Research Paper Summarizer

A Python desktop tool that summarizes research papers with an LLM, using a provider-agnostic backend (Ollama or Anthropic API), Pydantic data models, and SQLite storage.

Sheet: 06
Context: Software
Period: 2026

The summarizer web app library view, listing saved papers with authors and venues and a full-text search box — Library · Searchable library of summarized papers

The summarizer upload form: choose a PDF, pick the local Ollama or Anthropic backend, optional OCR, and save to library — Extract · Upload a PDF and pick a backend

What I did

Provider-agnostic LLM backend: runs locally on Ollama or against the Anthropic API
Pydantic models for structured summaries, persisted in SQLite

View the code on GitHub