https://blog.jabref.org/The blog of the literature management software JabRef. 2026-03-02T14:50:57+01:00 JabRef e.V. https://blog.jabref.org/ Jekyll © 2026 JabRef e.V. /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-02-22T00:00:00+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...

2025-11-11T00:00:00+01:00 2025-11-11T00:00:00+01:00 https://blog.jabref.org/2025/11/11/introducing-git-integration-in-jabref/ wanling

Hello! I’m Wanling, one of the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) students contributing to JabRef this year. In this post, I’d like to introduce a small but helpful feature we recently added — experimental Git integration in JabRef. Background JabRef is a popular open-source reference manager. As BibTeX libraries grow, users often face two problems (issue #12350): Version control: Manually back...

2025-10-30T00:00:00+01:00 2025-10-30T00:00:00+01:00 https://blog.jabref.org/2025/10/30/JabRef6-0-alpha3/ JabRef e.V.

Trick or treat! Happy Halloween from the JabRef team! We are happy to announce the release of JabRef 6.0 Alpha 3, the next step towards the stable version of JabRef 6.0. This alpha release brings a huge 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. As alway...