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paper-qa

paper-qa es un proyecto de RAG y conocimiento de código abierto de Future-House (Future-House/paper-qa en GitHub). Tiene 9.329 estrellas en GitHub y 934 bifurcaciones, se publica bajo la licencia Apache-2.0 y se actualizó por última vez en GitHub el 25 de septiembre de 2026.

PaperQA2 — high-accuracy RAG for answering questions from scientific papers, with citations you can check.

★ 9,3k estrellas⑂ 934 bifurcacionesApache-2.0actualizado sep 2026
▦ visual: el README de este proyecto no incluye ninguna captura incrustable,
así que aquí va un marcador. La guía de abajo está completa de todos modos.
// datos del proyecto

Datos del proyecto

Estrellas en GitHub
9.329
Bifurcaciones
934
Licencia
Apache-2.0
Última actualización en GitHub
25 de septiembre de 2026
Tipo de ficha
Guía de instalación completa
Sitio oficial
Official site
// cómo funciona

Cómo funciona

  1. Clarify your goal

    Gather the papers or documents you want to question (PDF, text, Markdown, HTML, Office and code files are supported) and choose your LLM and embedding model.

  2. Get the project

    Clone Future-House/paper-qa from GitHub (or use the install path in the run steps below) and skim its README for the parts relevant to your goal.

  3. Install and configure

    Install paper-qa from PyPI — add the local extra if you want a local embedding model instead of a hosted one.

  4. Run your first task

    Add a small set of documents to a Docs object, ask one question you know the answer to, and verify the cited sources support it.

// características

Por qué gusta tanto

Built for scientific documents

Designed specifically for answering questions from scientific literature with high accuracy, rather than generic chat over files.

Citations included

Answers come with citations to the source documents, so claims can be checked against the papers.

Agentic document handling

The library can add and query documents agentically, or you can drive the Docs object manually for full control.

Library and CLI

Use it as a Python library (sync or async) or from the bundled CLI, with bundled settings presets.

Model choice

Configure the answering model and the embedding model separately, including a local embedding option via paper-qa[local].

Adjustable sourcing

Tune how many sources are retrieved per question to balance answer depth against cost and latency.

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// ejecútalo

Ejecútalo tú mismo

  1. Clone the repository

    Get the source from the official GitHub repository for paper-qa.

    git clone https://github.com/Future-House/paper-qa.git
    cd paper-qa
  2. Install PaperQA

    Install the package from PyPI as the README's installation section shows.

    pip install paper-qa
  3. Add documents and query

    Use the library quickstart pattern from the README: build a Docs object, add your papers, then query it.

    # In Python: from paperqa import Docs; docs = Docs(); await docs.aadd('paper.pdf'); answer = await docs.aquery('Your question?')  # see README
// casos de uso

Qué puedes crear

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// preguntas frecuentes

Preguntas frecuentes

Who maintains paper-qa?

Future-House, through the Future-House/paper-qa repository, with a cookbook at futurehouse.gitbook.io.

Is paper-qa free to use?

Yes — the project is open source under the Apache-2.0 license as recorded for this listing. See the license terms for any conditions on redistribution.

Does paper-qa need a paid API key?

By default it uses hosted LLM and embedding models, so you need your own API keys; a local embedding model is available via the paper-qa[local] extra.

How does PaperQA compare to a general-purpose RAG framework?

General frameworks give you chunking and vector search to assemble yourself. PaperQA is an opinionated, science-focused system — agentic retrieval over papers and cited answers out of the box — which is faster to use for literature Q&A but less of a blank canvas.

How do I get started with paper-qa?

Clone the repository (or use the documented installer), follow the install and configure steps on this page, and run the smallest real task first — add a small set of documents to a Docs object, ask one question you know the answer to, and verify the cited sources support it.

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Consigue paper-qa

Gratis y abierto: consigue el código fuente, dale una estrella al repositorio y empieza a crear.