# Zotero (open-source education and reference app)

> Zotero is a free, open-source education and reference app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share your research sources. It has 15,493 GitHub stars and is released under the AGPL-3.0-or-later license, and people use it instead of EndNote and Mendeley.

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. Please post feature requests or bug reports to the Zotero Forums. If you're having trouble with Zotero, see Getting Help.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/zotero/zotero |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 15,493 |
| License | AGPL-3.0-or-later (open source) |
| Replaces | EndNote, Mendeley |
| Language | JavaScript |
| Website | https://www.zotero.org |
| Official | yes (published by the project behind the app) |
| Category | Education, flashcards & reference |
| Latest release | none on GitHub |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/zotero/zotero/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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