# FlamingTempura/bibtex-tidy

Cleaner and Formatter for BibTeX files

Repository: https://github.com/FlamingTempura/bibtex-tidy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bibtex-tidy
Homepage: https://flamingtempura.github.io/bibtex-tidy/
Language: TeX
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bibtex
Last push: 2026-08-10T08:40:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3197, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1119, forks 90 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:39.430214+00:00)

## What it is
A tool that cleans and formats BibTeX bibliography files, available as a CLI, JavaScript/TypeScript API, browser app, Docker image, and pre-commit hook. It aligns fields, normalizes values, removes unwanted fields, and sorts entries.

## Use cases
- tidy and format a messy .bib file
- sort and align bibtex entries consistently
- remove unwanted fields from bibliography entries
- enforce consistent bibtex formatting in a pre-commit hook
- clean up citations exported from reference managers
- format bibtex files in the browser without installing anything

## When to choose
- you work with LaTeX/BibTeX bibliographies and want consistent formatting
- you need a CLI, API, or browser-based bibtex formatter
- you want to automate bibtex cleanup via pre-commit hooks or CI

## When to avoid
- you need a full reference manager (e.g. Zotero, JabRef)
- your bibliography format is not BibTeX (e.g. BibLaTeX-specific features may be limited)
- you need to deduplicate or fetch bibliographic metadata from the web

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: formatter, parser, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, documentation, files
- platform: cli, browser, cross-platform
- tags: bibtex, latex, bibliography, citation, academic-writing, pre-commit-hook, nodejs, docker

## Member repositories
- FlamingTempura/bibtex-tidy (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.430214+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:41:08.828569+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FlamingTempura/bibtex-tidy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.430214+00:00, sha a30411c537c5)
  - homepage: https://flamingtempura.github.io/bibtex-tidy/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:44:58.363103+00:00, sha fd56251ce580)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.