JabRef 
JabRef is an open source bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format. JabRef is a desktop application and runs on the Java VM (version 8), and works equally well on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
BibTeX is an application and a bibliography file format written by Oren Patashnik and Leslie Lamport for the LaTeX document preparation system. General information can be found on the CTAN BibTeX package information page. JabRef also supports BibLaTeX.
Bibliographies generated by LaTeX and BibTeX from a BibTeX file can be formatted to suit any reference list specifications through the use of different BibTeX and BibLaTeX style files.
Search the Web
Entries can be searched in external databases and BibTeX entries can be fetched from there. Example sources: arXiv, CiteseerX, Google Scholar, Medline, GVK, IEEEXplore, and Springer.
Import of various formats
RIS, Medline/Pubmed (xml), Refer/Endnote, INSPEC, BibTeXML, CSA, ISI Web of Science, SilverPlatter, Scifinder, OVID, Biblioscape, Sixpack, JStor, and RIS.
Moreover, the FireFox add-on JabFox makes importing new bibliographic information directly from the browser very easy.
Automatic download of full texts
JabRef can be instructed to search for the full text of a reference, download it, and directly link it to the BibTeX entry.
Search the bibliography
Search a pattern in the whole bibliography.
Classification of entries
You can group entries explicitly, by keywords or any other fields.
Integrates to your environment
Launch external applications: PDF viewers, web browser
Insert citations into TeXstudio, LyX, Kile, Emacs, TeXmaker, Vim, and WinEdt
Automatic Key generation
BibTeX keys can be automatically generated in a customizable way from document data, e.g. using author names, title and year.
Support for XMP Metadata in PDFs
Improve the workflow of sharing PDFs and bibliography information
Built-in and custom export formats
HTML, Docbook, BibTeXML, MODS, RTF, Refer/Endnote, and OpenOffice.org as well as LibreOffice
Customization of the JabRef interface
Fonts, displayed fields, etc.
Customization of BibTeX fields
You can add your own fields to any BibTeX entry type.
Translations
JabRef menus and dialog boxes are translated into Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (simplified), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Persian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese.
See our translation page on github for more information and the status of each translation.
We use install4j, the multi-platform installer builder.
Documentation
Documentation is available at https://help.jabref.org. There was a huge effort to generate a German user manual. You find it at https://manuals.jabref.org.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions are available at https://help.jabref.org/en/#faq.
General Support
Use our discourse forum at http://discourse.jabref.org to get help or to provide feedback.
You can also propose new features there.
Bug and error reports are managed at GitHub.
Development Information
The development of JabRef is managed at GitHub.
You can find the source code and a contribution guide at our github project page at https://github.com/JabRef/jabref.
Changelog
See https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Please visit our wiki for more information such as donating via bank transfer.
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JabRef-compatible text editors
JabRef can push entries, i.e. insert \cite{key} commands, to the following text editors:
Additionally, JabRef can natively insert citations and format a bibliography in:
See OpenOffice/LibreOffice integration for details.
External tools
BibSync
by Daniel Mendler
BibSync is a tool to synchronize your paper database with a BibTeX file which might be most useful for Physicists and Mathematicians since it supports synchronization with DOI and arXiv.
Homepage: https://github.com/minad/bibsync
Bibtex4word
by Mike Brookes
Bibtex4Word is an add-in for Microsoft Word that allows the citation of references and the insertion of a bibliography into your document using your choice of formatting style. It is lightweight, transparent and does not mess up your documents.
Homepage: http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/hp/staff/dmb/perl/index.html
Endnote filter set
This improves author recognitzion and adds support for more fileds to EndNote.
Homepage: https://github.com/JabRef/EndNode-JabRef-filters
Eratosthenes Reference Manager
by Matthew Matlock
Eratosthenes Reference Manager is a BibTeX-based bibliography manager for Android. It integrates with JabRef, supporting top-level groups and attached files/external links.
Available for Android 4.0 and up.
App store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mm.eratos
Export-Filter Editor
by Felix Wilke
Using this tool you can easily create a custom export filter for JabRef to build you own bibliography style. Styles files are available at https://layouts.jabref.org and for LibeOffice at https://jstyles.jabref.org. The tool itself supports:
- HTML Export Filter
- RTF Export Filter
- OpenOffice/ LibreOffice Style File
- Saving the filter for later refinements
Download the Export-Filter Editor
Feinerleiser
by Niklas Alt
Feinerleiser is a tool for improving the JabRef-LibreOffice integration when writing for the humanities. This tool can be run to finalize a document, providing citation features that are not supported by JabRef itself.
Homepage: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/feinerleiser/
gitignore.io
This site offers to generate .gitignore files using common patterns for applications.
For instance, you can use the keywords JabRef, Windows, Linux, macos, latex to generate a .gitignore for your daily tex work.
- Homepage: https://www.gitignore.io/
- .gitignore for JabRef and friends: https://www.gitignore.io/api/jabref%2Clatex%2Cwindows%2Clinux%2Cmacos
JabFox
by Tobias Diez
JabFox is a Firefox add-on for users of the bibliographic reference manager JabRef. It automatically identifies and extracts bibliographic information on websites and sends them to JabRef in one click. A wide range of publisher sites, library catalogs and databases are supported.
- Homepage: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/jabfox/
- Source: https://github.com/JabRef/JabFox/
WinEdt’s JabRef launcher
by Karl Koeller
This WinEdt’s package allows to launch the JabRef program from within WinEdt.
Download the WinEdt’s JabRef launcher
Export filters
JabRef allows you to create custom export filters. This functionality and the installation procedure are described in the help file on Custom export filters. Some users have created export filters that can be useful to many others. They are collected at https://layouts.jabref.org.
JabRef journal abbreviation lists
JabRef can help you refactor your reference list by automatically abbreviating or unabbreviating journal names, as explained in the dedicated help.
Although JabRef comes with a build-in list of journals, additional lists are available at https://abbrv.jabref.org.
Plugins and additional entry fetchers
Until version 2.11 JabRef offered a plugin framework. Support for that has been removed. See issue #152 for the current status of integration of the plugins into JabRef.
The current way to add a new entry fetcher or additional functionality is to directly contribute the code to JabRef.
Please head over to our contributing FAQ.