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leovan/SciHubEVA

A Cross Platform Sci-Hub GUI Application observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/leovan/SciHubEVA · Python · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

74/100

  • Activity 71
  • Release rhythm 62
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 62.0
  • age_days: 3028
  • days_rel: 178
  • days_push: 178
  • n_releases_24m: 5

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1107 stars · 161 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

SciHubEVA is a cross-platform GUI application for searching and downloading papers from Sci-Hub, built with Python and Qt (PySide6/QML). It supports queries by URL, PMID, DOI, or title, including range and batch file queries.

Use cases

  • download academic papers by DOI
  • batch download papers from a list of DOIs
  • search sci-hub by paper title
  • download a range of PMIDs
  • export failed queries from download logs

When to choose

  • you want a GUI instead of scripts for fetching papers from Sci-Hub
  • you need batch or range-based paper downloads
  • you need a cross-platform desktop tool with proxy and captcha support

When to avoid

  • you need legally sourced open-access papers only (use Unpaywall or publisher APIs)
  • your IP is blocked by DDoS-Guard and you cannot run FlareSolverr or a proxy
  • you need a headless/CLI solution for server automation

Facets

application · maturity active

gui web-scraping pdf developer-tools education pdf cross-platform developer-tools cross-platform python windows scihub pyside6 qt qml academic-papers paper-downloader doi desktop macos linux

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
leovan/SciHubEVAmain74

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="leovan/SciHubEVA")

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