# CiteGrab — Smart Reference Manager

> Detects the type of the page you're on (journal article, book chapter, news, website, etc.) and generates an in-text citation and full reference in the style you choose — offline by default, with an optional one-click DOI lookup.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `citegrab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Small Study Tools
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-30
- **First published:** 2026-07-27
- **Size:** 53 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/citegrab/)
- **Website:** [https://smallstudytools.com/](https://smallstudytools.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/citegrab/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/citegrab/privacy/)

## Description

CiteGrab reads the page you're viewing and instantly builds a properly formatted citation — in-text and full reference — in the style you need.

<strong>Supported styles:</strong> APA (7th ed.), MLA (9th ed.), Harvard, Chicago (Author-Date), IEEE, Vancouver, and OSCOLA.

<strong>How it works:</strong> CiteGrab reads metadata already present in the page's own HTML (meta tags, JSON-LD, citation_* tags) only while the popup is open, on the tab you're actively viewing. It works entirely offline by default — nothing is sent anywhere. An optional one-click DOI lookup can pull full metadata from Crossref's public API when a DOI is available, but only if you choose to use it.

Save citation projects, switch between light and dark theme, and copy or download your full reference list with one click.

No accounts, no tracking, no background activity — CiteGrab only runs when you open it.

## Rankings

- #111,705 — Overall
- #32 — reference

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `storage`
- `downloads`

### Host permissions

- `https://api.crossref.org/*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows management of download operations but generally doesn't severely affect security unless misused.
- 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/citegrab)