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Citation generator

Cite any source.

Web page, journal, book, tweet, YouTube, podcast. Six citation styles. Free. No sign-in.

What are you citing?

Citation style— 3 Pro styles locked. Go Pro

HarvardASAAAAAPSAISO 690Elsevier HarvardNatureScienceCell PressIEEEACMASCEASMEAIPAPSAMSACSAMA 11NLMICMJETurabianMHRAOSCOLAAP Stylebook

Article, blog post, news story.

How it works

Four steps. Five seconds.

The workflow is the same regardless of what you're citing. The metadata pipeline behind it changes based on the source type you pick.

  1. 01

    Pick what you're citing

    Six source types: web page, journal article, book, tweet, YouTube video, podcast. Each routes the input through a different metadata source.

  2. 02

    Pick a style

    APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago 17, Vancouver, CSE, and BibTeX on the free tier. Covers social sciences, humanities, biomedical, and life-sciences papers. Pro adds the long tail.

  3. 03

    Paste URL, DOI, or ISBN

    We read citation_* and og: meta tags for web pages, Crossref for DOIs, Open Library for ISBNs, oEmbed for tweets and YouTube. Manual entry if the source has no clean metadata.

  4. 04

    Copy or save

    Citation lands in your clipboard automatically. Save it to a browser-local library that never leaves your device.

Pricing

The free tier is the tool.

Paste, cite, copy — forever, no sign-in. Pro adds cloud sync, batch import, the Word and Google Docs add-ins, and the long-tail style set.

Free

The whole core tool.

$0forever
  • Web, journal, book, tweet, YouTube, podcast source types
  • APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago 17, Vancouver, CSE, BibTeX
  • Bibliography builder (50 sources per batch)
  • Browser library (device-local)
  • Browser extension across Chrome, Edge, Firefox

No sign-in needed

Pro

Best value

Breadth, sync, add-ins.

$39per year

Save 35%

  • Cloud sync across web, extension, and add-ins
  • 30+ citation styles (Harvard, IEEE, AMA, OSCOLA, ACS, more)
  • Batch URL import (50 per batch)
  • Cloud library across devices
  • Word + Google Docs add-ins (shipping soon)

Lifetime

Founder · 100/100 left

Founder pricing.

$89one time, lifetime

100 founder seats at $89, then the lifetime tier moves to $199 for the next 500. After that, lifetime closes.

  • Everything in Pro, forever
  • No renewal, no expiry
  • Transferable email on request

Styles

Per-style generators.

All styles ↗

Browser extension

Cite the tab you're on.

The CitePlain extension for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox runs the same engine directly on whatever page you're reading. One click to cite, copy to clipboard, save to your library.

Get the extension