sharing

Local Editor Integration with Biber

Keep your local LaTeX editor always in sync with your BibForge bibliography via a remote URL

Point biber directly at your BibForge share link and your bibliography stays in sync automatically — no manual exports, no file management. Every compile pulls the latest version of your references.

The steps below show a minimal working example. Exact commands and implementation depend on your operating system, LaTeX distribution, and editor. Consult your biber documentation and LaTeX editor manual for editor-specific configuration.

How to use

Generate a share link

In your workspace, go to Share and create a new persistent link with .bib export format. Copy the URL — this is your remote bibliography endpoint.

Add the remote bibliography to your preamble

Load biblatex with biber as the backend and point \addbibresource at your share link URL:

\usepackage[backend=biber, style=authoryear]{biblatex}
\addbibresource[location=remote]{https://bibforge.app/s/YOUR_TOKEN/}

Cite and print the bibliography

In BibForge, click the cite button on any reference to copy the full citation command to your clipboard — including the citation key. You can choose between different citation styles (\cite, \parencite, \citet, and others) before copying. Paste the copied command directly into your document.

Add \printbibliography where the bibliography should appear. To include all workspace references regardless of whether they are cited in the text, add \nocite{*} before it:

% paste your copied cite command here, e.g.
\parencite{smith_2023}

% optional: include all references
\nocite{*}

\printbibliography

Compile with biber

Run the full compile sequence — biber fetches the remote .bib during its pass:

pdflatex main.tex
biber main
pdflatex main.tex
pdflatex main.tex

In TeXmaker or TeXstudio, make sure the build tool is set to biber, not bibtex.