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Zettlr: open-source markdown editor for academic and long-form writing, README overview

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The README presents Zettlr as a markdown editor for academic and knowledge-heavy writing with citations and export.

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Source: https://github.com/zettlr/zettlr

What it supplies: The README presents Zettlr as a markdown editor for academic and knowledge-heavy writing with citations and export. Useful for: - Write with citations from Zotero or JabRef. - Export through Pandoc or LaTeX to fit a publication pipeline. - Keep linked notes in a Zettelkasten style and search them. First action: - Download the installer for your platform, or use a package manager such as Homebrew, WinGet or Flathub. - Read the documentation and the built-in tutorial. Prerequisites and limits: Per the README, 64-bit and ARM builds exist for macOS, Windows and Linux; 32-bit is not supported. - 32-bit systems are not supported. - Pandoc or LaTeX exports depend on those tools being available; see the documentation. Source-documented: a badge names GNU GPL v3 and the README describes it as free and open source software. Written from the README text only. Statements are as the README gives them; nothing was installed or run. Based on introduction, features, install and licence badge README text only; contributing and build sections were not read in full. Nothing was installed or run. Source inspected: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Zettlr/Zettlr/f2f20646c8b95d9f734967679c9dbc5176a6c8c2/README.md ; 33215 bytes ; sha256 814dbabdab583a3ef104d2875553515b8461e068542a312f8b6a4bc0f02802e7 ; 7 exact pinned excerpts in the draft pin map
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