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JabRef is an open-source, cross-platform citation and reference management software. It is used to collect, organize and search bibliographic information.

Key facts

Software.name
JabRef
Software.logo
JabRef Icon.svg
Software.screenshot
JabRef-5.9.png
Software.caption
JabRef 5.9 under Linux
Software.author
Morten O. Alver, Nizar N. Batada, et al.
Software.developer
The JabRef team
Software.programming language
Java
Software.operating system
Windows, macOS, Linux
Software.size
180MB
Software.language
Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (classical), Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese
Software.language count
23
Software.genre
Reference management
Software.license
MIT License

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JabRef is a graphical application for managing bibliographical databases. JabRef is designed specifically for BibTeX bases, but can import and export many other bibliographic formats. JabRef runs on all platforms and requires Java 1.6 or newer.

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Source code

Cite Native BibTeX and BibLaTeX support Cite-as-you-write functionality for external applications such as Emacs, Kile, LyX, Texmaker, TeXstudio, Vim and WinEdt. Format references using one of thousands of built-in citation styles or create your own style Support for Word and LibreOffice/OpenOffice for inserting and formatting citations Fresh development builds are available at builds.jabref.org. The latest stable release is available at FossHub. We are thankful for any bug reports or other feedback. If you have ideas for new features you want to be included in JabRef, tell us in the feature section of our forum! If you need support in using JabRef, please read the user documentation, especially the frequently asked questions (FAQ) and also take a look at our community forum. You can use our GitHub issue tracker to file bug reports. Please see Building from source for instructions on how to build JabRef from sources.

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.jabref.org
Image
JabRef-5.9.png
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Commons category
JabRef
software version identifier
5.15
inception
2003-11-29
source code repository URL
github.com/JabRef/jabref
user manual URL
docs.jabref.org
publication date
2003-00-00
social media followers
136
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JabRef is an open-source, cross-platform citation and reference management software. It is used to collect, organize and search bibliographic information.

JabRef has a target audience of academics and many university libraries have written guides on its usage. It uses BibTeX and BibLaTeX as its native formats and is therefore typically used for LaTeX. The name JabRef stands for Java, Alver, Batada, Reference. The original version was released on November 29, 2003.

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