Convert Citation File to Markdown.
Drop a CITATION.cff and get a clean Markdown citation summary in seconds. It runs entirely in your browser, so your file never leaves your device.
Drag & drop your files
or
Optimize for AI & RAG
Extra cleanup for LLM ingestion: strip HTML, fix smart quotes, tidy Unicode and spacing.
Add YAML front matter
Prepend a metadata block (title, source, date, word & token counts) for knowledge bases and RAG.
Add table of contents
Build a linked index from the headings. Handy for long documents.
Export RAG chunks (.json)
Split the result into retrieval-ready chunks. Download per file from the result panel.
Most converters quietly upload your documents to a server. This one physically can't.
Built for tools,
read by people.
A CITATION.cff sits in a GitHub repository so machines know how to cite your software. Converting turns that YAML into a readable Markdown citation you can paste anywhere.
cff-version: 1.2.0
title: My Software
authors:
- given-names: Jane
family-names: Smith
version: 2.1.0
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.123
date-released: 2026-06-03
# My Software
- **Authors:** Jane Smith
- **Version:** 2.1.0
- **DOI:** 10.5281/zenodo.123
- **Date:** 2026-06-03
Everything you
actually need.
Citation files in, a clean Markdown summary out, with no server and no account anywhere.
It never leaves your browser
Your .cff is read and parsed on your device. Nothing is uploaded to any server, ever.
# Heading
- point one
3 chunks
AI & RAG ready
Optional cleanup, YAML front matter, a table of contents and RAG chunk export.
Works offline
Once the page has loaded you can switch off your connection and it keeps converting.
# My Software
- Authors: Jane Smith
- Version: 2.1.0
Citation metadata, surfaced
The title, plus authors, version, DOI and release date, pulled into a readable list.
Unicode safe
Accents, symbols and non-Latin scripts come through intact as UTF-8.
Free, and unlimited
No sign-up, no quotas, no watermarks. Convert one file or a thousand; it all runs the same way, on your own device.
The citation,
not the rest.
Honest about what comes through, and what doesn't. These are the same notes the Formats list shows for Citation Files, so the page never drifts from what the converter really does.
Kept
4- The software title
- Authors
- Version and DOI
- Release date and URL
Dropped
4- Abstract
- License
- Keywords
- References
authors: Jane Smith
version: 2.1.0
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.123
date-released: 2026-06-03
abstract: ...
license: MIT
keywords: ...
references: ...
CFF questions,
answered.
Everything worth knowing before you drop in a CITATION.cff.
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