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Feature overview

Why Paperpile? Because it’s your winning move

Learn how Paperpile can help you day to day to be more productive with your research.

Papers falling into place like Tetris blocks
Save papers from anywhere with the browser extension
Find and collect

From anywhere to your library in one click

No guesswork. No lost files. Just everything in one safe place, ready when you need it.

Organize your library with folders and labels
Manage and organize

Everything in order. No matter how many papers.

A library with thousands of papers doesn’t have to be overwhelming. With Paperpile, keeping it organized is easy — even fun.

Highlight and annotate your PDFs
Notes and annotations

Make the most out of your reading time. Insights built in.

Reading, understanding, and synthesizing academic literature is hard. It’s your work — and you deserve the best tools to do it well.

Format citations automatically
Write and cite

Your writing, perfectly cited. Always.

Getting citations right is important — and often tedious. Paperpile does the hard work for you, so you never have to think about formatting again.

Invite colleagues to your shared library
Share and collaborate

Shared library. Collective insights.

Send papers with one click, keep a shared group repository, work on the same document without conflicts — all while staying in control of your privacy.

All your papers in one place. Nice and tidy.