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paper-dl turns PaSa exports into local PDFs

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paper-dl turns PaSa exports into local PDFs
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paper-dl turns PaSa exports into local PDFs

paper-dl is a lightweight CLI that turns PaSa-exported JSON into local PDFs. It adds concurrency, retries, skip-on-rerun behavior, and a failure log for missing downloads.

// ANALYSIS

Hot take: this is not trying to be another paper search engine; it’s the glue that makes a good search result set actually useful on disk.

  • It fills the gap between PaSa’s ranked metadata export and a usable local corpus.
  • The workflow is simple: export JSON, run `paper-dl`, get a folder of PDFs plus `failed.txt` for anything that needs a second pass.
  • Concurrency and automatic skipping make it suitable for larger batches without babysitting.
  • Best fit is local research automation and retrieval pipelines, especially when you want PDFs rather than just links and abstracts.
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DISCOVERED

80d ago

2026-03-21

PUBLISHED

80d ago

2026-03-21

RELEVANCE

6/ 10

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