free · in-browser · no upload
Drop your EndNote XML file. We'll convert it to CSL-JSON right here in your browser, your file never leaves your device.
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Accepts .xml
How it works
Click the dropzone above or drag a EndNote XML from your desktop. Files of any size, there's no upload, so there's no upload limit.
The conversion runs entirely in this tab using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Your file never touches our servers, we don't have any.
Get your CSL-JSON the moment the conversion finishes. Convert another, or close the tab.
Your file is never uploaded. The entire conversion runs in your browser using WebAssembly. We can't see what you convert because we have no server to see it.
Server converters cap free users at 1-2 GB and gate larger files behind a paid plan. Since nothing uploads, our limit is whatever your browser can handle.
No account required. No watermark on the output. No queue. Drop a file, get a converted file.
Why convert EndNote XML → CSL-JSON
EndNote XML is EndNote's XML library export; CSL-JSON is the Citation Style Language JSON that Zotero, pandoc, and citeproc speak. This converts one to the other through a shared bibliographic model, so every field that round-trips (title, authors, year, journal, volume, pages, DOI) carries across without re-keying. Runs entirely in your browser, no upload.
You have an EndNote library exported as XML and your next tool wants CSL-JSON. Drop the file here and get a clean CSL-JSON file back in one step.
Some references are missing fields after conversion.
Fields only carry across if the source EndNote XML actually contained them. Open the source and confirm the field is populated; CSL-JSON cannot add data that was not there.
Formats involved
EndNote XML is the structured XML format used by EndNote (Clarivate's reference manager) for backups and interchange. Each <record> wraps contributors, titles, dates, and identifiers with explicit semantic tagging, much richer than RIS or BibTeX. Useful when you want to preserve EndNote's full data model (custom fields, attached files, ratings).
How to open
EndNote (paid). Zotero and Mendeley import EndNote XML cleanly. Any text editor for inspection.
CSL-JSON is the modern interop format for citation metadata. Zotero exports it natively (right-click a collection → Export → CSL JSON). Pandoc consumes it as `--bibliography file.json` for reference rendering. Every major reference manager (Zotero, Mendeley, Citavi, Papers, Bookends) reads or writes it. Defined by the Citation Style Language project; covers ~100 fields across journals, books, chapters, theses, software, datasets, and more. The de-facto replacement for BibTeX in modern academic toolchains.
How to open
Any JSON viewer or text editor. Zotero imports via File → Import → CSL JSON. Pandoc references it as bibliography input. JabRef, Citavi, and Bookends all accept CSL-JSON drop-ins.
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FAQ
Yes. No signup, no watermark, no daily file count limit. Every conversion runs in your browser, your file never touches our servers because there are no servers.
Nowhere. The conversion runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Your file is never uploaded to our servers. We don't have any servers handling files, there's nothing for us to log, store, or accidentally leak.
Whatever your browser can hold in memory. Practically, this means a few hundred MB on most computers, significantly larger than the 1-2 GB caps that server-upload converters charge for. Very large files (multi-GB) may require closing other browser tabs first.
EndNote backup; cross-platform reference-manager migration. Cross-tool bibliography exchange between reference managers. The most common reason to convert is compatibility, CSL-JSON works in places where EndNote XML doesn't, or vice versa.
EndNote (paid). Zotero and Mendeley import EndNote XML cleanly. Any text editor for inspection.
Once the page is loaded, the conversion itself runs entirely offline. The first time you use a tool, your browser downloads the conversion library (a one-time cache). If you reload while offline, the page won't load, but you can install the site as a Progressive Web App for full offline use.
Single file at a time for now. Batch conversion is on the roadmap, for now, drop one file, download the result, then convert the next.
