A desktop app to manage your PDF library, perform semantic search, chat with citations, critique papers, build evidence matrices, and run deep analysis — choose Cloud Free, your own API, or go fully offline.
Everything you need to manage, read, and synthesize research — all on your machine.
PDF, DOCX, EPUB, BibTeX, RIS, Zotero. OCR for scanned PDFs, bge-m3 embedding + ChromaDB.
BM25 (SQLite FTS5) + vector semantic + cross-encoder rerank. Saved search, filter by collection/tag/year.
Streaming, multi-paper, Evidence-only mode, citation panel, DOI verification, trust panel.
Insights, screening board, 7-section review builder, comparison matrix, export DOCX/Markdown.
Extract claims by criterion, sourced quotes, visual comparison table across papers.
Paper relationship graph and personal brain — reading suggestions, tags, statistics over time.
Drag & drop PDFs, sync Zotero, or scan folders. Your papers are parsed, chunked, and embedded automatically.
Hybrid search finds anything instantly. Chat with your papers using RAG — every answer comes with citations.
Build evidence matrices, generate structured reviews, compare papers, and export to DOCX, Markdown, or LaTeX.
"ResearchMind has completely changed how I manage my literature review. The hybrid search is incredibly fast, and the evidence matrix saved me weeks of work."
"I was sceptical about local-first AI, but ResearchMind delivers. The critique mode is like having a senior colleague review my work."
"The review builder alone is worth the subscription. I generated a 7-section literature review in minutes and exported to LaTeX."
"ResearchMind has completely changed how I manage my literature review. The hybrid search is incredibly fast, and the evidence matrix saved me weeks of work."
"I was sceptical about local-first AI, but ResearchMind delivers. The critique mode is like having a senior colleague review my work."
"The review builder alone is worth the subscription. I generated a 7-section literature review in minutes and exported to LaTeX."
"I was sceptical about local-first AI, but ResearchMind delivers. The critique mode is like having a senior colleague review my work."
"The review builder alone is worth the subscription. I generated a 7-section literature review in minutes and exported to LaTeX."
"ResearchMind has completely changed how I manage my literature review. The hybrid search is incredibly fast, and the evidence matrix saved me weeks of work."
"I was sceptical about local-first AI, but ResearchMind delivers. The critique mode is like having a senior colleague review my work."
"The review builder alone is worth the subscription. I generated a 7-section literature review in minutes and exported to LaTeX."
"ResearchMind has completely changed how I manage my literature review. The hybrid search is incredibly fast, and the evidence matrix saved me weeks of work."
Yes. ResearchMind is local-first. Your PDFs, notes, and indexes stay on your machine. Cloud AI is only used when you explicitly enable it and send a query.
Yes. Use local AI models (llama-server, GGUF) for fully offline operation. Library management and search work without any internet connection.
Local data persists in the application data directory. You can delete it from Settings or manually remove the ResearchMind folder.
Built with Tauri v2 · Current version v0.6.0. Requires companion Python backend (auto-starts).
Node 22+, pnpm, Python 3.11+, Rust, Tauri CLI
8 GB minimum · 16 GB recommended (local LLM 7B)
~500 MB app + additional for index, cache, and GGUF models
From source: pnpm install → cd backend && pip install -r requirements.txt → pnpm tauri dev
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