Contribute to JabRef

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.

I have some cool feature requests

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.