An agentic AI application that allows you to chat with your papers and gather also information from papers on ArXiv and on PubMed
Last updated Jul 23, 2026
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PapersChat
Chatting With Papers Made Easy
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Install and launch it
The installation of the application is a unique process, you simply have to clone the GitHub repository:git clone https://github.com/AstraBert/PapersChat.git
cd PapersChat/Required: Docker and docker compose
- Add the
mistralapikey,phoenixapikeyandllamacloudapikeyvariables in the.env.examplefile and modify the name of the file to.env. Get these keys:
# modify your access token, e.g. hftoken="hfabcdefg1234567"
mv .env.example .env- Launch the docker application:
# If you are on Linux/macOS
bash start_services.sh
If you are on Windows
.\start_services.ps1Required: Docker, docker compose and conda_
- Add the
mistralapikey,phoenixapikeyandllamacloudapikeyvariables in the.env.examplefile and modify the name of the file to.env. Get these keys:
mv .env.example .env
modify the variables, e.g.:
llamacloudapikey="llx-000-abc"
mistralapikey="01234abc"
phoenixapikey="56789def"
- Alternatively, if you wish to use Azure OpenAI or Ollama, specify:
azureopenaiapi_key="*" # if you wish to use Azure OpenAI
ollama_model="gemma3:latest" # if you wish to use OllamaThis is only possible while launching from source code, Docker launching does not support this option
- Set up PapersChat using the dedicated script:
# For MacOs/Linux users
bash local_setup.sh
For Windows users
.\local_setup.ps1- Or you can do it manually, if you prefer:
docker compose up db -d
conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate papers-chat
python3 scripts/app.py
conda deactivate
