Benthic 1.1.6

Every check report now carries a signed seal that anyone can verify, institutions can hand out their rules as one file, and a thesis check shows signs of manipulation.

• A seal anyone can check. Every PDF report carries a signed seal with a QR code on its cover and its number in every footer. The QR code opens https://benthic.isoglu.com/v, which shows whether the report is unchanged since it was made and looks up each DOI again at Crossref and DataCite, in the reader's own browser. A thesis file dropped there is compared with the report by its fingerprint. The seal proves that a report is unchanged, not who made it.
• House rules from your institution. A library or writing center can hand out one file with its name, proxy link, contact address, OpenAlex key, required citation style and ranking lists. Load it under Settings › Sources and access; Benthic takes nothing else from it, and the house style then decides the style check.
• Signs of manipulation. A thesis check shows invisible characters inside words, letters from another script that look Latin, text hidden in a Word file (hidden, white or tiny) and tortured phrases, the odd synonyms a paraphrasing tool leaves behind. Each finding shows where it is, to check in the file; it is never a score.

Download the DMG below or from https://benthic.isoglu.com/download/. Benthic 1.0.1 to 1.1.5 offer this update inside the app (Update now); from 1.1.2 on, the app installs only updates signed with the Benthic release key. If you installed Benthic 1.2.0 on 21 October 2026, download 1.1.6 once from the website: 1.2.0 does not offer a lower version number. Benthic is free and not notarised by Apple, so a new installation needs one approval on first launch in System Settings › Privacy & Security (Open Anyway). Benthic.mcpb adds Benthic to Claude Desktop. benthic-zotero-1.1.6.xpi is the Zotero plug-in: in Zotero 7 or 8, open Tools › Plugins and choose Install Plugin From File.