What is Footnote?
Footnote is an open-source, free reference management software designed for researchers, academics, and students. It allows users to easily:
- Collect, organize, and manage references for essays, research papers, journal articles, theses, and dissertations
- Cite references in various citation styles such as APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and over 9000 more styles
- Attach PDFs and other files to references
- Read and annotate attached PDFs
- Organize references quickly with tags and collections
- Insert formatted citations and bibliographies into documents with Word plugin
- Sync references and documents for online accessibility and across devices
- Collaborate with other researchers through shared collections and libraries
- Discover relevant papers through recommendation engine
With an intuitive, user-friendly interface, Footnote aims to make it effortless for researchers to gather, organize, read, and cite research literature and sources. Its centralized platform keeps everything in one place so users spend less time on busywork and more time making progress on their academic and research goals.
Todoist, ToDoList, DEVONthink, CherryTree, Trilium Notes, UpNote, CintaNotes, es-Builder, wikidPad, Tomboy, Cryptee, Zoho Notebook, Matilde, Knowledge Workshop are some alternatives to Footnote.