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What you can do with Thesys Core

Thesys is an open-source local research workspace for searching open-access papers, uploading PDFs, asking cited questions, comparing papers, and exporting citations.

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4 use cases

  • Ask cited questions across your own PDF library

    Run Thesys locally, upload papers, and get chat answers that jump to the exact passage in each PDF.

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    Use the Sreehari05055/thesys-core repo to set up a local research workspace with Docker, set OPENAI_API_KEY and EMAIL in backend/.env, and upload the PDFs in <path-to-pdf-folder>. Report the chat answer to the question <your question> and the citation it links to. Verify that clicking the citation opens the highlighted passage in the PDF preview.

  • Find open-access papers and add them to your library

    Search OpenAlex and arXiv in one pool, preview records, and add the useful ones to your Thesys library.

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    Use the Sreehari05055/thesys-core repo to start the Docker workspace, search Discover for <your topic>, and add the five most relevant open-access papers to the library. Report the titles and links of the papers added. Verify that each added paper appears in the library list.

  • Check whether two papers agree on a specific claim

    Select two library PDFs, turn on Compare, and see which retrieved passage pairs support or contradict a claim.

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    Use the Sreehari05055/thesys-core repo with a valid TYPESAFE_API_KEY to compare the two library papers <paper A> and <paper B> on the claim <claim text>. Output the list of passage pairs with their labels and confidence values. Verify that each pair shows the matching passages in both PDFs.

  • Export your library as a bibliography file

    Turn your Thesys library into BibTeX, RIS, EndNote, or CSV for your writing or reference manager.

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    Use the Sreehari05055/thesys-core repo to open the library, select the papers on the topic <topic>, and export them as <BibTeX, RIS, EndNote, or CSV>. Output the file name and entry count. Verify that the file opens and contains one entry per selected paper.

How to use Thesys Core

  1. Check you have what it needs: Docker, or Python 3.11+ and Node.js 20+ for the local setup; An OpenAI API key for chat; A contact email for the EMAIL setting used by citation lookup.
  2. Open Sreehari05055/thesys-core on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. Run cp backend/.env.example backend/.env and set OPENAI_API_KEY and EMAIL in backend/.env.
  4. Run docker compose up --build from the repo root and wait for the first build to finish.
  5. Open http://127.0.0.1:5000 in a browser and upload one or more PDFs to the library.
  6. Ask a question in chat, then click a citation to jump to the highlighted passage in the preview.

These steps come from our top use case, Ask cited questions across your own PDF library, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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Requirements

  • Docker, or Python 3.11+ and Node.js 20+ for the local setup
  • An OpenAI API key for chat
  • A contact email for the EMAIL setting used by citation lookup
  • A TypeSafe API key only if you want the Compare feature
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Questions about Thesys Core

What is Thesys Core?

Thesys is an open-source local research workspace for searching open-access papers, uploading PDFs, asking cited questions, comparing papers, and exporting citations. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/Sreehari05055/thesys-core.

Who is Thesys Core for?

Students, researchers, and literature reviewers who want a private, local place to read and question papers, and AI agents that run the setup for them.

What can I do with Thesys Core?

4 use cases so far, for example: Ask cited questions across your own PDF library; Find open-access papers and add them to your library; Check whether two papers agree on a specific claim. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run Thesys Core?

Docker, or Python 3.11+ and Node.js 20+ for the local setup; An OpenAI API key for chat; A contact email for the EMAIL setting used by citation lookup; A TypeSafe API key only if you want the Compare feature.

What are alternatives to Thesys Core?

Other hot AI repos in Research: Scientific Agent Skills, Speaker Mem R1, DSH Council, Evo Bot, AI Engineering Course.

Is Thesys Core safe to run?

Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.