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Zettlr

Your One-Stop Publication Workbench·zettlr.com

Zettlr is a Markdown-based writing application for researchers, journalists, and writers that supports the entire writing process from initial notes to final publication. It offers first-class citation manager integration, a Zettelkasten/PKMS note system, and one-click export to journal or manuscript templates via Pandoc. It is Free and Open Source Software with no forced cloud sync or telemetry, keeping all files on the user's computer.

What it's for

Academic paper and thesis writingJournal and conference submission workflowsZettelkasten-style knowledge managementNote-taking and organizing researchCitation management with reference managersExporting manuscripts to publication templatesCreating presentations (Beamer, reveal.js, PowerPoint)Grammar and style checking during writing

Features 21

Apple Intelligence integration
Citation preview
Code syntax highlighting
Custom CSS theming
Custom export/journal submission profiles and templates
Dark mode support
File tagging and tag management
Full text search
Full Zettelkasten/PKMS support with note IDs and wiki-style links
Graph view of note relationships
LanguageTool grammar and style checking integration
LaTeX math equation and Mermaid chart rendering
Markdown editing with in-place or WYSIWYG preview
One-click export to Pandoc-supported formats (30+)
Project support for multi-file writing projects
Snippets system with variables and tabstops
Spellcheck
Split-view editing
Support for over 9,000 citation styles
Writing statistics
Zotero, JabRef, and Juris-M citation manager integration

At a glance

free tieropen source

TypeDesktop app

DeploymentInstalled (local)

PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux

LanguagesAR, CA, CS, DA, DE, EN, EO, ES, ET, EU, FI, FR, HU, ID, IT, JA, KO, NL, PL, PT, RO, RU, SV, TR, UK, VI, ZH

Forresearchers, journalists, writers, academics, students

Integrations

Juris-MZoteroLanguageToolJabRefMermaidPandoc

Resources

Pricing

Zettlr is Free and Open Source software, supported by donations; the features comparison page lists it as 'Open Source' with no price, in contrast to paid competitors like Typora ($14.99) and The Archive (€19.99).

ZettlrFree

Zettlr is entirely free and open source, supported by donations; no paid tiers are listed.