JabRef

In the last blog post, we talked about the story of the creation of JabRef and its early development. Now it’s time to hear the story from Frédéric Darboux who reports about his experience as a user of the early JabRef versions and his engagement in ... [More] the JabRef community: Your Journey with JabRef: When, how, and why did you join/start to use JabRef? What were your initial impressions, and wha... [Less]

We are publishing version 5.13 of JabRef! In the Northern Hemisphere, Spring is on it’s way and we are releasing a new version with many new features and bug fixes with a focus on improving the usability (not only) for LaTeX users. Release ... [More] Highlights One of the notable new features is the interoperability with BibDesk. JabRef can now import BibDesk linked files and static groups. TexWorks Use... [Less]

In the beginning, bibtex citation management was without form, and void. But LaTeX shone upon the desperate researcher and deep inside the mind of fearless Java developers’, great applications waited to be created. Bibkeeper (Morten O. Alver) and ... [More] JBibtexManager (Nizar Batada) were born. Lines of code were written, features were implemented. Between these creative eruptions, the first similari... [Less]

Great news! JabRef got accepted as an open source organization for this year’s Google Summer of Code (GSoC). The goal of this annual program is to give open source newcomers the opportunity to learn about and get involved in open source development. ... [More] People will work up to three months on a project for an open source organization and are mentored by members of the project. It is a great honor fo... [Less]

We are publishing version 5.12 of JabRef! Just in time for the holidays, we present this new iteration with a couple of new features and bug fixes. This time, the occasion is very special, as we have something to celebrate: This year marks the ... [More] 20-year jubilee of JabRef! Since its foundation in 2003, JabRef has come a long way and continues to thrive! We have seen massive amounts of contribution... [Less]

We are publishing version 5.11 of JabRef! What a surprise! The decision to release JabRef 5.11 so soon after JabRef 5.10, was taken, because some regressions have been found (and fixed) that seemed to be annoying enough to warrant an early release ... [More] , especially for macOS users. Despite the bug fixes, we also implemented a couple of new features and performance improvements. macOS users should in... [Less]

We are thrilled to announce the release of JabRef version 5.10, a significant update to our beloved reference management software. This release comes with a plethora of new features, improvements, and fixes that make managing your bibliographic data ... [More] smoother than ever. Have a look at the changelog for a full list of all changes. Highlighted Features Enhanced External Changes Resolver Dialog... [Less]

Happy New Year to everyone! We are publishing version 5.9 of JabRef! What a surprise! The decision to release JabRef 5.9 so soon after JabRef 5.8, was taken, because some regressions have been found (and fixed) that seemed to be annoying enough to ... [More] warrant an early release. As new feature, we could include the possibility to handle multiline fields as custom fields (#6448). We also increased t... [Less]

Happy New Year to everyone!

We are proud to announce the release of version 5.8 of our favorite citation manager JabRef, just in time for the holidays! And a huge welcome to @ThiloTe in our team of maintainers and as the new community manager! Notable Changes and New Features ... [More] The most considerable change is the new 3-Way-Merge feature that was created by our GSoC mentee @HoussemNasri. This now allows you to easily revie... [Less]