deepxiv-cli

You can search open-access arXiv papers offline by running a local CLI that retrieves scientific literature directly through your command line interface without requiring an active browser connection. It supports hybrid search across arXiv and PMC.

Hybrid search for scientific literature combines BM25 keyword matching with vector similarity to retrieve precise results from open-access databases like arXiv and PMC. This ensures both exact term relevance and contextual document discovery.

You can read specific sections of a PMC paper section-by-section using the CLI, which minimizes token use and enhances focus by retrieving only the relevant parts of the open-access document instead of the full text. This enables structured reading.

The CLI currently supports searching arXiv and PMC for biomedical papers, with plans to extend open-access literature search capabilities to bioRxiv and medRxiv in future updates for broader biomedical coverage. It operates offline via a local CLI.

You can use AI-assisted analysis on arXiv papers to accelerate literature review, enabling rapid knowledge synthesis and insights by processing the retrieved open-access text directly through your local workflow. It combines hybrid search with agent-assisted analysis.

Limitations of local CLI literature search include being restricted to open-access sources like arXiv and PMC, meaning it cannot retrieve paywalled articles, and it currently lacks native support for bioRxiv and medRxiv until planned extensions are implemented. It enforces open-access sources only.