Cite FreeMoCap

Two separate things get cited depending on what you're referencing: the software itself, and the validation study behind accuracy, validity, and limits.

Citing the software

@software{freemocap,
  author       = {Queen, Philip and
                   Cherian, Aaron and
                   Wirth, Trent and
                   Idehen, Endurance and
                   Matthis, Jonathan Samir},
  title        = {freemocap},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.7233713},
  url          = {https://github.com/freemocap/freemocap}
}

Or in prose: Queen, P., Cherian, A., Wirth, T., Idehen, E., & Matthis, J. S. FreeMoCap. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7233713

That DOI is Zenodo's concept DOI, it always resolves to the latest released version rather than pinning to one snapshot. As of this writing the latest (and only) release Zenodo has on record is v1.0.0-rc from March 2023, notably behind the actively developed v2.0.0-alpha line on GitHub. If you need to cite the exact version you actually used and it's newer than that, cite the GitHub repository directly and note the commit or tag, rather than implying a Zenodo-versioned release that doesn't exist yet.

If you're checking against CITATION.cff yourself

The CITATION.cff file in the freemocap/freemocap repository has the right author list but a placeholder DOI (10.5281/zenodo.1234) that was never filled in. The DOI above is the real one, verified directly against Zenodo's own API.

Citing the validation study

@phdthesis{cherian2026freemocap,
  author = {Cherian, Aaron},
  title  = {Open-Source Development and Validation of a Low-Cost Markerless System for Quantitative Motion Analysis},
  school = {Northeastern University, Department of Bioengineering},
  year   = {2026}
}

Citation link pending publication in Northeastern's institutional repository. Cite the software (above) alongside it if your work depends on both.

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