Zotero
Collect research sources, annotate documents, and generate citations and bibliographies.GetAGPL-3.0
JabRef
Manage bibliography files, collect publication metadata, and organize research references.
MIT · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- JabRef
- Verified
- 2026
About JabRef
JabRef is a reference manager centered on BibTeX and BibLaTeX libraries. Search, group, and edit entries while keeping linked documents close to their citation data.
It fits academic writing workflows that need a maintainable bibliography, especially projects already using LaTeX.
Information
- Source code
- JabRef/jabref
- License
- MIT
- Website
- jabref.org
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Education
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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- github.com/JabRef/jabref
- github.com/JabRef/jabref/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/JabRef/jabref/blob/main/README.md
- github.com/JabRef/jabref/releases
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