OpenLeaf - Citation Search & Paper Review for Overleaf

AI-powered citation search and paper review for Overleaf. Find relevant papers to cite, paragraph by paragraph.

OpenLeaf adds AI-powered citation search and paper review directly into the Overleaf editor — no tab switching, no workflow interruption. 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