Top Alternatives to JabRef

Qiqqa is award-winning research management software, designed for commercial and academic researchers.

Mendeley is a free reference manager and an academic social network.

Zotero is a powerful, easy-to-use research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources and then share the results of your research.

Docear is an academic literature suite. Docear bundles several applications for academics. As of now, these applications are BibTeX based reference management, mind mapping, and some pdf management capabilities.

Citavi is a reference management program.

Papers helps you collect and curate the research material that you're passionate about.

Paperpile is a web-based reference management software, with special emphasis on integration with Google Docs and Google Scholar.

EndNote is a commercial reference management software package, used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles.

BibDesk is an open-source reference management software package for macOS, used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles.

SCIENTILLA is a free scientific register for organizations and researchers.

BibSonomy is a social bookmarking and publication-sharing system.