---
name: "bibus"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bibus"
version: "1.5.2+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bibus"
---

# bibus(1)

Bibus is a bibliographic database

## NAME

bibus - Bibus is a bibliographic database

## SYNOPSIS

**bibus**

## DESCRIPTION

The **bibus** command does not take any arguments or options at the moment.

**bibus** is a bibliographic database compatible with two database engines:\
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 	\- MySQL \<http://www.mysql.com/\>\
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 	\- SQLite \<http://www.sqlite.org/\>.\
 It features\
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  \* hierarchical organization of the references with user-defined keys\
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  \* multiuser-environment design (share databases between many users)\
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  \* a search engine supporting live queries\
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  \* on-line PubMed access\
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  \* OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice connectivity: You can\
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 	\- insert references in an opened OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice text document\
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 	\- format the bibliography directly in Bibus\
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 	\- format the citations in Bibus.\
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  \* foreign language support through unicode and gettext\
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  \* import of PubMed (Medline), EndNote/Refer, RIS and BibTeX records.

## SEE ALSO

[**libreoffice**(1)](/libreoffice/1.md)\

## AUTHOR

**bibus** was written by Pierre Martineau \<pmartino@users.sourceforge.net\>

This manual page was written by Pierre Martineau \<pmartino@users.sourceforge.net\>  and updated by Jan Beyer \<jan@beathovn.de\> for the Debian project  (but may be used by others).