https://blog.jabref.org/The blog of the literature management software JabRef. 2026-07-14T16:37:02+02:00 JabRef e.V. https://blog.jabref.org/ Jekyll © 2026 JabRef e.V. /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-06-15T00:00:00+02:00 2026-06-15T00:00:00+02:00 https://blog.jabref.org/2026/06/15/running-jabref-on-windows-arm64/ faneesh

Windows on ARM is becoming more common under the influence of Surface laptops, Copilot+ PCs and other devices shipping with ARM64 processors. But running Java desktop applications on these machines is still a challenge: JavaFX, which JabRef relies on for its user interface, does not yet provide official builds for Windows ARM64. This post walks through how to run JabRef on a Windows ARM64 mach...

2026-05-14T00:00:00+02:00 2026-05-14T00:00:00+02:00 https://blog.jabref.org/2026/05/14/JabRef6-0-alpha6/ JabRef e.V.

It’s just May and we again have a full changelog since the last release. We are happy to announce the release of JabRef 6.0 Alpha 6, the next step towards the stable version of JabRef 6.0. It’s formally an alpha release because we have a couple of things left in our backlog for a Beta version. But nonetheless this version includes plenty of fixes and improvements and thus we invite everyone t...

2026-02-22T00:00:00+01:00 2026-02-22T00:00:00+01:00 https://blog.jabref.org/2026/02/22/JabRef6-0-alpha5/ JabRef e.V.

In the spirit of this year’s winter olympics 🇮🇹 ❄️ 🏟️, we are proud to announce a winner as well: A new JabRef version… And JabRef once again got accepted for this year’s Google Summer of Code (GSOC) We are happy to announce the release of JabRef 6.0 Alpha 5, the next step towards the stable version of JabRef 6.0. Release Highlights This release focused on improving the citations tab interf...

2025-12-26T00:00:00+01:00 2025-12-26T00:00:00+01:00 https://blog.jabref.org/2025/12/26/JabRef6-0-alpha4/ JabRef e.V.

Happy Holidays from the JabRef Team! We have a present for you: We are happy to announce the release of JabRef 6.0 Alpha 4, the next step towards the stable version of JabRef 6.0. This alpha release brings a number of bug fixes, improvements, and new features, as well as some changes under the hood in the machine room of JabRef, to make future improvements easier and JabRef more versatile. Rel...

2025-12-04T00:00:00+01:00 2025-12-04T00:00:00+01:00 https://blog.jabref.org/2025/12/04/overleaf-support/ koppor

Keeping your literature database in sync across tools can be painful. With the new Git Support in JabRef, you can push your .bib file directly to GitHub—and Overleaf can fetch it from there. This creates a simple, one-way synchronization setup: JabRef → GitHub → Overleaf. Below is a short walkthrough showing how to connect your GitHub-hosted BibTeX file with your Overleaf project. 1. Push you...