AlphaXiv

AlphaXiv is a free web tool from Arxiv Labs that helps you work faster with scientific papers, especially publications from arXiv. It uses AI to analyze PDFs, generate summaries, and support Q&A around academic content for students, researchers, and developers.

What you can do with AlphaXiv

• Search and analyze papers from arXiv and PubMed
• Generate short overviews and structured notes (with key ideas and a table of contents)
• Ask questions about specific parts of a paper and leave comments for discussion
• Work with code found in papers: edit, optimize, and get explanations
• Use voice mode to discuss a paper with the AI
• Convert PDFs into concise reviews with charts and tables (using Mistral OCR and Claude 3.7)

How to use it

AlphaXiv is available as a web app at alphaxiv.org. Registration takes about 30 seconds, and you can upload files via drag-and-drop.

• Open alphaxiv.org
• Find a paper via search
• Use the Blog tab to generate a brief overview
• Use Ask AI to ask questions about the paper
• Edit or analyze any included code when needed

AlphaXiv is free with no stated query limits and supports Russian, English, and Chinese. It also supports automatic in-browser translation on Chromium-based browsers.