Hunt papers from the terminal
$ paperhound
A lightweight Python CLI that unifies the largest scientific indexes. Search, read abstracts, download PDFs, explore citations, export to BibTeX, and keep a local library — all from your terminal.
paperhound in action
A real session: search, open, download, and cite without leaving the terminal.
Seven sources, one tool
paperhound queries the major scientific indexes and aggregates results with consistent metadata.
arXiv
Preprints in physics, math, CS, and biology.
OpenAlex
Open graph of the world’s academic literature.
DBLP
The canonical computer-science bibliography.
Crossref
DOI resolution and publisher metadata.
HF Papers
Trending papers from the Hugging Face community.
Semantic Scholar
AI-powered search with enriched citation data.
CORE
The largest aggregator of open-access papers.
Follow the citation trail
Explore references and citing works as a tree. Reach the frontier of a topic without getting lost.
Features
Everything you need for a reproducible literature review.
Multi-source search
One query over 7 indexes: arXiv, OpenAlex, DBLP, Crossref, HF Papers, Semantic Scholar, and CORE.
Frictionless reading
Read abstracts in the terminal, download PDFs, and convert them to Markdown ready for your agent.
Citation graph
Explore references and citations recursively to find both the origin and the frontier of a topic.
Export anywhere
BibTeX, RIS, and CSL-JSON ready for LaTeX, Zotero, or any reference manager.
Local library
Save papers, tag them, and find them again without re-searching online.
Open source
MIT licensed and installable from PyPI in a single command. Contributions welcome.
Try it now
One-command install. Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows with Python 3.10+.
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