Empowering Research Excellence
Knowtate is a scientific research assistant app offering a suite of features for literature reading, management, and intelligent QA with AI. Embrace the power of centralized document control, seamless reading, and intelligent QA with AI of your document—all within a single, streamlined application.

Upload and manage your research papers with a central repository backed by object storage service. This service can be self-hostable or various cloud storage solutions like AWS S3. Enjoy an online PDF reader that enhances your literature reading experience.

Knowtate caters to your note-taking preferences with three unique styles, each designed to complement different aspects of your research workflow.

For the markdown aficionados, the Markdown Editor provides a straightforward, text-focused interface. This allows for efficient writing and formatting with the simplicity and power of markdown syntax—perfect for those who prefer keyboard-centric controls and clean, exportable content.

Unleash your creativity with the Excalidraw whiteboard, a digital canvas for freeform drawing, diagramming, and visual brainstorming. This tool is excellent for creating and sharing quick sketches, complex diagrams, or visual notes that complement your research.

Powered by a RAG-based intelligent Q&A system, Knowtate allows you to inquire about any aspect of your papers. Customize your dialogue models, vectorization models, and vector databases to suit your needs. Currently supporting OpenAI ChatGPT and OpenAI Embeddings for insightful interactions.

Development is ongoing for additional features to enhance your research experience even further.

# Navigate to your desired path
cd /your/path/
git clone https://github.com/tsmotlp/knowtate.git

cd /your/path/knowtate
cp .env.example .env
# Change `.env.example` to `.env` and update the following variables in `.env`:

# Deployment used by `npx convex dev`
DATABASE_URL="file:./researcher.db"

BAIDU_TRANSLATION_APPID=
BAIDU_TRANSLATION_SECRET_KEY=

OPENAI_API_KEY=
PROXY_URL=

For Windows users, find your network proxy address in Settings -> Network and Internet -> Manual proxy setup -> Edit. Enter the server information in the format http:https://localhost:10077 as your PROXY_URL.

For Linux users, determine your network proxy address with:

echo $HTTP_PROXY

> cd  path/to/knowtate
> npm install # or pnpm install or yarn

> cd  path/to/knowtate
> npm run dev # or pnpm run dev or yarn dev

Access Knowtate at http:https://localhost:3000 and delve into your personalized academic research experience.

The contents of this repository are licensed under the MIT License. We respect and adhere to the copyright and usage permissions of each paper and resource.

For any questions or suggestions, please contact us through the following:

• Submit an Issue
• Email: [email protected]