JabRef is a graphical software for managing bibliographical databases. JabRef is designed specifically for BibTeX bases, but can import and export many other bibliographic formats. A open-source cross-platform graphical frontend to manage BibTeX databases.

BibTeX is an software and a bibliography file format written by Oren Patashnik and Leslie Lamport for the LaTeX document preparation system. General information about BibTeX.
Bibliographies generated by LaTeX and BibTeX from a BibTeX file can be formatted to suit any reference list specifications through the use of different BibTeX style files. We support this initiative to build a searchable database of BibTeX style files, organized by journal names: LaTeX bibliography style database.

JabRef Features:
1. Advanced BibTeX editor
2. Detailed editing of BibTeX entries.
3. Search functions
4. Search a pattern in the whole bibliography.
5. Classification of entries
6. You can group entries explicitly, by keywords or any other fields.
7. Import of different formats
8. BibTeXML, CSA, Refer/Endnote, ISI Web of Science, SilverPlatter, Medline/Pubmed (xml), Scifinder, OVID, INSPEC, Biblioscape, Sixpack, JStor and RIS.
9. Built-in and custom export formats
10. HTML, Docbook, BibTeXML, MODS, RTF, Refer/Endnote and OpenOffice.org.
11. Customization of BibTeX fields
12. You can add your own fields to any BibTeX entry type.
13. Customization of the JabRef interface
14. Fonts, displayed fields, etc
15. Integrates to your environment
16. Launch external applications: PDF/PS viewers, web browser, insert citations into LyX, Kile and WinEdt
17. Automatic Key generation
18. Search Medline, Citeseer, IEEEXplore and arXiv
19. Support for XMP Metadata in PDFs
20. Improve the workflow of sharing PDFs and bibliography information

Requirements:
* Java

The license of this software is Free, you can free download and free use this database management software.