Thesys · House #27,077

What it is

Calls itself “research workspace”.

• Calls itself: research workspace

“…research workspace”

Where it puts itself

Publishes a comparison page.

“…https://github.com/Sreehari05055/thesys-core/blob/main/screenshots/compare.png”

What it costs

A free tier, free forever.

• Free plan: free forever

“Open-source research workspace: search academic papers, upload PDFs, inline citations with on-PDF highlights, reader-mode Q&A, and get citation export in four formats.”

“Open-source research workspace”

Who it sells to

Sells to consumers. Made for researchers and students.

• Sells to: consumers
• Made for: researchers · students

“Built for students, researchers, and anyone who spends too much time reading and organizing academic literature.”

How it runs

A web app. Runs locally and works offline. Can be self-hosted. Offers an API. Open source. AI is the core of the product. You can bring your own API key.

• Kind: web
• Runs where: on the device, offline · self-hosted
• API: yes
• Open source: yes
• AI role: core to the product
• Bring your own key: yes

“Frontend: React (Vite) on port 5000”

“Ingest and retrieval run locally (Docling, Chroma, BGE).”

What it works with

Integrates with OpenAI, OpenAlex, TypeSafe Jev and 1 more. Built on Chroma, Docling and LangChain.

• Integrates with: OpenAI · OpenAlex · TypeSafe Jev · +1
• Built on: Chroma · Docling · LangChain

“Docling ingest → Chroma + BGE embeddings → BGE reranker”

“OpenAI via LangChain”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Try it without signing up. Publishes docs.

• Trial asks for: nothing

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“Open-source research workspace: search academic papers, upload PDFs, inline citations with on-PDF highlights, reader-mode Q&A, and get citation export in four formats.”