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Free and open source. Your academic second brain runs entirely on your machine — no cloud, no subscription required for the desktop app.
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Requirements
What you’ll need
to get started
ScholarOS runs on all major desktop platforms. Check your system meets the minimum requirements below.
macOS
macOS 12+
Apple Silicon or Intel
Universal binary included
Windows
Windows 10+ (64-bit)
x64 processor
Installer provided
Linux
Ubuntu 20.04+
x64 or ARM64
AppImage & .deb provided
Release notes
What’s new in
v0.1.5
The latest release brings smarter wiki compilation, better PDF handling, and significant performance improvements across the board.
- AI-powered wiki compilation from raw source documents — drop in lecture notes, textbooks, and papers, and the AI builds a living knowledge base automatically
- Multi-provider LLM support with automatic fallback — GPT-5, Claude 4, and Gemini available through a single subscription
- Enhanced PDF processing with figure and table extraction, citation parsing, and academic formatting preservation
- Interactive knowledge graph visualizing connections across your entire vault, with cross-semester and cross-course linking
- Past paper analysis engine — batch-analyse years of exams to identify topic frequency, question patterns, and examiner emphasis
- Revision document and mock paper generation grounded in your actual syllabus and past paper style
- Obsidian-compatible vault format — use backlinks, tags, and frontmatter out of the box with no migration
- Local-first architecture with optional sync — your data stays on your machine by default
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