Abstract: The fabric liners for self-lubricating joint bearings play an important role in the field of high-end equipment lubrication due to their excellent characteristics of impact resistance, corrosion resistance, and large load carrying capacity. This article summarizes the recent tribological research progress of self-lubricating fabric liners, including the mechanism of external test parameters, fabric liner weaving technology selection, filler reinforcement and interface modification. Related studies have shown that the tribological properties of fabric liners are closely related to the interfacial adhesion properties, thermal properties, transfer film properties and fabric weaving technology of the liners, but obtaining quantitative empirical relationships between them and tribological properties are still very challenging. The tribological mechanism of self-lubricating fabric liners is further summarized, and the study trends of self-lubricating fabric liners in future are proposed.