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jabref
Desktop app for managing BibTeX and BibLaTeX (.bib) libraries
Project last updated：08/29/26
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JabRef is a cross-platform desktop reference manager that treats .bib as the source of truth, reading and writing BibTeX and BibLaTeX directly rather than locking you into a cloud format. You can pull records from many online catalogs such as CrossRef, PubMed, and arXiv using a DOI or ISBN, import over fifteen reference formats, and organize everything into searchable groups with custom tags and citation keys. It also has an AI layer since version 6 that can summarize papers and let you chat with the PDFs in your library, useful when you are triaging a large reading list. For anyone who lives in LaTeX and wants a mature, self-hosted option for managing literature without leaving the .bib ecosystem, JabRef is a solid choice.
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