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karpathy/researchpooler — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2023-09-01

★ 460PythonAudience · researcherComplexity · 2/5DormantSetup · moderate

In one sentence

A Python proof-of-concept that lets you search, filter, and bulk-open academic papers with a few lines of code instead of clicking through databases one by one.

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Bulk paper search
      Filter by title text
      Full text search
      Open results in browser
    Tech stack
      Python
      Pickled records
    Use cases
      Literature review
      Find dataset mentions
      List papers by author
    Audience
      Researchers
      Grad students

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Find every paper mentioning a term like 'deep learning' in the title and open them all at once in your browser.

USE CASE 2

Search across full paper text to find every paper that uses a specific dataset like MNIST.

USE CASE 3

Write a simple parser to add a new conference's papers, following the pattern used for NIPS.

USE CASE 4

List all papers by a specific author from the collected records.

What is it built with?

Python

How does it compare?

karpathy/researchpoolertiantiangpu/reg-factoryfacebookresearch/pixio
Stars460469449
LanguagePythonPythonPython
Last pushed2023-09-01—2026-06-11
MaintenanceDormant—Maintained
Setup difficultymoderatehardhard
Complexity2/54/54/5
Audienceresearcherdeveloperresearcher

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Rough proof-of-concept, you likely need to write your own conference parser to populate the paper database.

No license information is given in the explanation.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Write a Python script using researchpooler-style records to find and open every paper mentioning 'deep' in the title.
Prompt 2
Show me how to build a parser that downloads papers from an ICML-style conference site into the same record format researchpooler uses.
Prompt 3
How would I extend researchpooler's pickled paper records to support full-text search across PDFs?

Frequently asked questions

What is researchpooler?

A Python proof-of-concept that lets you search, filter, and bulk-open academic papers with a few lines of code instead of clicking through databases one by one.

What language is researchpooler written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python.

Is researchpooler actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2023-09-01).

What license does researchpooler use?

No license information is given in the explanation.

How hard is researchpooler to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is researchpooler for?

Mainly researcher.

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