Search & save
Search arXiv, OpenAlex, or your local library. Resolve any DOI. Keep versioned metadata in your own SQLite database.
Research you can self-host
Self-host your research, easily.
Discover, manage, and visualize academic papers from arXiv — run your library on hardware you control, with a modern desktop app, optional AI, Obsidian integration, and an interactive network graph.
Version0.1.1
LicenseGPLv3
StackTauri · Python · React
Knowledge graph
Live demo — drag nodes, tune forces, filter by tag
Click a paper · Ctrl/Cmd+click to multi-select
Node Legend
- Paper
- Author
- Tag
Same D3 force layout and Cytoscape renderer as the desktop app — sample papers, authors, and tags
The problem
PDFs scattered across folders. Spreadsheets for reading lists. SaaS tools that lock your library to a vendor you don't control. Browser tabs for every preprint you want to revisit.
You juggle different research threads at once. A thesis chapter, a grant proposal, a side project, and many of the same papers belong in more than one. Without a single place to organise them, it is hard to remember which project a note belongs to or why you saved something in the first place.
The linXiv way
One library you can host yourself: search arXiv and beyond, organise papers into projects, and keep the same paper in several threads without losing context. A Tauri desktop app with a React UI — graph, library, tags, in-app PDFs, and project-scoped notes. Optional AI and Obsidian export — only when you opt in.
- Projects with per-project notes — one paper, many contexts
- SQLite database with version tracking
- PDF upload with metadata extraction
- Export and share projects as .lxproj archives
Everything researchers need
A one-stop shop for literature management — from discovery to reading notes, on infrastructure you control.
Projects & notes
Group papers by research thread. Attach reading notes scoped to each project — one paper can belong to many contexts.
Knowledge graph
Explore papers, authors, and tags in an interactive force-directed graph with live physics controls.
Read in-app
Embedded PDF viewer and rich paper detail views. Full-text search over downloaded TeX source.
Import & export
Bring in PDFs, BibTeX, and .lxproj archives. Export projects to Obsidian, BibTeX, or shareable .lxproj bundles.
Built to self-host
Run linXiv on your laptop, lab machine, or server. Your PDFs and metadata stay under your control — not a vendor's cloud.
Your research, your infrastructure
linXiv makes it straightforward to run a full literature library on hardware you own — a personal laptop, a lab workstation, or a server your group controls. Papers, notes, and tags live in SQLite; PDFs stay where you put them.
You run it
No mandatory hosted service. Install once and keep your library on infrastructure you choose — not someone else's SaaS.
AI is opt-in
Tag suggestions, summaries, and related-paper discovery use your own Gemini or OpenAI key — only when you enable them.
Desktop today, browser later
The Tauri + React desktop app is available now. A browser-based UI for self-hosted deployments is on the roadmap — same library, another way in.
Four ways to work
One database whether you use the Tauri desktop app, terminal, HTTP API, or Claude via MCP — with a browser-based interface on the roadmap.
Desktop app
Tauri + React UI with library, graph, projects, search, tags, and in-app PDF reading. Spawns the FastAPI backend automatically.
CLI
Search, fetch, list, tag, and manage papers from the terminal. Install to PATH from Settings, or use the bundled sidecar.
REST API
FastAPI backend with OpenAPI docs — powers the desktop app and supports custom frontends.
MCP for Claude
Model Context Protocol server for AI-assisted literature workflows. One-click setup for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf.
terminal
$ linxiv search "attention is all you need" --max 5
$ linxiv fetch 2204.12985
$ linxiv list --limit 20 --category cs.LGBuild
The desktop app is a Tauri + React shell around the same Python backend. See the linxiv-gui-react README for environment variables and release builds.
1Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/linxiv-dev/linXiv.git && cd linXiv2Install dependencies
npm install && uv sync3Launch the desktop app
npm run tauri:dev- Requires Node.js, Rust (for Tauri), Python 3.10+, and uv.
- Optional: add GENAI_API_KEY_TAG_GEN (or Gemini/OpenAI keys in Settings) for AI features.
- Production build: npm run build:all
- CLI/API only (no desktop UI): uv sync --no-group gui && python -m api