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JabRef

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Bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac  via Java VM
  • Windows  via Java VM
  • Linux  via Java VM
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Vivaldi
  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
4.2 / 5 Avg rating (4)
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Features

Suggest and vote on features
  1.  Export citation
  2.  Tagging
  3.  Browser integration
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  Full-Text Search
  6. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
  7.  Works Offline
  8.  Autocompletion
  9.  Automatic file renaming
  10.  Grouping entries
  11.  File Sync

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    dzenanahmetspahic added JabRef as alternative to Elumity
    4 months ago
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JabRef information

  • Developed by

    Unknown
  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.2
  • Alternatives

    45 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Education & ReferenceBackup & Sync

GitHub repository

  •  3,867 Stars
  •  2,788 Forks
  •  588 Open Issues
  •   Updated Apr 27, 2025 
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about JabRef, and it has gotten 100 likes

JabRef was added to AlternativeTo by edmsampaio on May 4, 2009 and this page was last updated Sep 7, 2024.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Matt Adamek
Mar 19, 2018
3

JabRef is wonderful, if you are looking for tool to use for writing, as well as organizing your entire library of academic research articles. Supports direct import of entry attributes based on doi, ISBN, as well as other identifiers. The customizability of the environment is great and offers a lot to any academic, including undergraduates. On the other hand, the Java based environment has been growing over time, becoming fairly resource demanding, which makes it slower than would be desired. Occasionally, a glitch occurs, but never anything that wouldn't be fixed in the standard "turn it off and on again" approach.

Guest
Aug 4, 2021
1

Free and open-source reference manager that works flawlessly. I really like the browser extension which makes importing new documents very easy.

John Fastman
Dec 17, 2016
1

JabRef has extensions which add to its functionality, including integration with Microsoft Word, if you so desire.

What is JabRef?

The efficient way to collect, organize & discover

Collect

Import options for over 15 reference formats Easily retrieve and link full-text articles Fetch complete bibliographic information based on ISBN, DOI, PubMed-ID and arXiv-ID Import new references directly from the web browser with one click using the official browser extension Get now:

Edit

Complete and improve bibliographic data by comparing with curated online catalogues such as Google Scholar, Springer or MathSciNet Automatically rename and move associated files according to customizable rules Customize and add new metadata fields or reference types

Organize

Group your research into hierarchical collections Organize articles based on keywords, tags, search terms or your manual assignments Advanced search and filter features Keep track of what you read: ranking, priority, printed, quality-assured

Cite

Native BibTeX and BibLaTeX support, perfect for text-based typesetting systems such as LaTeX and Markdown. Cite-as-you-write functionality for external applications such as Emacs, Kile, LyX, Texmaker, TeXstudio, Vim and WinEdt. Format references in one of the many thousand built-in citation styles or create your style Support for Word and LibreOffice/OpenOffice for inserting and formatting citations