The Best 15 Bibtex Editor Alternatives

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    Zotero

    Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox/Chrome extension or standalone program to help you collect, organize, manage, search and cite your research sources directly in your favourite word processor, with 300 MB free online storage.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Chrome Firefox Safari Microsoft Office Word LibreOffice

    Firefox extension Compatible with Microsoft Office Microsoft Office integration Sync between devices Multiple languages Support for WebDAV Browser integration Export to CSV Save web page for offline use Libre Office Integration Importing from webpages
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    JabRef

    JabRef is an open source bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

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    Docear

    Docear is a unique solution to academic literature management, which helps you organizing, creating, and discovering academic literature. The 3 most distinct features are: 1.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web

    Portable PDF annotation
  • Citavi icon

    Citavi

    Reference management and knowledge organization with integrated task planner. Solution for work groups with data sharing in intranet available.

    Freemium Windows

  • Paperpile icon

    Paperpile

    Organize your research papers in a Gmail-like web app, sync your PDFs to Google Drive and cite your references in Google Docs.

    Commercial Web Chrome Google Drive - Docs Google Drive Google Scholar

  • EndNote icon

    EndNote

    A reference management software, used for searching online publication databases, & managing publications / bibliographies, with the ability to insert the references into a word processor.

    Commercial Windows iPad Web

  • BibSonomy icon

    BibSonomy

    BibSonomy is a system for sharing bookmarks and lists of literature (BibTex format). When discovering a bookmark or a publication on the web, you can store it on our...

    Free Web

  • EasyBib icon

    EasyBib

    Automatic works cited and bibliography formatting for MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian citation styles. Now supports 7th edition of MLA.

    Freemium Android iPhone Chrome OS Web Google Drive - Docs

  • Bookends icon

    Bookends

    Bookends is a commercial reference management software package for Mac OS X that is used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. Its target market is students, academics and professionals.

    Commercial Mac OS X iPhone iPad

  • bibme icon

    bibme

    BibMe is a free automatic citation creator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatting. BibMe leverages external databases to quickly fill citation information for you.

    Free Web

  • KBibTeX icon

    KBibTeX

    KBibTeX is a reference management software primarily for BibTeX which is typically used in conjunction with TeX/LaTeX.

    Free Open Source Linux

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    Peerlibrary

    PeerLibrary is an open source project developing a collaborative online community where scholars and researchers can discover, read, and discuss scholarly literature all within one site.

    Free Open Source Web

  • Weava icon

    Weava

    Weava is a collaborative workplace for research offering an easy way to highlight, organize and collaborate on your research articles.

    Freemium Web Chrome