Quarto is great for writing scientific documents with reproducible analyses. The aqaquarto extension for Quarto will create documents in APA style, rendering to the document format of your choice: .docx, .html, or .pdf.
Although I have worked hard to document all of apaquarto’s options and features, even I was starting to lose track of them all. To make the initial setup of an apaquarto document a little easier, try the apaquarto web app.
Because the app is made with shinylive, your data stays entirely private because it runs locally on your machine. Be patient, it takes a moment or two to load.
Using the app is straightforward: Fill in the text boxes, select the check boxes, etc. The table for completing the authors and affiliations is a little finicky, so be sure to finish editing by pressing the Enter/Return key in each cell.
When you are ready, select the Make Document page on the side menu. Click Update, copy the resulting text, and paste it into your Quarto document.
Let me know your ideas for improving the app and/or apaquarto. schneider@temple.edu
Citation
@misc{schneider2025,
author = {Schneider, W. Joel},
title = {APA Style with {Quarto:} {A} Shiny Web App for Creating
Apaquarto Files},
date = {2025-09-05},
url = {https://wjschne.github.io/posts/2025-09-05-apaquartoshiny/},
langid = {en}
}