Zettlr alternative
Academic and long-form writing, with AI that reads your references.
Zettlr is an outstanding academic Markdown editor with citation keys, Pandoc export, and a clean writing workflow. MDDock ships the same Pandoc round-trip and citation discipline, then layers a local knowledge graph, hybrid recall, and Agent skill install on top — so Claude Code and Cursor can search your references, your notes, and your writing from one place.
Why Zettlr writers add MDDock to their stack
Citation keys plus AI recall
MDDock uses the same Pandoc + citekey workflow Zettlr users already know. Layer hybrid recall on top and your AI assistant can answer from your references and notes — not just grep keywords.
Pandoc round-trip stays, plus Word and PDF
Import Word, PDF, PowerPoint, and LaTeX into your vault as plain Markdown. Export back through Pandoc when your journal needs DOCX or PDF. Same toolchain Zettlr uses, with broader format coverage.
Agent skills read your citekeys and notes
Install the MDDock skill for Claude Code or Cursor and your AI coding agent can search your citation-key notebook, recall prior literature, and draft the next paragraph in the same window. No copy-paste between tools.
Zettlr is focused. MDDock is focused and AI-aware.
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MDDock is not affiliated with Zettlr. Zettlr is a trademark of its respective owner.