A powerful knowledge base on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files
Overview
What Mendeley does
Reference manager for organizing PDFs, generating citations and annotating research, free with paid storage upgrades.
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Where it falls short
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- Free plan is capped at 2GB storage; unlimited storage requires the MAX plan at $14.99/month or $165/year
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Collect, organize, annotate, cite and share your research
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