free · in-browser · no upload
Drop your REFERENCES file. We'll convert it to APA right here in your browser, your file never leaves your device.
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Accepts .txt
How it works
Click the dropzone above or drag a REFERENCES 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 APA 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 Reference List → APA
You have a rough reference list pasted from a paper or a draft and need it cleaned up into proper APA 7th. This parses the list and re-renders it with the official APA CSL style. Best-effort (free-text parsing is fuzzy), so skim the result, but it saves retyping.
A collaborator sent references as a numbered list in an email. You need APA for your manuscript. Paste them into a .txt, drop it here, and get an APA reference list.
An entry lost its journal or page numbers.
The parser reads APA-style tails ('Journal, 12(3), 45-67'). If a reference is formatted unusually, those fields may not be detected; add them in the source line.
Nothing was recognized.
Each reference needs at least a title and a year. Put one reference per line (or use [1]/[2] numbering) so they can be split apart.
Formats involved
REFERENCES is a file format we support converting. Detailed format information is being added, for now, drop your file in the converter above and you'll get the conversion you came for.
How to open
Most operating systems open this format with a default application; if not, search for a free reader/viewer for the format.
APA is a file format we support converting. Detailed format information is being added, for now, drop your file in the converter above and you'll get the conversion you came for.
How to open
Most operating systems open this format with a default application; if not, search for a free reader/viewer for the format.
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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.
File interchange. File interchange. The most common reason to convert is compatibility, APA works in places where REFERENCES doesn't, or vice versa.
Most operating systems open this format with a default application; if not, search for a free reader/viewer for the format.
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.
