Thesys — local AI research workspace and PDF reader ✓ Verified
Also known as: thesys-core
Added to TheBestApplications on Sep 21, 2026
Productivity · Web · PC
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About this app
Thesys is a local-first research workspace that lets you search open-access academic papers from OpenAlex and arXiv, upload PDFs, and chat with your documents using local RAG and OpenAI. It features reader-mode Q&A, automatic document summaries, figure descriptions, and precise on-PDF highlights linked directly to citations. All papers, embeddings, and chat histories are stored locally on your machine, with support for exporting bibliographies in BibTeX, RIS, EndNote, and CSV formats. Easily deployable via Docker Compose.
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