ref-downloader

Why this score

Popularity score: 54/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank

Security

Scanned Oct 20, 2026 at commit 1cc667351875, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.

What its code does:

• Makes network requestsSKILL.md, scripts/extract_refs.py:37, scripts/validate_refs.py:176 and 2 more

Web addresses in its code:

• doi.orgscripts/download_refs.py:1851
• api.crossref.orgSKILL.md:188
• iopscience.iop.orgscripts/download_refs.py:1845
• sciencedirect.comscripts/download_refs.py:2492
• ars.els-cdn.comscripts/download_refs.py:2514
• link.springer.comscripts/download_refs.py:1844
• nature.comscripts/download_refs.py:1839
• pnas.orgscripts/download_refs.py:1843
• pubs.acs.orgscripts/download_refs.py:1838
• science.orgscripts/download_refs.py:1840
• annualreviews.orgscripts/download_refs.py:1875
• journals.aps.orgscripts/download_refs.py:2588
• onlinelibrary.wiley.comscripts/download_refs.py:1842

These are the sites named in the code, so it's where your data could go. It isn't a complete list: code can build addresses while it runs, and a few of these may be links rather than calls. Whatever you send also goes to the AI model you use.

A scan lists patterns in the code. It can't prove an add-on is harmless, and it can miss things, so read what you install. How we scan

Alternatives

Other makers' add-ons that do the same job, next to this one.