built to empower the
next generation of research.
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All your ideas, connected
Papers, notes, and citations come together in one living graph. Follow any thread across your whole library and watch how your thinking fits together.
and in your pocket
The iPhone and Android apps open the same library. Search it, read and annotate papers, keep notes and tasks moving, ask the assistant, and set things up your way, wherever you are.
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The same workspace
Your papers, notes, boards and conversations, laid out for a phone.
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Read anywhere
Highlights and reading notes come along with every paper.
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Ask on the go
The research assistant answers from your own library.
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Settings that travel
Account, appearance, AI providers and more, in a native-style settings screen.
and everything around the reading
Writing, planning and the shortcuts that save a click, each shown as it looks in the app.
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Write where you read
A block editor made for research writing, with math, tables and diagrams, and links to any paper or note in your library.
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Think on a canvas
Map how the literature fits together on a freeform canvas, then drop it into a note or export it as PNG or SVG.
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Ask about what you are reading
Open the assistant beside a paper and it reads along, answering from the paper and the rest of your library with its sources linked.
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Plan the work
Task boards for your thesis or project, with cards linked to the papers and notes they are about, and a saved view for each stream of work.
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Keep the board beside you
Pin a space to the side pane, your task board or your reading notes, and keep it next to the chapter you are writing.
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Plan the week
Deadlines, meetings and writing blocks in one calendar, with recurring events, reminders, and calendars in or out as .ics files.
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A keystroke away
Jump to any space, conversation or action from the command palette, without reaching for the mouse.
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Ask from anywhere
Ask the assistant straight from the quick-entry bar, over whatever app is in front, and the conversation opens in Minerva.
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On your desktop and home screen
Library, tasks and quick-action widgets for the Mac desktop and the iPhone home screen.
01 What exactly is Minerva?
One workspace for your whole research journey. Collect papers, read and annotate them, connect all your ideas in a single searchable graph, write up what you find, and bring in AI whenever it helps, instead of juggling a dozen disconnected tools.
02 Who is it for?
Researchers in any discipline. The humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and computational fields all read, connect, and write, and Minerva is built around that shared work rather than one narrow niche. It fits a first-year PhD student and a tenured professor alike.
03 How is it different from a reference manager or a notes app?
Those keep your papers, your notes, and your writing in separate places. Minerva connects them. Each paper, citation, and note feeds one graph you can search and follow in any direction, and you read, annotate, and write without leaving the workspace.
- Paste from arXiv, DOI, or any URL, figures included
- PDF and notes open side by side
- Jump from any citation to its source
- Spot references that aren't connected yet
04 What does a typical day in Minerva look like?
Paste a link and Minerva pulls the paper, its figures, and its references in seconds. Read it with your notes beside it, highlight by dragging, and everything you capture joins one searchable graph. When it is time to write, your sources and a full editor sit side by side, with Markdown, math, links between notes, and a compile-to-PDF step built in. The pages and tools you reach for open in the same window, so a stray browser tab never pulls you away.
05 Do I have to use AI, and which models can I use?
No, you never have to. AI stays out of your way until you ask for it. When you do, it works as a full research assistant rather than a chat box bolted on the side. It can search across your library and the open web, find and import new papers, read what you have open, and help you draft, always with the model you choose. You bring your own provider, and your keys stay on your machine, used only to reach the model you picked.
- Claude, OpenAI, and OpenRouter, or a local model fully offline
- Searches your library and the open web
- Finds, imports, and reads papers on request
- Custom agents, reusable skills, and a memory you control
06 What happens to my papers, notes, and API keys?
The real work happens in the Minerva desktop app on your own machine, not in someone else's cloud. Your AI keys stay local, and paper discovery runs on OpenAlex, the free and open scholarly index. Your library and your notes stay yours.
07 What does it cost?
Minerva is built to run on free, open services, OpenAlex for finding papers and OpenRouter's free model tier for AI, so you can work end to end without paying for anything.
08 Will it still fit me as my research grows?
Yes. Minerva shapes itself around how you work and keeps adapting as your needs change, from your first PhD paper to a professional career. It is one workspace you are not meant to outgrow.
- A saved layout for each project
- Rebind any keyboard shortcut
- Themes and typography you choose
- Reusable templates for notes and papers
09 Who is building Minerva, and how do I get in?
Minerva is built by researchers with backgrounds across leading technology and research labs, who got tired of stitching their work together from a dozen tools. It is by researchers, for researchers. It is in invite-only private beta right now. If you do not have a code yet, the waitlist is how you get one, and we send invites in small batches as access opens up.
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