Reference Managers

bibiman – TUI for fast and simple interaction with a BibLaTeX database

bibiman is a simple terminal user interface for handling your BibLaTeX database as part of a terminal-based scientific workflow.

Directories are searched recursively for files with the .bib extension and add them to the entry list. Beside the TUI bibiman can format and replace citekeys.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

  • Browse through the bib entries using Vim-like keybindings and a fuzzy search mode.
  • Filter the bib entries by keywords (and afterwards filter further by fuzzy searching).
  • Edit the current entry by opening a terminal-based editor at the specific line.
  • Yank/Copy the citekey of the current entry to the system clipboard.
  • Connect PDF files via file field or matching citekey basename.
  • Open related PDF file with keypress.
  • Open related URL/DOI with keypress.
  • Scrollbar for better navigating.
  • Sort Entries by column (Authors, Title, Year, ), or by position in bibfile.
  • Custom column to show extra information per entry.
  • Load multiple files into one session.
  • Add Entry via DOI.
  • Implement config file for setting some default values like main bibfile, PDF-opener, or editor
  • Connect notes files throuch matching citekey and basename.
  • Create note file for bib entries.
  • Hide LaTeX macros in user interface (e.g. in title, subtitle or abstract field).
  • Format citekeys via CLI with elaborated pattern syntax.
  • Support Hayagriva(.yaml) format as input (on hold for now, because the Hayagriva Yaml style doesn’t offer keywords; s. issue in Hayagriva repo).

Website: codeberg.org/lukeflo/bibiman
Support:
Developer: lukeflo
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

bibiman in action

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