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.
