Research Papers Python Packages

libgen-mcp

MCP server in Go to search, download and read books, papers, comics and more from Library Genesis — plus keyless open-access discovery (arXiv, Crossref, OpenLibrary, Gutenberg, dblp, PubMed, ERIC) and article downloads via Unpaywall, Europe PMC, bioRxiv, CORE and OAPEN. Four focused tools, one static binary, no account required.

find-research-papers-mcp

MCP server for scientific grounding: search arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Semantic Scholar, PubMed — references/citations from paywalled journals via public metadata

paperpipe

Extract equations and context from research papers for LLM coding assistants (arXiv, LaTeX, RAG)

recrystal

A layout parser for research papers: PDF in, ordered typed blocks out. Fine-tuned YOLO11 detection over onnxruntime, PyMuPDF words, column-aware assembly. Loses 24 of 400 answer spans against Docling's 48 and PyMuPDF4LLM's 61, and parses 2.88× faster than Docling, on 514 papers. AGPL-3.0.

paperflow-postprocess

Open-source PDF-to-Markdown post-processor with footnotes, LaTeX normalization, figure links, and YAML metadata. Supports Marker, MinerU, PyMuPDF, and Docling. Includes a self-hosted web UI.