Early preview · Release notes

@get

Get Ibis

Free for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Ibis isn’t signed by Apple or Microsoft yet, so your computer warns you the first time you open it. The steps below show what to click.

Mac

Which Mac? Choose Apple menu → About This Mac. “Chip: Apple M…” means Apple silicon; “Processor: Intel” means Intel.

  1. Open the disk image and drag Ibis to Applications.
  2. Open Ibis. If macOS says it can’t check the app, make sure you downloaded it here, then choose System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.

Windows

  1. Run the installer. If the WebView2 Runtime is missing, it downloads it once.
  2. At the SmartScreen warning, choose More info → Run anyway, if offered.

Blocked by Smart App Control or a work computer? See the compatibility guide.

Linux

  1. Allow the AppImage to run as a program, then open it. Some systems need FUSE support.
  2. On Wayland, open Ibis from your app launcher; its shortcut isn’t available there yet. Ibis Nightly lets you set one in your desktop’s settings.

Files come from GitHub. Release notes · Ibis Nightly, with newer unfinished work, installs as a separate app.

@setup

Two steps to your first citation

No account needed. Ibis works with the library you already have.

  1. Choose your library

    Choose Zotero, open or closed. To read it while it is open, turn on “Allow other applications on this computer to communicate with Zotero” in Zotero’s Settings → Advanced. Or choose a .bib file; Better BibTeX can keep one up to date.

  2. Press your shortcut

    By default it’s ⇧⌘Y on macOS, and Ctrl+Shift+Y on Windows and Linux X11, if it is available. Type a few words, choose with the arrow keys and press Enter, just like in @try. On macOS and Windows, Ibis then pastes into the app you came from (a Mac asks you to allow it once); on Linux it copies, and you paste.

Ibis reads your library without changing it. Searching and copying work offline after setup; update checks are opt-in. App privacy · Full installation guide.

Keyboard shortcuts

⇧⌘Y opens the home demo from any page, outside text fields.

In demo search, ↑ and ↓ choose a reference, ⇧↵ adds or removes it, and ↵ copies. Use the Paste button to put the copy into the practice sentence.

Esc clears the search, then closes the picker. ? shows these shortcuts outside text fields.