Zettlr
🇩🇪 DE
Open-source Markdown editor for research and writing
Replaces
Zettlr is sought as a European alternative to:
Features
Note Management & Organization
- Markdown authoring with WYSIWYG or in-place preview
- Note tagging and tag management
- Wiki-style internal links and note IDs
- Graph view for visualizing note connections
- Zettelkasten/PKMS support with seamless navigation
- File linking and related files support
- Project support with journal and conference templates
Citation & Reference Management
- First-class citation support with 9,000+ styles
- Integration with Zotero, JabRef, and Juris-M
- BibTeX, JSON, and other citation formats
- Preview citations
- Citation manager with reference library loading
Writing Assistance & Productivity
- LanguageTool, spellcheck, and Markdown lint integration
- Auto-wrap for quotation marks and parentheses
- Timestamps for marking key interview moments
- Snippets system with variables and tabstops
- Custom CSS for app appearance
- Writing statistics
- Full-text search
- Split-view functionality
- Code highlighting (LaTeX, Mermaid)
Export & Publishing
- Pandoc-supported export (30+ formats: PDF, Word, HTML, OPML, EDN, JSON)
- One-click journal submission templates
- Presentation profiles for Beamer, reveal.js, PowerPoint
- Custom templates for journals and conferences
User Interface & Customization
- Multi-language support (40+ languages)
- Dark mode
- Theme customization
- Markdown preview (in-place or WYSIWYG)
Privacy & Security
- Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
- No forced cloud synchronization
- No telemetry, A/B testing, or hidden costs
- Files remain on the user's device
- Optional internet connection disabling
EU Trust Profile
What we verified against public sources, last checked 2026-08-16. Every point links to its evidence.
- Evidence →EU data residencyGermany
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Integrations
Zettlr: frequently asked questions
- Which tools does Zettlr integrate with?
- Zettlr connects with Zotero, JabRef, Juris-M, LanguageTool, Spellcheck, Markdown lint, Apple Intelligence and Pandoc, plus 1 more integrations we found.
Feature, pricing and integration details are based on web research (as of 2026-08-16), without guarantee, errors are possible. The vendor's website prevails.