Zotero is a powerful, free, open-source research management application designed to help students, academics, and professionals collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research sources and materials for papers, projects, or books. It can save web pages, PDFs, books, articles, and more with metadata, automatically extract bibliographic information, and organize items into collections and tag systems, while supporting notes and annotations directly alongside references. Zotero’s interface integrates with word processors like Microsoft Word and LibreOffice to generate formatted citations and bibliographies in many styles, and it can sync libraries across devices or share them with collaborators. The software has a plugin architecture and a connector for web browsers to enable one-click capturing of sources from library catalogs, academic databases, and other sites.

Features

  • Collect and organize research sources and files
  • Automatic metadata extraction from web pages and documents
  • Citation and bibliography generation in many styles
  • Browser connectors for one-click saving of sources
  • Syncing and sharing across devices and collaborators
  • Plugin ecosystem for extended functionality

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Research

License

GNU Free Documentation License

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Operating Systems

Linux, Windows

Programming Language

JavaScript

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Registered

2026-01-16