JabRef

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 1.5 or newer.

What is new in this release:

We fixed various reasons why JabRef would freeze.
We fixed an issue where dropping a pdf on the entry table and renaming it triggered an exception. #3490
We fixed an issue where automatically found files where not added with a relative paths when the bib file is in the same directory as the files. #3476
We no longer allow to add a field multiple times in customized entry types and thereby fix an issue in the entry editor that resulted from having a field multiple times. #3046

What is new in version 4.0b3:

JabRef has a new logo
Partly switched to a new UI technology ([JavaFX])
We introduced "automatic groups" that automatically create subgroups based on a certain criteria (e.g., a subgroup for every author or keyword) and supports hierarchies.
We added a document viewer which allows you to have a glance at your PDF documents directly from within JabRef.
Using "Look up document identifier" in the quality menu, it is possible to look up DOIs, ArXiv ids and other identifiers for multiple entries.

What is new in version 3.6:

• New MacOSX integration
• Two releases for MacOSX: OSX-Java6 for Apple Java 1.6 and OSX for Oracle Java 1.7+
• Fix for bug 1278: Crash after changing LookAndFeel (showing a proper error message if L&F is not available)
• Adds some predefined look and feels in preference window (lists only available L&Fs)
• Fixes bug 1131: MacOSX: JabRef minimizes when clicking on x
• Dropped jayatana version 1.2.4 as version 2.x superseeds it
• Feature: Trim journal names before looking up the abbreviation
• Minor fixes regarding the status output of marking/unmarking entries
• Internal default key bindings are honored again
• Default key bindings for "Find unlinked files" (shift F7), "Open folder" (ctrl shift O), and "Hide/show toolbar" (ctrl alt t)
• Opening a file using the CLI works again. Just use the filename as parameter, without any command.
• Emacs keybindings: CTRL+f is not rebound as CTRL+f is more often used for "search"
• Performance Improvement: Saving of large databases is dramatically faster
• When a syntax error in the BibTeX source panel is made, the error cause is now always output
• Jars that are available in maven are now downloaded and used in both ant and gradle
• Replaced option parsing library ritopt with apache commons-cli which is in maven repository
• BREAKING passing an option file to the cli command no longer works due to change of internal cli library.
• Fix for bug 1283: Month fields like {8,} no longer cause exceptions
• Disabled ISBNtoBibTeX fetcher (bug 1241)

What is new in version 2.11b2:

• Feature: Option to clean URLs generated by Google (patch 204)
• Fix for bug 1272: JabRef now launches on Mac OS X
• Updated DBLPfetcher to new DBLP functionality
• Feature: Ability to reorder the panels in the side pane
• Feature: Option to save selected entries as plain BibTex without JabRef metadata

What is new in version 2.10b3:

- Fix GoogleScholarFetcher (patch 207)
- Line breaks in BibTeX fields (e.g., abstract and review) are now kept.
- Fixed completeness indicator in main table for entries with crossrefs and either/or required fields.
- Fixed [shorttitle] and [veryshorttitle] key generator markers, so they remove punctuation as described in the documentation.

Requirements:

Java 1.6 or higher