Back to browse
GitHub Repository

A local-first database of your academic papers built to support arXiV papers and more

3 starsPython

Self-hostable academic paper manager (linxiv)

by jeuribe·Jun 20, 2026·3 points·0 comments

AI Analysis

●●SolidCozyNiche Gem

arXiv-first paper manager with network graph viz, but Zotero already owns this space.

Strengths
  • arXiv as primary source with version tracking is a thoughtful design choice for the target audience
  • Real-time force-directed graph controls (repel, link strength) for exploring paper relationships
  • Obsidian integration with YAML frontmatter auto-generation for existing vault workflows
Weaknesses
  • Database schema actively changing with breaking migrations—no stable release yet
  • AI tagging is just a Gemini API wrapper, not novel in a crowded paper manager category
Category
Target Audience

Academic researchers, PhD students, engineers reading papers

Similar To

Zotero · Mendeley · Paperpile

Post Description

Hi all, I wanna show off and ask for feedback on my project linXiv, this started as auto-tagging knowledge graph mini-project, is now a "full-stack" research tool for storing and managing academic papers, locally, It fetches papers by arXiv ID or search, stores everything in sqllite. I just finished my Master's and while waiting to hear back from jobs and PhD programs I wanted to build something of my own for once. Because I usually try to find the newest version of a paper on arXiv first, I chose to make linXiv treat arXiv as the primary source to try to resolve by so the metadata imports clean for links and pdfs.

Similar Projects