refbase is a web-based institutional repository and reference management software written in PHP and using MySQL as a back-end database. It is available under the terms of the GPL license and its packages are featured in the official repositories of Gentoo Linux and Mandriva Linux.

• Import/export of multiple bibliographic formats, including BibTeX, EndNote, RIS, ISI, MODS XML, PubMed, Medline, RefWorks, and Copac.
• Generating formatted bibliographies and citations in LaTeX, RTF, HTML, and PDF.
• Advanced search features and generation of RSS feeds from searches.
• Adding links using DOIs and URLs as well as links to files.
• Support for Search/Retrieve via URL (SRU) and OpenSearch web services.
• Support for COinS and unAPI metadata.

• Comparison of reference management software
• List of free and open source software packages

• Official refbase website
  • refbase users (including databases which have 10,000 records for atom probe, cephalopods, conservation science, marine and polar science)
• SourceForge project page