Contributors per cycle
Accepted projects each year, against the median organization that year
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| JabRef e.V. | Median organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
In GSoC 2026
JabRef e.V.
JabRef is one of the most widely used citation and reference management tools. It helps students and researchers to stay on top of their literature by assisting at every step of a research project: collecting and organizing literature sources, discovering the latest research, citing references in LaTeX and other text editors, and sharing interesting papers with collaborators.
Contributors in 2026
3
−1 from 2025
Projects since 2016
14
2.3 a cycle on average
Cycles
6 of 11
3-cycle streak
Rank in 2026
#119
of 183, 0.3% of slots
Mentors
5
for 3 projects in 2024
Stack and topics
Each one has its own page of organizations and trends
Technologies
# Topics
More about JabRef e.V.
JabRef is open-source and cross-platform. It is written in Java using JavaFX as the user interface technology. It is licensed under the MIT license.
Since 2020 JabRef is maintained by the non-profit organization JabRef e.V.
Quick answers
- Is JabRef e.V. in GSoC 2026?
- Yes, with 3 contributors.
- How long has it taken part?
- 6 of 11 cycles since 2016, first in 2019, with a 3-cycle streak running.
- How many contributors does it usually take?
- 2.3 a cycle on average, 14 in total. Its largest cycle was 2025, with 4.
- What does it build with?
- Java, JavaFX, LaTeX, TypeScript, Bibtex, AI.
Accepted projects
3 projects in 2026 · All 14 projects since 2016
Improved LibreOffice-JabRef integration
Hancong
Nowadays, more and more researchers and students choose OpenOffice as an alternative to MS Office. JabRef already provides OpenOffice integration to...
JabRef Native Image Support
Wanling
This project aims to bring GraalVM native-image support to JabRef, starting with JabKit and its core dependency JabLib, and then extending to JabGui,...
Improve handling of older documents by OCR and AI
Zeyad Abdelfattah
JabRef, comprehensive literature management software, currently supports both handling metadata and text-based PDF documents. However, a significant...
Improve handling of ancient documents by OCR and AI
Kaan Erdem
JabRef currently struggles with scanned or image-based PDFs, which lack embedded text and cannot be indexed or searched. This project proposes...
JabRef for Visual Studio Code (JabRef4VSCode)
palukkuMentored by koppor, Ruslan Popov, subhramit
Users of LaTeX tend to use Visual Studio Code (VSCode) for editing their LaTeX and BibTeX files. Although JabRef can still be used as GUI, it would...
Git Support for JabRef
WanlingMentored by Christoph, koppor, Ruslan Popov +1
This project aims to improve Git-based collaboration in JabRef by building a reliable synchronization layer for .bib files. While JabRef already...
Integrating Walkthrough Feature in JabRef
YuboMentored by Christoph, Calixtus, Houssem Nasri +2
I aim to improve the Welcome page and create a walkthrough in JabRef. The walkthrough would: 1. Provide an overview of JabRef's core functionality 2....
AI-Powered Summarization and “Interaction” with Academic Papers
Ruslan PopovMentored by Christoph, koppor, Calixtus +1
This project seeks to make research more efficient by adding powerful AI tools to JabRef. New features are: - "Interaction" with papers (question...
Improved CSL Support (and more LibreOffice-JabRef integration enhancements)
subhramitMentored by Christoph, koppor, ThiloteE
JabRef's integration with LibreOffice currently lacks comprehensive support for citing references using the Citation Style Language (CSL), which is a...
Lucene Search Backend Integration
Loay GhreebMentored by koppor, Calixtus, Houssem Nasri
JabRef offers an extensive search function that is based on a custom search syntax. The goal is to replace the custom search syntax and grammar with...
Implement a Three Way Merge UI for merging BibTeX entries
Houssem NasriMentored by Christoph, koppor, Calixtus +1
Merging duplicates and resolving conflicts is a major use case for JabRef users, according to a 2019 research conducted by JabRef developers....
Microsoft Word Integration
MohitMentored by Jonatan Asketorp, Tobias Diez, siedlerchr
This project’s primary goal is to integrate jabref with Microsoft word using an office add-in. That will allow users to speed up the process of...
Improve pdf support in JabRef
Benedikt TutzerMentored by Carl Christian Snethlage, Oliver Kopp, siedlerchr
JabRef currently only has limited support to interact with pdfs. It can only read XMP metadata and cannot write metadata at all. Since pdfs are a...
Bidirectional Integration — Paper Writing — LaTeX and JabRef 5.0
David MéndezMentored by Linus Dietz, Christoph S, Tobias Diez
The core of the proposal is a wide improvement of the LaTeX integration with JabRef, focusing on the end-user, whose characteristics have been...
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