Finding, parsing, and organizing academic literature and citations for research workflows. It is catalogued under Frameworks & runtimes on PulseGate.

ares-mcp is an open-source project built for researchers and developers building literature-review workflows.

Does ares-mcp have a free plan?

Yes — ares-mcp is open source under the MIT license and free to use.

What platforms does ares-mcp run on?

ares-mcp runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.

Is ares-mcp still active?

The GitHub repository shows 6 commits in the last 90 days.

What are alternatives to ares-mcp?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include zra-mcp, bibliocommons-mcp, and mcp-book-lover.

ares-mcp is developed by benetche.

How long has ares-mcp been around?

ares-mcp first shipped in 2026.

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ares-mcp

Name: ares-mcp
Author: benetche

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ares-mcp is an open-source local MCP server for searching academic literature, parsing open-access PDFs, and managing BibTeX citations. It is intended for researchers and developers using MCP-compatible clients such as Cursor to support literature-review workflows.

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Overview

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ares-mcp is a Frameworks & runtimes project. Finding, parsing, and organizing academic literature and citations for research workflows. It is built as an open-source project for researchers and developers building literature-review workflows. ares-mcp is open source under the MIT license. It ships for the command line, and it can be self-hosted.

It is developed by benetche, and it first shipped in 2026. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 6 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include Academic Search, PDF Parsing, and Open-Access Search. It exposes integrations via an MCP server.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Academic Search
PDF Parsing
Open-Access Search
BibTeX Management
Citation Export
MCP Server

Built with & integrations

Connectors

MCP

Runs on

CLISelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

License

MIT

Verified signals

HTTPSOpen Source GitHub · ★ 1Active maintenance

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Frequently asked questions about ares-mcp

What is ares-mcp?: Finding, parsing, and organizing academic literature and citations for research workflows. It is catalogued under Frameworks & runtimes on PulseGate.
Who is ares-mcp for?: ares-mcp is an open-source project built for researchers and developers building literature-review workflows.
Does ares-mcp have a free plan?: Yes — ares-mcp is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
What platforms does ares-mcp run on?: ares-mcp runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
Is ares-mcp still active?: The GitHub repository shows 6 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to ares-mcp?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include zra-mcp, bibliocommons-mcp, and mcp-book-lover.zra-mcp bibliocommons-mcp mcp-book-lover
Who makes ares-mcp?: ares-mcp is developed by benetche.
How long has ares-mcp been around?: ares-mcp first shipped in 2026.

At a glance

Platforms: CLI
Languages: English
Open source: Yes · ★ 1
License: MIT
First seen: 31 Aug 2026
Built for: researchers and developers building literature-review workflows
Model: Open source
Solves: Finding, parsing, and organizing academic literature and citations for research workflows.

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GitHub: benetche/ares-mcp
PyPI: ares-mcp

Developer

benetche

Solo developer

GitHub

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Stars: 1
Forks: 0
Open issues: 0
Last commit: 31 Aug 2026
Commits 90d: 6
Contributors: 1
Authorship: Solo
Default branch: main

Index record

Indexed: 31 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Aug 2026
Last seen: 31 Aug 2026

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Slug: ares-mcp-pypi-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 31 Aug 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 31 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://pypi.org/project/ares-mcp

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