bibman is a command-line and terminal-based bibliography manager designed for organising references and their associated documents. It takes a file-oriented approach to managing bibliographic information rather than relying on a conventional reference management database.
Each bibliography entry is stored as an individual text file. Associated resources, such as PDF documents or EPUB books, are kept using matching filenames. This arrangement makes it possible to inspect and manage the underlying files directly with ordinary desktop or terminal tools.
The software uses the Pandoc library to read and write bibliographic information in different formats. This provides flexibility when working with reference collections originating from different writing tools or citation systems.
bibman is intended for users who prefer keyboard-driven workflows and want direct access to the files making up their reference library.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Manage bibliography entries through a command-line interface.
- Provides an interactive terminal user interface for working with reference collections.
- Stores individual bibliographic records as separate text files.
- Associates PDF, EPUB and other resources with entries using matching filenames.
- Allows bibliography records to be inspected and modified using an external text editor.
- Uses Pandoc for reading and writing supported bibliography formats.
- Works with file-based reference collections without requiring a central database.
- Keeps bibliographic metadata and associated documents accessible independently of the application.
Website: codeberg.org/KMIJPH/bibman
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Developer: Joseph Kiem
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
bibman is written in Haskell. Learn Haskell with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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