Never lose a research source again
screenpipe captures every paper, article, and source you read. Search your entire research history with AI.
Quick answer
Research tool that captures everything you read online. screenpipe records your screen and makes papers, articles, and sources searchable with AI.
See it in action
The research recall problem
Researchers consume massive amounts of information but retain a fraction.
You read a paper with the perfect methodology - can't find it now
Citation hunting takes hours of re-searching databases
Notes scattered across Zotero, PDFs, random documents
You know you've seen a relevant figure but can't remember where
Months of reading distilled into incomplete notes
Complete research recall
screenpipe records everything you read - PDFs, articles, papers - and makes it searchable. Ask 'papers about transformer attention' and find everything you've read.
PDF and paper capture
Every paper you view gets captured and indexed. Text is extracted directly from the reader app. Search full text of everything you've read.
Source linking
Find a quote and screenpipe shows where you read it, with the URL or PDF.
Literature review assistant
Ask 'what have I read about [topic]?' and get a summary with sources.
Citation ready
Export findings with citations. Integrates with reference managers.
How it works
Install and read
Install screenpipe and continue your normal research workflow.
Automatic indexing
Every paper, article, and webpage you read gets captured and indexed.
Search your reading
Query your entire research history. Find sources, quotes, ideas instantly.
Key benefits
Frequently asked questions
Yes. screenpipe captures any app on your screen, including PDF readers. It extracts text from whatever you're viewing via accessibility APIs, with OCR as a fallback for any application.
screenpipe captures the text and source URL/filename. You can use the API to build exports that work with your reference manager. Community scripts exist for common citation formats.
Text extraction works well for most content, but complex mathematical notation may not be perfectly captured. For papers with heavy formulas, the surrounding context usually provides enough searchability.
All data stays on your local machine. screenpipe never uploads anything. This makes it suitable for confidential research where cloud tools would be inappropriate.