Changelog

What's new

Every update to Citation Cleaner, newest first.

v3

Major update

Citation Fingerprint

Evidence-based source detection keeps Auto cleanup precise and explainable.

1 update
  1. v3.0Provider detection with an audit trailLatest
    • AddedDetect provider-specific export signatures locally and report the confidence and matching evidence.
    • ImprovedAuto mode now runs provider-only rules only when the source fingerprint supports them.
    • AddedExpose the same provider fingerprint in the public API response for reproducible integrations.
v2

Major update

Provider-aware cleanup

Cleanup rules that understand where the pasted text came from.

1 update
  1. v2.0Perplexity export artifacts
    • AddedStrip the Perplexity logo image, the centered ⁂ divider, and hidden citation spans.
    • ImprovedFootnote and inline-citation matchers now catch Perplexity's group-prefixed IDs such as [^4_1].
    • AddedPerplexity-only rules run automatically under the default Auto provider.
v1

Major update

Launch

The first public build: a fast, private, browser-local cleaner.

8 updates
  1. v1.7Extension becomes a thin launcher
    • ChangedThe Chrome extension now opens the web app with your selection instead of bundling its own copy of the cleaner.
  2. v1.6Line-break handling
    • AddedConvert literal \n escape sequences into real paragraph breaks.
    • FixedInline diff no longer marks CJK text as removed around \n escapes.
    • FixedRender real paragraph breaks in the inline diff for \n escapes.
  3. v1.5Chrome extension
    • AddedMV3 Chrome extension that reuses the same on-device cleaner.
  4. v1.4Analysis & sharing
    • AddedAI-ness analysis score with the detected tells that drive it.
    • AddedShare card, live clean-as-you-type, and a public cleaning API.
  5. v1.3Multilingual UI
    • AddedNine-language interface with automatic browser-locale detection.
  6. v1.2Design system
    • ChangedApply the Design.md UI system across the app.
  7. v1.1Product UI polish
    • ImprovedRefined the citation-cleaner product UI.
  8. v1.0First release
    • AddedBrowser-local citation cleaner: paste Markdown, get clean Markdown, nothing leaves your device.