OpenCite CLI

OpenCite is a CLI tool for academic literature search and citation management. It aggregates results from Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, PubMed, arXiv, and bioRxiv/medRxiv, deduplicates them, and outputs formatted results. It also supports PDF retrieval, PDF-to-markdown conversion, and batch operations.

Installation

# Recommended
uv pip install opencite

# Alternative: run without installing
uvx opencite --version

PDF conversion support (markitdown and markit-mistral) is included by default. When MISTRAL_API_KEY is set, markit-mistral handles math, tables, and complex layouts. Otherwise, markitdown (free, local) is the fallback.