BibDesk Alternatives

Qiqqa

Qiqqa is a free research and reference manager. Search for, read and annotate your PDFs. Then review your work, write up and create bibliographies instantly. Superb reference and document management. Import PDFs into separate libraries. Automatic OCR and tag extraction. Qiqqa helps you populate missing metadata for millions of research papers. Full-text search, duplicate paper detection, inbound and outbound links, and much more.

Features:

• PDF annotation
• Bib Tex Sniffer
• Full text search
• Citations
• Cloud sync
• Cross-references
• Automatic Tagging
• Autotagging
• Bibliography generator
• Brainstorm mode
• Brainstorming
• Citation detection
• Content analysis
• Document annotations
• File management
• File Searching
• Library
• Library section
• Metadata Search
• PDF OCR
• Plaguarism detection
• Portable
• Qualitative Data Analysis
• Real time collaboration
• Social network
• Structured data
• Text search feature
• Theme mapping
• Optimized for Touch screen

Zotero

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox/Chrome extension or standalone program to help you collect, organize, manage, search and cite your research sources directly in your favourite word processor, with 300 MB free online storage.

Features:

• Browser integration
• Cross-references
• Export to LaTeX
• Knowledge Management
• Legacy Firefox Addon
• Cloud Storage
• Export to CSV
• Firefox Extensions
• Importing from webpages
• LibreOffice Integration
• Compatible with Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Office integration
• Multiple languages
• Save web page for offline use
• Sync between devices
• Support for WebDAV

Mendeley Reference Manager

Mendeley helps manage and share academic knowledge: Mendeley Desktop is free academic software (Windows, Mac, Linux) for organizing and sharing research papers and generating bibliographies with 1GB of free online storage to automatically back up and synchronize your library across desktop, web and mobile. Mendeley Web is a free research network which lets you manage research papers online, discover trends and connect to like-minded academics.

Features:

• Word integration
• Bibliography generator
• Browser integration
• LibreOffice Integration
• Microsoft Office integration
• PDF annotation
• Real time collaboration
• Social network

JabRef

JabRef is an open source bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format.

Features:

• Autocompletion
• Automatic file renaming
• Export citation
• File-sync
• Grouping entries

Docear

Docear is a unique solution to academic literature management, which helps you organizing, creating, and discovering academic literature. The 3 most distinct features are: 1. A single-section user-interface that allows the most comprehensive organization of your literature.

Features:

• PDF annotation
• Citations
• Education
• File management
• Book manager
• Mind Map view
• Portable

Paperpile

Organize your research papers in a Gmail-like web app, sync your PDFs to Google Drive and cite your references in Google Docs.

Features:

• Sync with Google Drive
• Library

ReadCube Papers

Papers helps you collect and curate the research material that you're passionate about.

EndNote

Reference management software with support for collaboration, remote access, and automation.

ReadCube

ReadCube’s desktop and mobile iOS applications are available free for both Mac & PC and offers researchers the ability to discover and access literature faster, organize their literature and enjoy interactive reading of scholarly articles.

Features:

• Built-in File Manager
• File Searching
• File-sync
• PDF annotation

Weava

Weava is a collaborative workplace for research offering an easy way to highlight, organize and collaborate on your research articles.

Features:

• Bibliography generator
• Citations
• PDF annotation
• Text Highlighting