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How to Cite

If you use GeoLibre in your research, teaching, software, or other work, please cite it. Citations help others find the project, recognize the contributors, and support the continued development of free and open-source geospatial software.

GeoLibre is archived on Zenodo, which mints a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for every release. The DOI above is the concept DOI: it always resolves to the latest version. To cite a specific version instead, open the Zenodo record and copy the DOI shown for that release.

Recommended citation

Wu, Q. (2026). GeoLibre: A lightweight, cloud-native GIS platform for visualizing, exploring, and analyzing geospatial data. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20785400

BibTeX

@software{wu_geolibre,
  author    = {Wu, Qiusheng},
  title     = {{GeoLibre: A lightweight, cloud-native GIS platform for visualizing, exploring, and analyzing geospatial data}},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.20785400},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20785400}
}

APA

Wu, Q. (2026). GeoLibre: A lightweight, cloud-native GIS platform for visualizing, exploring, and analyzing geospatial data [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20785400

Citation metadata file

The repository ships a CITATION.cff file, so you can also use GitHub's "Cite this repository" button (in the sidebar of the repository page) to copy a ready-made APA or BibTeX entry. Reference managers such as Zotero and tools like cffconvert can read the same file.

Citing dependencies

GeoLibre builds on many open-source projects. If your work relies heavily on a particular component, please consider citing it as well. See the Acknowledgements page for the full list of projects that make GeoLibre possible.