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https://github.com/srbhp/piepdf

GUI tool to manage Research articles, pdfs
https://github.com/srbhp/piepdf

bibliography crossref pdf-viewer poppler poppler-library pyqt5 qt research-paper

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# PiePdf

Manage Research Articles and fetch metadata from the internet (currently crossref and arXiv is supported).

Trying to make an opensource alternative to Mendeley, Zotero.

## demo

![demonstration pic](https://github.com/srbhp/PiePdf/raw/master/demo.gif)

## Dependencies
python3-poppler-qt5, PyQt5 for python3, python3-feedparser, habanero

### Fedora

`pip3 install habanero PyQt5 python-poppler-qt5 feedparser` and `dnf install python3-httplib2`

### Openseuse

```
pip3 install habanero
zypper in python3-poppler-qt5 python3-feedparser python3-qt5 python3-httplib2
```

## Installation
```
git clone https://github.com/srbhp/PiePdf.git
cd PiePdf
python3 piepdf/mainwindow.py
```
By default it create a folder `PiePdf`
in your home directory. You can change this default directory to any `Path` from the setiing menu.
You have keep all your pdfs in this directory. *PiePdf* fetch metadata automatically
from crossref or arXiv for each pdf.

## You should know
*PiePdf* configuration file `~/.config/piepdf/piepdf.conf`

*PiePdf* database file `~/.config/piepdf/piepdf_database/piepdf.db`

## TODO

- [ ] Add support for custom metadata providers
- [ ] Fix Pdf reader performance
- [ ] Fix info widget (title, tags, open URL)
- [ ] Fix tab title
- [ ] Add icon to reload/sync folder