Claude — AI Assistant for Whole-Document Work
Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, built around very large context windows. Strong at critiquing a full chapter in one …
Writing
Zettlr — Markdown Writing With Zotero Citations
Zettlr is a free Markdown editor built for academics: Zotero citation autocomplete while you type and Pandoc export with …
LanguageTool — Grammar Checking You Can Self-Host
LanguageTool checks grammar and style in 30+ languages, plugs into LaTeX editors, and can run on your own server. Weaker …
DeepL — Translation for Academic Writing
DeepL produces translations that read like a competent native speaker wrote them, with glossaries for your terminology. …
Scrivener — Drafting Software for Long Theses
Scrivener treats a thesis as movable fragments rather than one file, with a corkboard for restructuring. Excellent for …
Typst — A Modern Alternative to LaTeX
Typst compiles in milliseconds, has readable syntax and real error messages, and is a genuine pleasure to write in. Most …
TeXstudio — Free Desktop LaTeX Editor
TeXstudio is a mature offline LaTeX editor with structure navigation, inline preview, and reference autocompletion. No …
Grammarly — Proofreading for Academic Writing
Grammarly is a strong final-pass proofreader that works in almost any text field. It also flags correct jargon and …
Code Automation
Why You Should Master Markdown as a Researcher
This article will presents important reason why you should master markdown to ease your academic journey.