Show HN: Building an open-source Google Scholar / Consensus alternative

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4 months ago

I wanted to build a full-stack app from start to finish to learn the modern dev cycle so I built something that'd be helpful for me in research.

Started with a single Next.js app, switched to Monorepo due to growing complexity. Has analytics, email, payment, ai, backend, frontend, help & docs - everything most modern apps need. Even some barebones for a mobile app and a browser extension (using wxt).

The main features are a search engine powered by Semantic Scholar, AI summaries, folders - with rich text notes (using WYSIWYG) & sharing.

Thinking of adding different AI models and a BYOK feature.

Here's a quick demo video too - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yv75PEghFN0-53M_Gb4EMefX-sQ...