OpenLeaf - Citation Search & Paper Review for Overleaf icon

OpenLeaf - Citation Search & Paper Review for Overleaf

by demfier · Education
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

AI-powered citation search and paper review for Overleaf. Find relevant papers to cite, paragraph by paragraph.

Users
206
+11 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#63K
#53K among extensions
Version
0.3.0
updated 13 Jun 2026

Users

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About OpenLeaf - Citation Search & Paper Review for Overleaf

What's new: Cross-browser support — now runs on Opera and Edge, and is Safari-ready. OpenLeaf adds AI-powered citation search and paper review directly into the Overleaf editor — no tab switching, no workflow interruption. Also works with OpenAI Prism. Citation Search: • Analyzes your document paragraph by paragraph • Searches Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, and Google Scholar simultaneously • Deduplicates results across all sources • Uses LLM-based scoring to rank fetched papers • One click to add the BibTeX entry to your .bib file Paper Review: Two AI reviewer modes to get feedback on your papers: • Friendly: a supportive mentor who highlights strengths and frames suggestions constructively • Fire: the dreaded Reviewer #2 who stress-tests every claim with surgical precision Reviews stream in real-time so you can start reading immediately. Supported LLMs: Works with any OpenAI-compatible API of your choice: • Ollama (local, free, private — nothing leaves your machine) • OpenAI, OpenRouter, Together, Groq, vLLM, or any compatible endpoint Just set the base URL, model name, and API key in the extension options. Paper Search APIs: • Semantic Scholar — works without an API key (rate-limited) • OpenAlex — no key needed, email improves rate limits • Serper (Google Scholar) — optional, skipped if no key provided Privacy: • No accounts, no sign-ups, no data collection • API keys stored locally in your browser (chrome.storage.sync) • When using Ollama, everything runs on your machine — zero data leaves your device • Open source: https://github.com/demfier/openleaf-extension How To Use 1. Open any project on overleaf.com 2. Click the green OpenLeaf button (bottom-right corner) 3. Citations tab: click "Find Citations" to search for papers 4. Review tab: choose Friendly or Fire mode, click "Review Paper" 5. Click "+ Add" on any citation to append it to your .bib file Requirements: • An Overleaf account (free or paid) • An LLM backend for ranking and review (Ollama is free and runs locally) • Optional: Semantic Scholar API key, Serper API key for better results

Growth

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30 days+11+5.6%00.00
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Version history

3 versions recorded
0.3.013 Jun 2026
0.2.018 Mar 2026
0.1.015 Mar 2026

Details

Category
Education
First seen
15 Mar 2026
Size
28 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
github.com
Support
github.com
Extension ID
jjcmeicpmfcimamdmchabfpjcljieafk

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
storage
Site access
https://www.overleaf.com/*https://prism.openai.com/*https://api.semanticscholar.org/*https://api.openalex.org/*https://google.serper.dev/*http://localhost/*http://127.0.0.1/*

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