BibTeX Database File
Writabletext
BibTeX is reference management software, used for formatting lists of references, enabling the consistent citing of sources in a range of styles. It was created in 1985, and is written in WEB/ Pascal. Bib files are lists of entries, each one corresponding to a bibliographical item, for a example book or article.
Identify it
| Extensions | .bib.bibtex |
|---|---|
| MIME types | application/x-bibtextext/x-bibtex |
| PRONOM | fmt/1616 |
| Wikidata | Q105859274 |
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Open it
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Convert it
| To | With | Fidelity | Command and losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ePub Format | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f bibtex -t epub in.bib -o out.epubDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| Hypertext Markup Language | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f bibtex -t html in.bib -o out.htmlDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| Markdown | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f bibtex -t markdown in.bib -o out.mdDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| Office Open XML Wordprocessing Document, ECMA-376 1st Edition | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f bibtex -t docx in.bib -o out.docxDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| OpenDocument | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f bibtex -t odt in.bib -o out.odtDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| Plain Text File | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f bibtex -t plain in.bib -o out.txtText only: all formatting is dropped. |
Sources
From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.