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CiteX

by citex · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 21 Oct 2026

CiteX — capture references, sync personal library

Users
12
+7 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#187K
#156K among extensions
Version
0.2.1
updated 2 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 2 months
0612Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 12 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 2 months
001Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About CiteX

CiteX captures bibliographic references from academic web pages and saves them to your personal CiteX library. On article pages, a CiteX Tag lets you pre-cite, favorite, or share a paper. You can also right-click and choose “Save to CiteX.” Detection runs locally on your computer. Metadata is uploaded only when you save. What you can do • In-page Tag: PreCite, Favorite, and Share • Right-click “Save to CiteX” • Local extraction of title, authors, DOI, and other fields • Sync with your CiteX website session so saved items appear in your library • Drag the Tag to any screen edge; position is remembered How to use 1. Install the extension and pin it to the toolbar 2. Sign in at https://citex.online with email or ORCID 3. Open the popup and click Sync now (or Connect Library) 4. Open a paper, then save with the Tag or the context menu The CiteX website is where you organize your library, export citations, and discover related work with AI. This extension’s purpose is capturing references from the web. Supported sites Works on many publisher, journal, and repository pages. Capture quality depends on whether the page exposes bibliographic metadata. Privacy Page HTML is processed locally to detect single-article pages. Unsaved page content is not uploaded. Login tokens are used only to sync your CiteX account. Website: https://citex.online Download: https://citex.online/download Privacy: https://citex.online/privacy

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+5+71.4%00.00
30 days+7+140.0%00.00

Version history

1 versions recorded
0.2.12 Sep 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
2 Sep 2026
Size
4.3 MB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
citex.online
Extension ID
mcieflamnpjaickneekdjjifmhfmoccj

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 3
Permissions
contextMenusstorageactiveTabscriptingalarmsoffscreen
Site access
http://*/*https://*/*
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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