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, Overleaf, Zotero 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!

GitHub: https://github.com/AfrozSaqlain/Papr

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.

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Install it with paru -S papr-bin or yay -S papr-bin on Arch Linux

Key features

• Smart dashboard with daily 10 random paper recommendations, reading queue, bookmarks, notes, collections, and research statistics.
• Fast arXiv search using title, author, or DOI with automatic PDF downloads and clean file naming.
• In-terminal PDF viewing.
• Built-in Markdown notes with live preview for each paper.
• Reading queue, bookmarks, and collections to keep your research organized.
• Integrated LaTeX editor with real-time compilation and preview.
• 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!

GitHub: https://github.com/AfrozSaqlain/Papr

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!

GitHub: https://github.com/AfrozSaqlain/Papr

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.

If you've ever conducted research, you know the drill: drowning in 50 open browser tabs, losing track of downloaded PDFs, juggling separate note-taking apps, and constantly breaking your focus. That's why Papr was built. Powered by Ratatui, Tokio, and SQLite, it brings the entire research workflow**,** from arXiv discovery to manuscript writing using the built-in LaTeX editor, into one fast, terminal-native workspace.

⚡ Features

• 🏠 Smart Dashboard: A personalized home for your research featuring daily topic-based paper recommendations, library insights, reading queue, bookmarks, notes, collections, and activity statistics.
• 🔍 arXiv Search & Discovery: Search by title, author, or DOI with instant filtering, smart deduplication, and automatic, clean PDF file naming.
• 👁️ In-Terminal PDF Viewing: Read papers directly in your terminal (powered by Kitty & Sixel).
• 📝 Vim-Inspired Notes: Jot down key insights right next to your reading queue with a built-in Markdown editor and live-styled preview.
• ⭐ Bookmarks: Save important papers for quick access and keep your favorites just a keystroke away.
• 📚 Reading Queue: Build and prioritize your reading list by adding papers from anywhere in your library and tracking what to read next.
• 🗂️ Groups: Organize papers into custom groups to keep projects, topics, and literature neatly grouped.
• 📜 Integrated LaTeX Workspace: Edit and compile manuscripts in real time with background latexmk builds and a split-pane preview.
• 🧩 Extensible Plugins: Process-isolated JSON plugins (including a built-in auto-tagger plugin) to organize your library your way.
• 📊 Research Analytics: Track your reading streaks, time spent, and activity heatmaps.

It's 100% open-source, offline-capable, memory-safe, and blazingly fast.

I'd love to hear your thoughts, feature suggestions, or feedback!

GitHub: https://github.com/AfrozSaqlain/Papr

Repo: https://github.com/AfrozSaqlain/Dotfiles

I have been testing a lot of customization for my Arch Linux system, where I mostly work on gravitational wave data analysis, machine learning and sometimes web development and edge computing.