Manage your local scientific library!
This tool is in a very early development stage.
First, install fzf. (required)
Then install xivar via
bash
cargo install xivar
xivar lets you search publications online at DBLP and arXiv, and open or download them if available. xivar saves the locations of downloaded publications and shows them in your next search.
Search a publication online and local
bash
xivar search keyword1 keyword2 ...
Search only locally saved files
bash
xivar local keyword1 keyword2 ...
Specify a maximum number of hits (default is 100)
bash
xivar search bla bla -n 30
Clean your database, i.e. remove entries of publications which cannot be found at their saved location.
bash
xivar clean
Add a local pdf to the database.
bash
xivar add paper.pdf
If xivar finds any metadata in the PDF-file, you can confirm to search the title online. If you can find the matching paper online, all necessary information will be fetched and written to your library. Otherwise, you have to manually enter them.
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 to a new version!
You can configure the default download location via a configuration file located at ~/.config/xivar/xivar.toml with the following content
toml
document_dir = "absolute/path/to/directory"