# CiteDrive Companion

> Add Papers to your CiteDrive project.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `citedrive-companion`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** CiteDrive
- **Category:** search-tools,bookmarks,other
- **Daily users:** 108
- **Version:** 5.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-03-23
- **First published:** 2021-10-29
- **Size:** 349 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/citedrive-companion/)
- **Website:** [https://citedrive.com/](https://citedrive.com/)

## Description

**CiteDrive Companion** is a Chrome extension designed for researchers and writers using LaTeX and R Markdown. It streamlines reference management by allowing effortless collection and organization of in-text citations for BibTeX and BibLaTeX bibliographies. Users can save articles, books, and websites directly from platforms like Google Scholar or PubMed with a single click.

The extension integrates smoothly with Overleaf, RStudio's Posit, Quarto, and R Markdown, enabling users to insert citations without switching projects. CiteDrive is BibTeX native, allowing customization of reference snippets and support for custom field extensions. Its non-intrusive design helps writers stay focused, making citation management efficient and straightforward.

## Rankings

- #11,235 — Overall
- #13 — drive
- #43 — company
- #73 — compare
- #154 — reference
- #248 — insert

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `https://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/citedrive-companion)