India’s First DeSci Platform — Onchain Research, Incentivized. 📚⚡
Warning
This is an archived version of Archyve v0.
The current version is under a complete rebuild, embracing open, onchain, and incentive-driven research publishing.
Archyve started as a simple browser extension to help users access research papers via open directories — right from their browser. It offered ease, speed, and a developer-friendly way to maximize productivity.
However, we've evolved.
We're now building Archyve v1 — a permissionless, decentralized platform where:
- Researchers own their content.
- Contributors are incentivized on-chain.
- Research is freely accessible, verified, and immutable.
This README reflects the original version for reference purposes only.
A simple Chromium-based dev tool to quickly open academic content through Sci-Hub or known open-access directories.
- 🔗 Right-click context menu: Open any selected research paper link directly.
- 🖱️ Icon Click: One-click access to open current tab in Sci-Hub.
- ⌨️ Keyboard Shortcut:
Ctrl + Shift + Hfor instant access. - ⚙️ Options Page:
- Enable/disable hotkeys
- Set your preferred Sci-Hub domain
- Toggle icon behavior
While we respect the mission of open knowledge, Sci-Hub operates in legal gray zones and is not a sustainable or compliant approach for global academic access.
Archyve's future is open, legal, and decentralized. We're transitioning toward a Web3-native infrastructure where authors can:
- Publish verified research on-chain
- Monetize or license their work openly
- Build profiles and credibility as researchers
We're in active development for:
An onchain, censorship-resistant protocol where:
- 🧑🔬 Researchers can build open profiles
- 📤 Submit and verify their original research
- 📥 Community-driven validation and review
- 🎁 Token-based incentives for publishers and curators
- 🔍 Public, trustless search index across verified materials
- ⚡ Upload-to-chain flow (IPFS + smart contract metadata)
- ✅ Zero-knowledge verification pipeline for academic legitimacy
- 🔗 Identity linking (ORCID, Lens profiles, etc.)
We're open to radical minds building the future of research.
Want to contribute to Archyve v2?
- Fork the repo
- Check the issues
- Propose features
- DM us if you're building something exciting
The archived extension (v0) is under the MIT License.
The upcoming Archyve v2 will be licensed under a permissive open-source license to support its decentralized nature.
- Follow our dev logs (coming soon)
- built by @hebuildapps
- Email: [email protected]
- We're @betterwork.ai
Made with 💜 for the future of open research and memory of Aaron Swartz.