citeer

Citeer is a cross-platform citation management and bibliography tool designed to help researchers, students, and writers collect, organize, and cite sources across their writing workflows.

Core features include import from DOIs, ISBNs, or URLs; support for multiple citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.); search, tagging, notes, and folders; duplicate detection; cloud syncing; and bibliography generation. It offers browser extensions and word processor plug-ins to insert citations and build bibliographies automatically.

Workflow: users create a personal library, add sources automatically via automated lookup or manual entry, organize items into projects or folders, and annotate entries. When writing, Citeer can insert in-text citations and compile a formatted bibliography in real time.

Development and licensing: Citeer originated as an open-source project in the early 2020s, developed by a community of researchers and developers. It is released under a permissive license, encouraging contributions and interoperability with other data and writing tools.

Reception and scope: Citeer is positioned as an open, interoperable alternative to proprietary reference managers, with emphasis on cross-platform compatibility, privacy, and extensible integrations. Some users note a learning curve and occasional feature gaps compared with market leaders.