Features
What works now, what’s coming next, and what Ibis doesn’t do.
Plans can change. The full roadmap · Ibis Nightly, which installs beside the preview as a separate app.
@current
In the current release
- Your reference libraryZotero open or closed, or BibTeX, BibLaTeX, CSL-JSON, RIS and CSV files
- Citation keysFor Pandoc, LaTeX, Typst and other writing tools
- Formatted citationsCitations and reference entries with the official CSL styles
- Several references togetherCombine references, add page ranges and use narrative or author-omitted forms
- Prefix, suffix and Keep My OrderNew in 0.3.2: “see” before a reference, “emphasis added” after it
- A format for each appRemembered formats, Change Last Citation and selected text as search
- Cited Since OpeningCopy or save the references you cited as a bibliography
@nightly
In the nightly
- Every locator typeChapter, section, line and more, not just pages.
- Zotero document markers for LibreOfficeRTF and ODF Scan markers for references from Zotero.
- A live Appearance picture in SettingsSee your accent and theme as you change them.
@planned
Planned
- Complete citation forms and optional writing projects.
- Search Zotero highlights and notes, with the page they came from.
- Check a manuscript for missing citation keys before building it.
- Pasting on Linux desktops.
@notyet
Not yet
- No live Zotero fields in Word or automatic bibliography updates there.
- No ibid. or automatic numbering across a document.
- No searching inside PDFs.