# Citatio

> Generate citations from web pages with automatic metadata extraction. Supports APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Harvard, and BibTeX formats.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/citatio](https://chrome-stats.com/d/citatio)

## Overview

- **ID:** `citatio`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Phoenix\_3139
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 23
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-26
- **First published:** 2025-11-23
- **Size:** 65 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/citatio/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Phoenix-3139/Citatio](https://github.com/Phoenix-3139/Citatio)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/citatio/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/citatio/privacy/)

## Description

Citatio is a powerful Firefox extension designed for researchers, students, and writers who need to create properly formatted citations from web pages. The extension automatically extracts metadata from any webpage—including titles, authors, publication dates, and publishers—and generates citations in eight different formats: APA 7th Edition, MLA 9th Edition, Chicago 17th Edition, IEEE, Harvard, Vancouver, ACS, and BibTeX.

## Rankings

- #23,212 — Overall
- #110 — station

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `contextMenus`
- `clipboardWrite`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/citatio)