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bibtex-tidy – clean and format BibTeX bibliography files

October 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education

bibtex-tidy cleans BibTeX files from the command line, with configurable formatting, field sorting, duplicate handling and citation keys.

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Rebiber – replace unofficial BibTeX entries with official record

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education

Rebiber replaces unofficial BibTeX entries with official DBLP or ACL Anthology records while retaining citation keys.

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11 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI-Based Bibliography Tools

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education, Roundup, Scientific

A common misconception is that bibliography tools are really only useful for academics. However, this type of software is a type of reference manager offering the ability to collect large amounts of metadata.

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QuickBib – retrieve BibTeX citations from academic identifiers

November 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Education, GUI

QuickBib retrieves BibTeX records from DOIs, arXiv IDs, article URLs and titles using a graphical interface, terminal commands and Crossref.

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Citations – graphical BibTeX bibliography manager

November 5, 2025 Steve Emms Education, GUI

Citations is a streamlined GNOME bibliography editor for working with BibTeX files and managing research references in a simple interface.

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cb2Bib – bibliographic reference extraction and management

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms Education, GUI

cb2Bib extracts bibliographic data from PDFs and copied text, manages BibTeX collections and supports full-text search and citation tools.

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JabRef – BibTeX and BibLaTeX reference manager

September 28, 2023 Steve Emms Education, GUI

JabRef organises BibTeX and BibLaTeX libraries with metadata searches, PDF handling, duplicate detection and word processor integration.

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Reference Management

KBibTeX – bibliography and reference management

September 28, 2023 Steve Emms Education, GUI

KBibTeX is a KDE bibliography manager for editing BibTeX records, finding duplicates, importing references and previewing citations.

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