https://github.com/scriptbash/wispar
Stay up-to-date with academic journals and the latest research articles!
https://github.com/scriptbash/wispar
academia articles crossref-client ezproxy openalex reader research science unpaywall zotero
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Stay up-to-date with academic journals and the latest research articles!
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/scriptbash/wispar
- Owner: Scriptbash
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2023-12-15T23:20:47.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-22T06:13:40.000Z (6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-24T06:37:13.757Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: academia, articles, crossref-client, ezproxy, openalex, reader, research, science, unpaywall, zotero
- Language: Dart
- Homepage:
- Size: 12.4 MB
- Stars: 53
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 5
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
- Zenodo: .zenodo.json
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README
Stay up-to-date with academic journals and the latest research articles!
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## Description
Wispar is a user-friendly and privacy-friendly Android/iOS app that seamlessly searches scientific journals and articles using the Crossref and OpenAlex APIs. Stay updated on your preferred journals by following them and receive new article abstracts in your main feed. No account required. The integration of Unpaywall ensures convenient access to open-access articles, while EZproxy helps overcome subscription barriers.
## Features overview
- [x] Search and follow journals
- [x] Search for articles and save the queries for easy access later. You can even include them in your feed!
- [x] Download articles for offline access *
- [x] EZproxy and Unpaywall integration
- [x] Send articles to Zotero
- [x] Share articles
- [x] Scrape missing abstracts
- [x] Export/Import the database
- [x] Notifications and background journals updates
- [x] Filters
* The download feature is currently limited to some publishers. Flutter tools and publishers like Elsevier and Wiley make it hard to get the PDF file.
### Planned features
- [ ] Deep links
- [ ] Get downloads working for more publishers
## Translations
Wispar uses Weblate to manage translations. You can find the hosted instance at https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/wispar/
A huge thank you to Weblate for hosting the translations for free :heart:.
Translation status:
## Contribute
- There are many ways you can contribute to improving Wispar—and it's not just about writing code!
- You can help translate Wispar into your language by using our hosted Weblate instance.
- Additionally, providing feedback and reporting bugs are invaluable ways to contribute!
If you contribute to the project, feel free to add yourself to the .zenodo.json file to be credited!
## Help
If you run into any issue while using Wispar, have a question or want to share your feedback, please open an issue here : https://github.com/Scriptbash/Wispar/issues
## Credits
- Thank you Sergio for the app icon!
- Library Proxy URL Database
- Unpaywall
- Crossref
- OpenAlex
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