JabRef Alternatives

JabRef is described as 'Bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format' and is a very popular research manager in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to JabRef for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Web-based, Windows, Linux and iPhone apps. The best JabRef alternative is Zotero, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like JabRef are Mendeley, Qiqqa, DEVONthink and EndNote.

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  1. Bibtex Editor icon
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    Easy to use online Bibtex Editor. Lets you manage Bibtex directly in your browser. Able to import and export Bibtex.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Paperlib icon
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    An open-source and simple academic paper management tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Safari
     
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    This Chrome Extension is a productivity highlighter for websites and PDFs, allowing easy organization and access to highlighted research, notes, and bookmarks.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
     
  4. BibMe icon
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    BibMe is a free automatic citation creator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatting. BibMe leverages external databases to quickly fill citation information for you. BibMe will then format the citation information and compile a bibliography according to the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. PocketBib icon
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    PocketBib is a BibTeX library reader for academics on the go. With PocketBib you can search, browse and read the papers in your BibTeX library, and synchronise them over Dropbox with BibDesk or JabRef on your computer.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Automatically create website citations in the APA, MLA, Chicago, or Harvard referencing styles at the click of a button.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
     
  7. EazyFormat icon
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    EazyFormat allows professional-looking documents creation in seconds with Google Docs add-on using format templates and custom style presets that applies on the entire document in one click.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Google Drive
    • Google Docs
    • Google Workspace
     
  8. PaperShip icon
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    PaperShip is an iPad, iPhone, and Mac application designed to give you access to your Mendeley / Zotero library on-the-go. You will enjoy annotating your PDFs with highlights, notes, free text, drawings and much more!

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    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. bibus icon
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    Bibus is a bibliographic database. It uses a MySQL or SQLite database to store references. It can directly insert references in OpenOffice.org and MS Word and generate the bibliographic index.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. QuickBib icon
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    QuickBib is a cross-platform utility that uses doi2bib3 to fetch BibTeX for DOIs, arXiv identifiers as well as article titles. Works as a GUI app and also as a CLI. Perfect for research workflows, manuscripts and automation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  11. Afforai icon
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    Afforai is the AI-powered reference manager for modern researchers, helping researchers manage, annotate, cite papers and conduct literature reviews with AI reliably. Afforai was built to assist every kind of researcher, whether you are a student, professor, or researcher of 50-years.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. Weava icon
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    Weava is a collaborative workplace for research offering an easy way to highlight, organize and collaborate on your research articles.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
     
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