# Cite Engine Pro

> Generates citations from websites in multiple formats.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/cite-engine-pro](https://chrome-stats.com/d/cite-engine-pro)

## Overview

- **ID:** `cite-engine-pro`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dev22
- **Category:** search-tools,tabs
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-01
- **First published:** 2025-03-29
- **Size:** 19 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cite-engine-pro/)

## Description

Citation Generator is a browser extension designed to help students, researchers, and writers instantly generate citations for any website. With just one click, you can extract citation details like the author, title, publication date, and URL and format them into multiple citation styles, including APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, ASA, and APSA.

Whether you're writing a research paper, a blog post, or an academic article, Citation Generator ensures that you can cite your sources accurately and efficiently without any hassle.

## Rankings

- #145,235 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

### 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/cite-engine-pro)