From DOI to
compile-ready
BibTeX.

Create a workspace in one click.

No account, no sign-up, no email required. Hit "Create workspace" and you get a unique private URL — that link is your workspace. Bookmark it, share it, or save it for later.

• check No registration required
• check Unique private URL per workspace
• check Accessible from any device
• check Set up recovery email to never lose access

One input. One reference. Done.

Bibforge accepts whatever you have — paste it, drop it, or type it.

• check Identifiers — the most reliable path to a perfect reference (DOI, arXiv, PubMed, MAG)
• check URLs — paste a link directly from your browser (arXiv, PubMed, publisher pages, or any recognizable scholarly URL)
• check PDFs — drag and drop a PDF and Bibforge extracts the metadata automatically
• check Title — no identifier? Type the title and Bibforge searches across 480M OpenAlex scholarly works

Your library, at a glance.

Every imported reference appears in the workspace table. Sort by year, title or citation key. Filter by any field. Open PDFs in one click without leaving the table.

• check Click any row to open the detail card
• check PDF icon opens the paper directly
• check Select multiple rows to bulk export

Every field. One place.

The detail card shows the full record — all authors, abstract, all identifiers, journal metadata. The citation key is copied to clipboard in one click.

One click. Citation in your clipboard.

Every reference has a citation key generated automatically following the AuthorYear convention. Click it to copy — then paste directly into your LaTeX document.

• check AuthorYear convention by default
• check Conflicts resolved automatically with suffix a,b,...
• check \cite{Lowry1951} ready to paste
• check Shown in every detail card

Clean BibTeX. Every time.

Bibforge formats every entry to the BibTeX spec. Special characters are escaped. Required fields are validated. Citation key conflicts are resolved before you download.

One file. Ready to compile.

Export your entire library or a selected subset as a single .bib file. The file is pre-validated — open it in any LaTeX editor and compile immediately.