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jabref
Desktop app for managing BibTeX and BibLaTeX (.bib) libraries

Java · 4746 stars
abbrv.jabref.org
A repository of abbreviations for references, e.g., for conferences, journals, institutes, etc.

Python · 164 stars
JabRef-Browser-Extension
Browser extension for JabRef to allow importing of new items directly from the browser.

JavaScript · 96 stars
cloudref
CloudRef - collaboratively managing references in the cloud

JavaScript · 64 stars
user-documentation
User documentation of JabRef

CSS · 54 stars
JabRefOnline

TypeScript · 40 stars
blog.jabref.org
Repository for JabRef's blog

Shell · 10 stars
themes.jabref.org
Custom themes for JabRef

CSS · 7 stars
GSoC
Guide for participating in Google Summer of Code with JabRef e.V.

Shell · 6 stars
lsp-vscode-extension

TypeScript · 5 stars
jabmap
next-generation scientific mind mapping

JavaScript · 4 stars
JabRef-Browser-Extension-experimental

JavaScript · 4 stars
jabref-action
BibTeX GitHub Action

Shell · 3 stars
html-to-node
HTML rendered as plain scene-graph-nodes

Java · 3 stars
latex-conv
Converts LaTeX to Unicode/HTML and back — JabRef's bibliography-field text conversion library

Java · 2 stars
jabref-website
Official repo for the new website

Vue · 2 stars
jabref-demonstration-libraries
JabRef demonstration libraries

TeX · 1 star
bibtex-library-collection
BibTeX test suite

Shell · 1 star

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Width and size of headers and first screenshot Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

JabRef/jabref-website#24 · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Dark Theme: Switch background colours Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

JabRef/jabref-website#23 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Don't package shadowjar for every sub project Open

dev: distribution status: waiting-for-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

JabRef/jabref#17207 · 8 comments · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Fix mention of JabRef Browser Extension for Chrome Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

JabRef/jabref-website#20 · Opened Sep 18, 2026
AI summary cannot be generated - Better error instead of exception Open

📍 Assigned component: ai

JabRef/jabref#17203 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 17, 2026
(Internal) Make bibtex highlighting colors more readable Open

component: ui

JabRef/jabref#17180 · 1 comment · 4 assignees · Opened Sep 15, 2026
Move or copy DOI from MEDLINE `article-doi` field Open

📌 Pinned 📍 Assigned component: fetcher component: import-load

JabRef/jabref#17173 · 8 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026
Migrate "JabRef in the Media" to here Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

JabRef/jabref-demonstration-libraries#8 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 14, 2026
Move Version of JabRef in Welcome Screen into the line above to save screenspace Open

JabRef/jabref#17160 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 14, 2026
Replace notice with error dialog Open

📍 Assigned status: devcall

JabRef/jabref#17118 · 5 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 13, 2026
Investigate thread-safe improvement for main table memory allocation Open

dev: performance

JabRef/jabref#17092 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 10, 2026
Buttons should have rounded corners on mac according to HIG (in jfx 27) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

JabRef/themes.jabref.org#51 · Opened Sep 10, 2026
Some icons are misaligned in the entry table Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

JabRef/themes.jabref.org#41 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Rating stars are clipped with increased font size Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

JabRef/themes.jabref.org#40 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Jump to field dialog hint overlaps suggestion list, ignores hovered suggestion, and pushes buttons out of view Open

📌 Pinned

JabRef/jabref#17060 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Reduce welcome tab padding Open

📍 Assigned 🔔 reminder-sent component: ui component: welcome-tab

JabRef/jabref#17015 · 17 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Add apply button to preference window Open

component: preferences component: ui

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

JabRef/jabref#16996 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Button width does not align with text box Open

component: preferences component: ui

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

JabRef/jabref#16994 · 10 comments · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Replace all ToolBar Icons with SvgNodes Open

📌 Pinned component: ui

JabRef/jabref#16979 · 2 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Labels are misaligned in the entry editor Open

📌 Pinned

JabRef/jabref#16976 · 6 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Add controls to show/hide the side pane Open

📌 Pinned

JabRef/jabref#16949 · 4 comments · 3 assignees · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Use labels as the column heading for special fields Open

📌 Pinned

JabRef/jabref#16947 · 4 comments · 3 assignees · Opened Sep 7, 2026
Replace all FontIcons with SvgNodes Open

component: ui

JabRef/jabref#16944 · 4 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Sep 7, 2026
Remove special paddings Open

component: ui

JabRef/jabref#16889 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 6, 2026
Sidepane items should have a predictable order Open

📌 Pinned component: ui

JabRef/jabref#16886 · 4 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Sep 6, 2026
Replace screenshots Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

JabRef/jabref-website#18 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 6, 2026
Differentiate true/false relevance stars on hover in entry table Open

JabRef/jabref#16881 · 6 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 6, 2026
Add new OCR engines via OCRmyPDF plugins Open

📍 Assigned component: ocr good first issue

JabRef/jabref#16866 · 6 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Sep 6, 2026
Use consistent padding, gaps, font-sizes Open

📌 Pinned 📍 Assigned 🔔 reminder-sent

JabRef/jabref#16787 · 12 comments · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened Aug 31, 2026
arXiv search returns nothing for terms with accented characters Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

JabRef/jabref#16772 · 10 comments · Opened Aug 31, 2026
Automatically generate Git commit message Open

📌 Pinned 📍 Assigned 🔔 reminder-sent component: git good first issue

JabRef/jabref#16763 · 11 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 31, 2026
Fade the Perform OCR button when the linked file is broken Open

📌 Pinned 📍 Assigned 🔔 reminder-sent good first issue

JabRef/jabref#16736 · 16 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 28, 2026
Fix button placement at commit dialog Open

📍 Assigned component: git good first issue

JabRef/jabref#16730 · 10 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 28, 2026
Extension icon does not appear in address bar Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 66/100

JabRef/JabRef-Browser-Extension#721 · Opened Aug 26, 2026
If OCR failed, there should be the command line shown Open

📍 Assigned 🔔 reminder-sent component: ocr good first issue

JabRef/jabref#16679 · 16 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 25, 2026
grobid.jabref.org no longer resolves (NXDOMAIN) — default Grobid URL and all Grobid tests fail Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

JabRef/jabref#16668 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 24, 2026
Update theming docs for new theme + color scheme preferences (JabRef/jabref#15798) Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

JabRef/user-documentation#660 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 24, 2026
Create a function that brings the selected entry into view Open

📌 Pinned 📍 Assigned 🔔 reminder-sent

JabRef/jabref#16658 · 12 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 24, 2026
Firefox: No translator paths provided when importing a generic web page Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

JabRef/JabRef-Browser-Extension#720 · Opened Aug 23, 2026
Fetcher Infrastructure for URL-based fetching Open

component: fetcher good fourth issue

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

JabRef/jabref#16614 · 23 comments · Opened Aug 17, 2026
Compare with LaTeXConverter.swift Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

JabRef/latex-conv#16 · Opened Aug 14, 2026
Support Safari for the full-text bridge without an external native host Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

JabRef/JabRef-Browser-Extension-experimental#92 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 12, 2026
Add macOS text-editing shortcuts as defaults Open

component: keybinding platform: macos

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

JabRef/jabref#16529 · 11 comments · Opened Aug 10, 2026
Introduce "Import Cited" in the LibreOffice integration Open

component: libre-office

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

JabRef/jabref#16516 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 8, 2026
Java FX threading bug fires on new entry creation rather than on group switching Open

status: waiting-for-feedback

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

JabRef/jabref#16512 · 7 comments · Opened Aug 8, 2026
Rename repo to jabref.github.io Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 72/100

JabRef/jabref-website#12 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
Fix TitleFetcherTest Open

component: fetcher

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

JabRef/jabref#16481 · 9 comments · Opened Aug 3, 2026
Fix CrossRef fetcher Open

component: fetcher

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

JabRef/jabref#16476 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 3, 2026
Add citation when cursor is inside the citation range Open

component: libre-office

JabRef/jabref#16427 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 29, 2026
Code quality: Unification of OpenOffice backend Open

component: libre-office dev: code-quality

JabRef/jabref#16380 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened Jul 27, 2026

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