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Scholarr

Scholarr is a self-hosted academic publication tracker. It monitors Google Scholar profiles, discovers new publications, resolves open-access PDFs, and presents everything through a clean Vue 3 dashboard.

SectionDescription
User GuideWhat scholarr does, installation, configuration
Developer GuideArchitecture, local development, contributing
OperationsDeployment, database runbook, scrape safety
ReferenceAPI contract, environment variables, changelog

Key Features

  • Scholar Tracking - Add Google Scholar profiles by ID, URL, or name search
  • Automated Ingestion - Background scheduler fetches new publications on a configurable interval
  • Identifier Resolution - Cross-references arXiv, Crossref, and OpenAlex for DOIs and metadata
  • PDF Discovery - Resolves open-access PDFs via Unpaywall and arXiv
  • Import/Export - Portable scholar data with full publication state
  • Multi-User - Session-based auth with admin user management
  • Theming - Multiple color presets with light/dark mode support