Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Librarian – Chrome Extension to get links to references in arXiv papers
A Chrome extension that enhances arXiv papers. Get direct links to references, BibTeX extraction and comments on all arXiv papers
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Librarian – Chrome Extension to get links to references in arXiv papers launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Search for your bookmarks by content! @ashwinlokkur and I built this Chrome extension that scrapes your bookmarks' content and does semantic search using transformer embeddings. Free and private since it's all in-browser. No LLM API calls ;)
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Cite websites and articles in one click
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Cite anything in one-click right from Chrome
2019 · citationsy.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · arxiv-vanity.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · semanticscholar.org · its alternatives →
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Link directly back to content you highlight on a page.
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Mentionitis▲98Read better, research better, browse better
2023 · mentionitis.com · its alternatives →
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OpenScholarXIV is an open-source, aesthetic, minimal and AI powered app that allows users to search, read, bookmark, share, download and view summaries of academic papers from the arXiv repository. - ScholarXIV/OpenScholarXIV
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, Talk2Arxiv is a small open-source RAG application I've been building for a few weeks. To use it just prepend any arxiv.org link with 'talk2' to load the paper into a responsive RAG chat application (e.g. www.arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762 -> www.talk2arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762). All implementation details are in the GitHub. Currently, because I've opted to extract text from the PDF of the paper rather than reading the LaTeX source code (since I wanted to build a more generic PDF RAG in the process), it struggles with symbolic text / mathematics, and sometimes fails…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Easy Source 2.0▲250Chrome Extension that's set to transform your LinkedIn
2023 · hirequotient.com · its alternatives →
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Uselink▲154Paste Markdown, HTML, or AI-generated drafts. Get a clean public URL with live edits, threaded comments, and version history. No deploy, no sign-in wall.
Jun 2026 · uselink.app · its alternatives →
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An extension for Firefox and Chrome to add comments to any URL - comntr/webext
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Academic webpage of Anders Damsgaard
2019 · adamsgaard.dk · its alternatives →
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Simple SEO Tool▲111Chrome Extension that simplifies SEO on-page analysis
2024 · seoextension.info · its alternatives →
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Organize your reading list.
2025 · linklater.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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Obie for Chrome▲110Free browser extension to help you find docs & wikis, fast.
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Monitor Chrome extensions metrics growth
2023 · appwatch.co · its alternatives →
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Slid▲119Capture knowledge from online videos, courses, and webinars
2021 · slid.cc · its alternatives →
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Stringmark▲97Simple Chrome extension to boost your researching skills
2021 · stringmark.com · its alternatives →
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