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citegate

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chrisyangsong/citegate · MIT

Citation integrity as a CI gate: verify BibTeX references against Crossref & OpenAlex, catch hallucinated citations, get alerted when a cited paper is retracted.

102 starsLast commit 12 days agoLatest v0.3.0
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Security 50Maintenance 96Popularity 31Reliability 70

Security signals

OpenSSF ScorecardNo data
SECURITY.md presentNo
Immutable releasesNot enabled
Known vulnerabilitiesNone on record

How to use it safely

Recommended: pin to commit SHA
uses: chrisyangsong/citegate@94cc0a02a63a11154664c88b25923cbd0dc7c028 # v0.3.0

Mutable tags like v0.3.0 can be rewritten to point at malicious commits. Pinning to the full commit SHA is the only reference GitHub guarantees immutable.

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  - uses: chrisyangsong/citegate@94cc0a02a63a11154664c88b25923cbd0dc7c028 # v0.3.0

Score breakdown

Security (35%)50
Popularity (20%)31
Maintenance (30%)96
Reliability (15%)70

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