JabCon 2025

From Friday, September 12, to Monday, September 15, 2025, the annual JabCon took place in Zwiesel, Germany, where the majority of the JabRef maintainers and some members of our non-profit organization JabRef e.V. met in person and worked together to improve JabRef and discuss the roadmap for future releases.

This year we focused on release-critical issues and on publishing our VS Code extension, which is one of this year’s Google Summer of Code (GSoC) projects. We also took the opportunity to use the learnings from GSoC to refine our guidelines for newcomers.

The work from JabCon will feed into the next JabRef releases and should make it easier for new contributors to get started and contribute effectively.

We are excited for next year’s JabCon!

Special Thanks

We want to thank all the users who are constantly testing the latest snapshots and providing feedback! Furthermore, we would like to thank our donators and JabRef e.V. members who made it possible for many JabRef developers to attend the conference and to support our work. In case you like to donate money on a regular basis, we would prefer via our bank account (tax-deductible and no fees) or via GitHub Sponsors as the fees are lower than PayPal.