XivAr

Manage your local scientific library!

This tool is in a very early development stage.

Installation

First, install fzf. Then install xivar via

cargo install xivar

Usage

xivar lets you search publications online at DBLP, and download them from a preprint server (arXiv etc.) if available. xivar saves the locations of downloaded publications and shows them in your next search.

Search a publication online and local

xivar search keyword1 keyword2 ...

Search only local

xivar local keyword1 keyword2 ...

Clean your database, i.e. remove entries of publications which cannot be found at their saved location.

xivar clean

Configuration

In Linux-based systems, the database is located at ~/.local/share/xivar. Since this is still very much work in progress, the database may be corrupt after updating!

TODO

Roadmap

• Scan your computer for pdf files and import them
• Export bib-files
• ...