Finding, harvesting, and expanding scholarly literature across multiple academic databases and building citation graphs. It is catalogued under Reference management & literature discovery on PulseGate.

Who is litsearch for?

litsearch is an open-source project built for researchers and developers.

Does litsearch have a free plan?

Yes — litsearch is open source under the MIT license and free to use.

What platforms does litsearch run on?

litsearch runs on the command line and API.

Is litsearch still maintained?

The GitHub repository shows 4 commits in the last 90 days.

Who develops litsearch?

litsearch is developed by Amir B. Mostaghimi.

How long has litsearch been around?

litsearch first shipped in 2026.

Is litsearch open source?

Yes — litsearch is open source under the MIT license, developed on GitHub.

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litsearch

Name: litsearch
Author: Amir B. Mostaghimi

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litsearch is an open-source Python package that harvests scholarly literature from multiple sources including OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, Crossref, and arXiv. It supports citation-graph expansion and is designed for bibliometric analysis, systematic reviews, and research automation. The tool is available on PyPI and GitHub under the MIT license.

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Overview

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litsearch is a Reference management & literature discovery project. Finding, harvesting, and expanding scholarly literature across multiple academic databases and building citation graphs. litsearch is an open-source project aimed at researchers and developers. litsearch is open source under the MIT license. It ships for the command line and API.

It is developed by Amir B. Mostaghimi, and it first shipped in 2026. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 4 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include multi-source harvesting, citation graph expansion, and bibliometric analysis. It exposes integrations via a public API.

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

Multi-source harvesting
Citation graph expansion
Bibliometric analysis
Systematic review support

Built with & integrations

Connectors

API

Runs on

CLIAPI-only

Trust & compliance

License

MIT

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Frequently asked questions about litsearch

What is litsearch?: Finding, harvesting, and expanding scholarly literature across multiple academic databases and building citation graphs. It is catalogued under Reference management & literature discovery on PulseGate.
Who is litsearch for?: litsearch is an open-source project built for researchers and developers.
Does litsearch have a free plan?: Yes — litsearch is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
What platforms does litsearch run on?: litsearch runs on the command line and API.
Is litsearch still maintained?: The GitHub repository shows 4 commits in the last 90 days.
Who develops litsearch?: litsearch is developed by Amir B. Mostaghimi.
How long has litsearch been around?: litsearch first shipped in 2026.
Is litsearch open source?: Yes — litsearch is open source under the MIT license, developed on GitHub.

At a glance

Platforms: CLI
Languages: English
Open source: Yes (GitHub)
License: MIT
First seen: 24 Jul 2026
Built for: researchers and developers
Model: Open source
Solves: Finding, harvesting, and expanding scholarly literature across multiple academic databases and building citation graphs.

Registered as

GitHub: amir-b-mostaghimi/Lit_Synth
PyPI: litsearch

Developer

Amir B. Mostaghimi

Solo developer

GitHub

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Stars: 0
Forks: 0
Open issues: 0
Last commit: 24 Jul 2026
Commits 90d: 4
Contributors: 1
Authorship: Solo
Default branch: main

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Indexed: 24 Jul 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Jul 2026
Last seen: 24 Jul 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: litsearch-pypi-org
Lifecycle last checked: 9 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 24 Jul 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: Recorded source: taxonomy-pass-b.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Canonical URL: https://pypi.org/project/litsearch

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