SciReader

SciReader is a paper reader with a built-in AI assistant, and a reference manager.

Ask a paper questions, and trace every answer to the sentence it came from. Follow its citations, and keep it in your library.

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Available for macOS and Windows — free and offline, no account needed

The SciReader library: a list of papers with title, author, venue, year, and citation count.
Automatic metadata for every PDF.

Drop in PDFs, and SciReader fills in the title, authors, venue, year, and citation count. Organize papers in nested collections.

Import any citation in one click.

Click a citation to see the full reference, then add it to your library. The reference list marks what you’ve added.

Ask anything about the paper.

Type a question, highlight a passage, or snip a figure, table, or equation to ask about it.

Every answer links to its source.

Hover a marker to read the original sentence. Click it, and the PDF jumps there and highlights it.

Explain any phrase without losing your place.

Select a phrase you don’t follow, and it’s explained right there. Keep asking in a side chat, instead of scrolling up and down the main conversation.

Reads figures, tables, and equations.

The assistant reads them whenever a question calls for it. Hover a figure or table in the answer to preview it, or click to jump to it in the PDF.

Ask across papers.

Type @ to bring more papers from your library into the question, and ask about them together.

More features

  • Built-in browser

    Search Google Scholar, arXiv, and more inside the app, with a one-click import button on every result.

  • Bring your library

    Move your papers, collections, and annotations over from Zotero, or import BibTeX and RIS files.

  • Find PDFs for references

    SciReader looks for an open-access PDF for every paper you import.

  • Citation styles

    Copy a citation or bibliography in APA, IEEE, and other common styles.

  • Automatic outline

    Generates a clean section outline on your device, even when the PDF has no bookmarks.

  • Notes in Markdown

    Highlight or underline passages in any color, and write notes saved as plain Markdown files on your disk.

  • Assistant styles

    Have the assistant teach, skim, or critique, or write a style of your own.

  • One-command documents

    Turn a paper into an overview, cheatsheet, flashcards, or a review with one command.

Read deeper. Keep every paper in one place.

Free to download for macOS and Windows. Your library stays on your device.

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