bibfront

Bibfront is a software platform that provides a front-end interface for managing bibliographic databases and citations. It is intended to help researchers organize references, annotate sources, and generate consistent bibliographies across documents.

Key features include support for common bibliographic formats such as BibTeX and CSL-JSON, import and export workflows, deduplication, tagging, and folder-based organization. It supports collaborative workspaces, notes, and relationships between records, enabling researchers to link related items and annotate provenance.

Bibfront uses a client-server architecture with a browser-based user interface. The backend stores bibliographic records in a database and exposes a RESTful or GraphQL API for programmatic access. It includes authentication and authorization, and can be extended via plugins or extensions for additional importers, style adapters, or export targets.

Typical workflows include importing references from literature databases, organizing them with tags and folders, deduplicating conflicting records, and generating in-text citations and formatted bibliographies in Word, LaTeX, or CMS workflows via styles and templates.

Development is community-driven and open-source, with ongoing updates to formats, citation styles, and interoperability features. The project emphasizes cross-platform deployment and compatibility with existing reference-management ecosystems.

Related topics include bibliography management software, BibTeX, CSL-JSON, and reference-management workflows.