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A native, local-first research desk for importing papers — from files, identifiers, or straight from Safari — reading PDFs, writing notes, building project evidence, syncing through iCloud or your own WebDAV server, and exporting open citation formats.

Version 1.6.3 · macOS 14+ (Apple Silicon) · iPadOS & iOS 17+ · English, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

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System Requirements

Mac

macOS 14 Sonoma or later on Apple Silicon (M1 or newer). Built natively for SwiftUI, SwiftData, and PDFKit.

iPhone & iPad

iOS / iPadOS 17 or later. Apple Pencil is supported on iPad for freehand ink and annotation workflows.

Pricing

  • Papyrus is free to download and use, with every feature included.
  • No in-app purchases, no recurring subscription, and no Papyrus account.

What's Included

  • Local-first research library with PDFs, metadata, tags, folders (a paper can live in several), colored flags, Smart Collections, and Projects.
  • Safari import extension: capture the paper on the open tab — including papers behind a publisher sign-in you already have access to — or save any PDF, DOI, or arXiv link, with folder, tag, and project pickers right in the popup.
  • Native PDF reading with highlights, underlines, strikethrough, notes, bookmarks, and freehand ink, plus a Reading card that remembers your page and your bookmarks.
  • Markdown notes with LaTeX math and code rendering.
  • Notebooks: gather notes from across the library onto themed shelves without moving them off their papers, then search, reorder, and export a shelf as one Markdown document.
  • Project Evidence Board with claims, quotes, page numbers, citation keys, roles, and confidence.
  • Full-text search across library metadata, notes, annotations, and extracted PDF text.
  • Optional iCloud Sync across Mac, iPad, and iPhone, plus WebDAV sync with restore points.
  • Export to BibTeX, RIS, CSL JSON, Markdown, copied citations, and project bundles — and papyrus:// links to any paper or notebook for Hookmark and other link managers.