No. 4 of 30 ·Systematic Review Software

Bango

Windows · Mac · Linux

Freedom report

Three barsScore 6.5

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Bango is ranked #4 of 30 in systematic review software on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

Bango plans and pricing

All plans

Free Free Free for any researcher · no subscription, paywall, or limits bango.boncode.net · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on systematic review software

Free plan: Yes
Reference deduplication: Yes
Data extraction: Yes
Full-text storage: Yes
Protocol support: Yes
Review types: systematic review

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The record

Purpose: Bango automates abstract screening for systematic literature reviews by evaluating articles against user-defined criteria with AI.
Imports: It imports RIS and BibTeX files and Zotero collections, and supports up to 10,000 articles per project.
Screening: AI screening returns decisions, reasoning, matched rules, suggested tags, and confidence scores.
Analysis: Its bibliometric tools include co-authorship networks, citation graphs, keyword maps, publication timelines, author rankings, and co-citation analysis.
PRISMA: Bango generates PRISMA 2020 flow diagrams from record counts and exports them as SVG or PNG.
Data handling: Bango says project data stays on the user’s computer, with no cloud uploads, login, or account required.
Security: The maker says API keys are encrypted locally with AES-256-GCM using a machine-derived key, and project backups omit credentials.
AI integrations: The README lists hosted integrations with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral AI, and z.ai, plus llama.cpp, Ollama, LM Studio, and other OpenAI-compatible endpoints.
Research integrations: Bango supports Zotero import and export and can generate Boolean search strings for PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, EBSCOhost, JSTOR, ScienceDirect, and arXiv.
Limits: The maker says macOS builds are for Apple Silicon only; Intel Macs are not supported.
Audience: The maker describes Bango as free software for researchers, including academics, PhD students, and professional analysts.
Support: The README asks users to report issues on GitHub and says responses depend on availability.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Systematic Review Software in 2026#4 of 30

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Sources

bango.boncode.net/index.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
github.com/Bilal-S/Bango/blob/main/README.md· checked 30 Sept 2026