic literature management, which helps you organizing, creating, and discovering academic literature. The 3 most distinct features...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web
PDF annotation Portable Add a feature

62 Like
- Discontinued "Update 2017-08-24: Please note that for the foreseeable future we will not continue the development of Docear as we have not enough funding and time." http://www.docear.org/2017/02/05/docears-online-services-are-down-recommendation-user-registration-backup/
JabRef

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

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Automatic file renaming Export citation File-sync Add a feature

71 Like
Papers

Papers helps you collect and curate the research material that you're passionate about.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows Web iPhone iPad
No features added Add a feature

39 Like
Zoho Notebook

Online Notebook application: Zoho Notebook lets you combine text, images, audio, video, RSS feeds, documents and much more. Online Collaboration: You can share a single...

Free Personal Mac OS X Web Android iPhone Apple Watch
Audio with notes Cloud sync Handwriting recognition Web clipper Add a feature

38 Like
EndNote

A reference management software, used for searching online publication databases, & managing publications / bibliographies, with the ability to insert the references...

Commercial Windows Web iPad
Compatible with Microsoft Office Add a feature

32 Like
Paperpile

Organize your research papers in a Gmail-like web app, sync your PDFs to Google Drive and cite your references in Google Docs.

Commercial Web Chrome Google Drive Google Drive - Docs Google Scholar
No features added Add a feature

35 Like
BibSonomy

BibSonomy is a system for sharing bookmarks and lists of literature (BibTex format). When discovering a bookmark or a publication on the web, you can store it on our...

Free Web
Real time collaboration Add a feature

12 Like
colwiz

colwiz is free software for researchers, academics and students. The iPad, iPhone and iPod touch version sync your research articles, attachments and annotations with...

Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad
No features added Add a feature

16 Like
Citavi

Reference management and knowledge organization with integrated task planner. Solution for work groups with data sharing in intranet available.

Freemium Windows
Knowledge base Add a feature

36 Like
EasyBib

Automatic works cited and bibliography formatting for MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian citation styles. Now supports 7th edition of MLA. Easybib truly makes the life of...

Freemium Web Android iPhone Chrome OS Google Drive - Docs
No features added Add a feature

11 Like
Bookends

Bookends is a commercial reference management software package for Mac OS X that is used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. Its...

Commercial Mac OS X iPhone iPad
No features added Add a feature

9 Like
Exstora

Built-in quick note: save ideas, contacts, interesting facts With Exstora, you can write down a thought that comes to your mind as soon as possible. To create a new...

Freemium Windows
No features added Add a feature

8 Like
- Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 2.9, released in May 2011, can be still downloaded from the official website.