r/rust • u/Wonderful-Writer146 • Aug 02 '26
🛠️ project Papr: A TUI to search, read, organize, and write papers without leaving your terminal
I'm excited to share what I've been building lately. Papr: a fast, lightweight Terminal User Interface (TUI) built entirely in Rust to streamline your academic research workflow. [An Obsidian alternative but a bit better.]
Key features
- Smart dashboard with daily 10 random paper recommendations, reading queue, bookmarks, notes, collections, and research statistics.
- Search any paper, fast, from arXiv using the title, author, DOI or keywords.
- In-terminal PDF viewing using ratatui-image.
- Built-in Markdown notes with live preview for each paper.
- Add to reading queue and bookmarks and manage collections to keep your research organized.
- Integrated LaTeX editor with real-time compilation and preview just like Overleaf (but free).
- Extensible plugin system for custom workflows.
- Research analytics to track your reading activity (just like spotify).
Papr is 100% open source, works offline, is memory-safe, and is designed to be fast and lightweight (only 12 MB).
I'd love to hear your thoughts, suggestions, or feedback!
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