Momento is a desktop-first reference manager built around real PDF content. Import papers, annotate, and extract clean CSL-JSON and BibTeX using heuristics (DOI/arXiv/ISBN/PMID) plus an optional OpenAI-compatible LLM.
Built for researchers across disciplines
Momento focuses on the workflows you already use: PDFs, citations, Word writing, and web capture.
Extract CSL-JSON and BibTeX from PDF text using identifiers (DOI/arXiv/ISBN/PMID) plus an optional OpenAI-compatible LLM.
Zotero-like Word workflow via a startup .dotm template and macros (Windows and macOS).
Save paper pages and metadata using a Chrome extension, then send to your desktop library in one click.
If you want cloud-backed extraction, sign in with Google to use the Momento Cloud API. The free tier includes 50 extract requests per day.