OpenLeaf - Citation Search & Paper Review for Overleaf

Tracking since Apr 6, 2026.

Changelog

• Jun 15, 2026
  description

  OpenLeaf adds AI-powered citation search and paper review directly into the Overleaf editor — no tab switching, no workflow interruption. Also works with OpenAI Prism.
  
  Citation Search:
    • Analyzes your document paragraph by paragraph
    • Searches Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, and Google Scholar simultaneously
    • Deduplicates results across all sources
    • Uses LLM-based scoring to rank fetched papers
    • One click to add the BibTeX entry to your .bib file
  
  Paper Review:
  Two AI reviewer modes to get feedback on your papers:
    • Friendly: a supportive mentor who highlights strengths and frames suggestions constructively
    • Fire: the dreaded Reviewer #2 who stress-tests every claim with surgical precision
  
  Reviews stream in real-time so you can start reading immediately.
  
  Supported LLMs:
  Works with any OpenAI-compatible API of your choice:
    • Ollama (local, free, private — nothing leaves your machine)
    • OpenAI, OpenRouter, Together, Groq, vLLM, or any compatible endpoint
  
  Just set the base URL, model name, and API key in the extension options.
  
  Paper Search APIs:
    • Semantic Scholar — works without an API key (rate-limited)
    • OpenAlex — no key needed, email improves rate limits
    • Serper (Google Scholar) — optional, skipped if no key provided
  
  Privacy:
    • No accounts, no sign-ups, no data collection
    • API keys stored locally in your browser (chrome.storage.sync)
    • When using Ollama, everything runs on your machine — zero data leaves your device
    • Open source: https://github.com/demfier/openleaf-extension
  
  How To Use
    1. Open any project on overleaf.com
    2. Click the green OpenLeaf button (bottom-right corner)
    3. Citations tab: click "Find Citations" to search for papers
    4. Review tab: choose Friendly or Fire mode, click "Review Paper"
    5. Click "+ Add" on any citation to append it to your .bib file
  
  Requirements:
    • An Overleaf account (free or paid)
    • An LLM backend for ranking and review (Ollama is free and runs locally)
    • Optional: Semantic Scholar API key, Serper API key for better results

  What's new:
  Cross-browser support — now runs on Opera and Edge, and is Safari-ready.
  
  OpenLeaf adds AI-powered citation search and paper review directly into the Overleaf editor — no tab switching, no workflow interruption. Also works with OpenAI Prism.
  
  Citation Search:
    • Analyzes your document paragraph by paragraph
    • Searches Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, and Google Scholar simultaneously
    • Deduplicates results across all sources
    • Uses LLM-based scoring to rank fetched papers
    • One click to add the BibTeX entry to your .bib file
  
  Paper Review:
  Two AI reviewer modes to get feedback on your papers:
    • Friendly: a supportive mentor who highlights strengths and frames suggestions constructively
    • Fire: the dreaded Reviewer #2 who stress-tests every claim with surgical precision
  
  Reviews stream in real-time so you can start reading immediately.
  
  Supported LLMs:
  Works with any OpenAI-compatible API of your choice:
    • Ollama (local, free, private — nothing leaves your machine)
    • OpenAI, OpenRouter, Together, Groq, vLLM, or any compatible endpoint
  
  Just set the base URL, model name, and API key in the extension options.
  
  Paper Search APIs:
    • Semantic Scholar — works without an API key (rate-limited)
    • OpenAlex — no key needed, email improves rate limits
    • Serper (Google Scholar) — optional, skipped if no key provided
  
  Privacy:
    • No accounts, no sign-ups, no data collection
    • API keys stored locally in your browser (chrome.storage.sync)
    • When using Ollama, everything runs on your machine — zero data leaves your device
    • Open source: https://github.com/demfier/openleaf-extension
  
  How To Use
    1. Open any project on overleaf.com
    2. Click the green OpenLeaf button (bottom-right corner)
    3. Citations tab: click "Find Citations" to search for papers
    4. Review tab: choose Friendly or Fire mode, click "Review Paper"
    5. Click "+ Add" on any citation to append it to your .bib file
  
  Requirements:
    • An Overleaf account (free or paid)
    • An LLM backend for ranking and review (Ollama is free and runs locally)
    • Optional: Semantic Scholar API key, Serper API key for better results

Permissions & access

Permissions

storage

Host access

https://www.overleaf.com/*, https://prism.openai.com/*, https://api.semanticscholar.org/*, https://api.openalex.org/*, https://google.serper.dev/*, http://localhost/*, http://127.0.0.1/*

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