Awesome Digital Humanities
Section: Bibliography and Sources Management · Open source bibliography reference manager.
FreshScore 79
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JabRef
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Manages references and attached PDFs using BibTeX/BibLaTeX. Includes support for LibreOffice. (MIT)
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Awesome Free Software
Section: Scientific Work · Manages references and attached PDFs using BibTeX/BibLaTeX. Includes support for LibreOffice. (MIT)
SlowScore 57
Awesome LaTeX
Section: Bibliography tools · Very powerful cross-platform (Java) bibtex editor.
FreshScore 79
Awesome Research Tools
Section: Bibliography · An open source bibliography reference manager for the BibTeX format.
ActiveScore 70
Awesome Scientific Writing
Section: Bibliography · Open source bibliography reference manager.
FreshScore 82
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