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24 alternatives to ReferenceME

The ultimate tool to manage academic references.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ReferenceME launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   RefMe▲71

   Generate citations, reference lists, and bibliographies

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Paperpile▲66

   No-fuss reference management for the web

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   ReadMe▲604

   Beautiful Documentation Made Easy

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Product Management Journal▲83

   The leading reference for technology-based products

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Classroom▲208

   Learning management tool by Google

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Research Browser▲87

   A powerful browsing application to collect and share info

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7MA
   memEx, a personal knowledge base inspired by zettlekasten and org-mode▲194

   2025 · gitea.bubbletea.dev · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Citationsy for Mac▲125

   Create citations, reference lists, & bibliographies on OS X

   2018 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   &what;▲75

   interactive reference of 14,500 HTML character entities

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    ExplainToMe▲182

    Automatic web article summarizer

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Amazemeet▲80

    The 1 page meeting facilitator

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    ReadMe.io▲39

    A Developer Hub for your open source software

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Papers We Love▲90

    A repository of academic computer science papers

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Academia.edu▲72

    A Social Network to Share and Follow Research.

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Hintme▲55

    Don't ask for it, leave a hint

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Office Manager's Tech Stack▲84

    A collection of tools to keep the office moving

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Terminology▲126

    A comprehensive research tool for words

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Find Guidelines▲174

    A repository of products' design guidelines

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    ReadMe▲61

    Beautiful Documentation Made Simple

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    CircleMe▲87

    Keeps you up to date with all your passions

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Ginkgotree▲73

    A Tumblr for making your own textbooks

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hackpad▲114

    The simplest way to organize and share knowledge

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Addr▲98

    A collective and annotation-focus ePub reader

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →