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  • JabRef Bibliography Management
  • Installation
  • Getting started
  • Collect
    • Add entry manually
    • Add entry using an ID
    • Add entry using reference text
    • Searching externally using Online Services
    • Add entry using PDFs
    • Add PDFs to an entry
    • Browser Extension
    • Import
      • Custom import filters
      • Import inspection window
  • Organize
    • Edit an entry
    • Groups
    • Keywords
    • Mark and grade
    • Comment on an entry
    • Searching within the library
    • Complete information using online databases
    • Manage associated files
    • Manage field names and their content
    • Best practices
    • Cleanup entries
    • Check integrity
    • Find duplicates
    • Merge entries
    • Save actions
  • Cite
    • BibTeX and biblatex
    • Pushing to external editor application
    • Export to Microsoft Word
    • OpenOffice/LibreOffice integration
  • Share
    • Sharing a Bib(la)TeX Library
    • Shared SQL Database
      • Migration of pre-3.6 SQL databases into a shared SQL database
    • Export
      • Custom export filters
    • Send as email
  • AI functionality
    • AI providers and API keys
    • AI preferences
    • AI troubleshooting
    • Running a local LLM model
  • Configuration
    • Customize the citation key generator
    • Customize entry types
    • Customize general fields
    • Customize key bindings
    • Library properties
    • Entry preview setup
    • Manage external file types
    • Manage protected terms
    • The string editor
  • Advanced information
    • Main Window
    • Entry Editor
      • Links to other entries
      • The Bibtex / Biblatex source tab
      • The 'owner' field
      • Time stamp field
      • LaTeX Citations Tab
    • About BibTeX and its fields
    • Strings
    • Field content selector
    • URL and DOI links in JabRef
    • Command line use and options
    • Automatic Backup (.sav and .bak) and Autosave
    • XMP metadata support in JabRef
    • Remote operation
    • Custom themes
    • Journal abbreviations
    • New subdatabase based on AUX file
    • How to expand first names of an entry
    • Debugging your library file
    • Resources
    • License
    • Knowledge
      • MS Office Bibliography XML format
      • Comparison of the Medline (txt), Medline (xml), and RIS format
      • EndNote Export Filter
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Linux
    • Mac OS X
    • Windows
  • Discussion Forum
  • Contribute to JabRef
    • How to Improve the Help Page
    • How to translate the JabRef User Interface
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We are really happy that you are interested in contributing to JabRef. Please take your time to look around here. We especially invite you to look into our community members page where members introduce themselves.

I would like to improve the help page. What are the steps?

Please use the "Edit on GitHub" link in the upper right corner. Then, follow GitHub's guide to edit files in other user's repository.

I would like to help to translate JabRef to another language. How do I get started?

We encourage you to read about translating the JabRef user interface.

I want to keep Wikipedia pages up-to-date

JabRef improves -- and Wikipedia pages should keep up!

For changes affecting all languages, update the wikidata entry of JabRef.

For changes in a specific language, go to the related page, and simply click on "Edit" (top right-hand tab). Currently, existing pages are:

  • Deutsch: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/JabRef

  • English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JabRef

  • Español: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/JabRef

  • Français: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/JabRef

  • Italiano: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/JabRef

  • Русский: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/JabRef

  • Portuguese: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/JabRef

  • Svenska: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/JabRef

  • Українська: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/JabRef

  • 中文: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/JabRef

If there is no page for your own language, you can easily create one.

Come discuss it!

Can I make a donation? How?

Donations keep us going! You can use PayPal or bank transfers. Your institution/company can contribute too, through bank transfer for example. All details are provided at https://donations.jabref.org.

Our team consists of volunteers. To provide better support, we are currently trying to get a funded developer on board. Please consider donating money!

I would like to contribute code. How to?

Please head to our Contributing Guide.

I have some cool feature requests