plagiarismcheckerx/plagx-cite repository overview

⁠Plagx Cite

A free academic writing tool by Plagiarism Checker X.

Plagx Cite is a free, open-source citation generator and reference checker, packaged as a Docker image. It turns BibTeX and CSL-JSON files into correct APA 7 and MLA 9 reference lists, bibliographies and works cited pages, and checks them for duplicate references, broken DOIs and missing details, with nothing to install except Docker.

• APA citation generator and MLA citation generator for BibTeX (.bib) or CSL-JSON (.json) files
• Check a reference list for duplicates, invalid DOIs and missing titles, authors or years
• DOI to citation: turn a DOI into a formatted reference
• BibTeX export from CSL-JSON (e.g. a Zotero export)

Try the live demo →⁠

Developer downloads: Docker Hub⁠ · GitHub Marketplace⁠ · npm⁠ · PyPI⁠ · GitHub⁠

Need a quick citation online? Use the free citation generator⁠.

⁠Usage

Mount the folder with your reference files at /data:

# Formatted reference list (APA by default)
docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/data" plagiarismcheckerx/plagx-cite format references.bib

# MLA, as Markdown
docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/data" plagiarismcheckerx/plagx-cite format references.bib --style mla --format markdown

# Check for problems (exit code 1 if any are found), also verifying every DOI online
docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/data" plagiarismcheckerx/plagx-cite check references.bib --check-dois

# Look up DOIs
docker run --rm plagiarismcheckerx/plagx-cite doi 10.1038/nature14539

# Convert CSL-JSON to BibTeX
docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/data" plagiarismcheckerx/plagx-cite bibtex library.json > library.bib

On Windows PowerShell, use -v "${PWD}:/data".

Run docker run --rm plagiarismcheckerx/plagx-cite --help for all options.

⁠Tags

• latest: newest release
• 0.2.2, 0.2: specific versions

Images are built for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64 and run as a non-root user.

⁠Links

• Source code and documentation: https://github.com/plagiarismcheckerx/plagx-cite⁠
• npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/plagx-cite⁠
• GitHub Action: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/plagx-cite-reference-check⁠

⁠Plagx Cite - Free Citation & Reference Toolkit

An open-source citation utility for students, researchers and developers. Format references, organize citations and manage bibliographies.

Developed by Plagiarism Checker X.

Plagx Cite helps with source attribution; it does not detect plagiarism or AI-generated text. For full document checks, explore Plagiarism Checker X⁠ and its AI Content Detector⁠.

MIT © Plagiarism Checker X