Biblioscape vs Papis
Biblioscape
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| Figure | Biblioscape | Papis |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.04/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 1 |
| Spec score · Reference Management Software | 8.3 (#6) | 7.8 (#22) |
| Support | The support page offers free email support and paid single-incident support for $19. | The project directs users to GitHub Discussions for questions and GitHub Issues for bugs. |
Plans
Biblioscape
- University Site License Lite$0.50 a year
- University Site License Standard$1 a year
- University Site License Professional$2 a year
- Lite$79, paid once
- Standard$139, paid once
- Professional$299, paid once
- Librarian$699, paid once
In their own words
Biblioscape
Biblioscape has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Papis
Papis is a free, open-source command-line manager for documents and bibliographic records. It stores records in human-readable YAML files and lets users search by fields such as author, title, and tags. Importers can bring data from other bibliography managers and retrieve metadata from sources including arXiv and Crossref. Records can be exported to BibTeX and other formats. The project lists plugins for Vim, Neovim, and Emacs, plus integrations with rofi, dmenu, Zotero, and Firefox. Third-party Python entry-point plugins can add importers and downloaders, and a Python API supports custom scripts. A local web app starts with `papis serve`; the documented address is `http://localhost:8888`. Installation is described through pip, source code, Arch Linux AUR, Nix, and Guix. The project directs questions to GitHub Discussions and bugs to GitHub Issues. If no importer exists for a website, users may need to download its PDF and enter metadata manually.