ResearchForge is built around the actual shape of research work. Import sources as BibTeX or CSL-JSON with their PDFs attached, then read those PDFs inside the app and select text to capture an excerpt that permanently carries its source and page number as provenance — so a quotation always knows where it came from and cites as [@key, p.12]. Write notes in Markdown with KaTeX maths, [[wiki links]] and citations; the bibliography builds itself from what you actually cited. Datasets are typed tables you can import from CSV or TSV and chart offline as bar, line, scatter or pie figures embedded directly in your notes. Every structural change is appended to a SHA-256 hash chain, giving you a tamper-evident lab notebook with a Verify action that is always free. When it is time to write, the manuscript composer assembles notes, excerpts and numbered figures into one cited draft and exports to Markdown, HTML, PDF, Word or a linked static site.
What it does
Source library with author-year keys, offline content-addressed attachments and BibTeX / CSL-JSON import
Read PDFs inside the app and capture excerpts that permanently carry their source and page number
Markdown notes with KaTeX maths, [[wiki links]] and [@citations], in a split source-and-preview editor
Bibliography generated automatically from the sources you actually cited
Typed datasets with CSV/TSV import and offline bar, line, scatter and pie charts embeddable in notes
Tamper-evident lab notebook: every change appended to a SHA-256 hash chain with a free Verify action
Manuscript composer assembles notes, excerpts and numbered figures into one cited draft
Export to Markdown, HTML, PDF, Word (.docx) or a linked static website
Full-text search with #tag, type:, ref:@key and is:orphan operators, backlinks and related notes
Windows installer (.exe) — installs in a couple of clicks, no extra runtimes needed
Platform:
Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Version:
1.0.0
Download size:
79 MB
Requires:
Runs fully offline. No account, no subscription, no internet connection needed. Not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn on first run - choose More info, then Run anyway.
Licence:
Free forever for 2 projects with up to 60 notes, 30 sources, 100 excerpts and 3 datasets. A licence key unlocks unlimited everything, the manuscript composer, PDF, Word and static-site export, bibliography export, advanced figures, web clipping, signed integrity reports and encrypted vaults.
