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Zettlr brings simplicity back to your texts. Open-minded writing that adapts to your style. Fast information retrieval that finds what matters to you. Versatile exporting that enables you to adapt to whatever publication pipeline your employer or school uses. Focus on what matters to you. Publish, not perish. Learn more on our website.
Features
- Your Notes are your notes: Zettlr is privacy-first
- Citations made easy: Tight and ever-growing integration with your favourite reference manager (Zotero, JabRef, and many others)
- Available in over a dozen languages
- Draft your publications in a professional environment, with LaTeX and Word template support
- Simple and beautiful exports with Pandoc, LaTeX, and Textbundle
- Snippets allow you to automate insertion of boilerplate code
- Themes, dark modes, and full flexibility with custom CSS
- Code highlighting for many languages
- Support for state-of-the-art knowledge management techniques (Zettelkasten)
- A powerful full-text search that helps you find anything, anywhere… and the best is: Zettlr is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)!
Installation
To install Zettlr, just download the latest release for your operating system. Currently supported are macOS, Windows, and most Linux distributions (via Debian- and Fedora-packages as well as AppImages).
On our website and here on GitHub, we provide a set of installers for the most common use-cases. We provide both 64-bit installers as well as installers for ARM systems (called Apple Silicon in the macOS ecosystem). 32-bit is not supported. We offer the following binaries directly:
- Windows (x64)
- macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon)
- Debian and Fedora (x64 and ARM)
- AppImage (x64 and ARM)
Thanks to our community, we can also offer you a variety of other installation opportunities:
All other platforms that Electron supports are supported as well, but you will need to build the app yourself for this to work.
Getting Started
After you have installed Zettlr, head over to our documentation to get to know Zettlr. Refer to the Quick Start Guide if you prefer to use the software heads-on.
Understanding Zettlr’s Code Structure
To make sense of Zettlr’s code, think of it as a well-organized library. Each section of the library serves a specific purpose, like different genres of books. The ‘Modules’ are akin to individual books that provide knowledge or functions, while ‘Service Providers’ act like librarians—overseeing multiple processes and ensuring everything runs smoothly.
Troubleshooting
If you encounter any issues, here are some troubleshooting tips:
- Ensure you are using the supported operating system version. Check the documentation for compatibility.
- Try restarting the application or your system if you face performance issues.
- Check for updates regularly to ensure you are using the latest version of Zettlr.
- If you encounter any errors, checking the log files can provide insights into what might have gone wrong.
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