{"adoption": {"forks": 238, "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "stars": 1055}, "canonical_url": "https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/scihubpy", "card": {"archived": false, "artifact_type": "library", "description": "Python API and command-line tool for Sci-Hub", "domain": ["developer-tools", "education"], "enriched": true, "function": ["http-client", "web-scraping", "cli", "pdf"], "health_score": 20, "homepage": null, "language": "Python", "license": "MIT", "license_family": "permissive", "maturity": "maintenance", "member_repos": ["zaytoun/scihub.py"], "name": "zaytoun/scihub.py", "platform": ["python", "cli", "cross-platform"], "pushed_at": "2021-11-25T13:30:39+00:00", "repo": "zaytoun/scihub.py", "stars": 1055, "tags": ["sci-hub", "academic-papers", "google-scholar", "paper-downloader", "open-access", "command-line", "search"], "topics": [], "urls": [], "use_cases": ["download papers from sci-hub by doi", "bulk download a list of academic articles from a file", "search google scholar and download results", "fetch paper pdfs programmatically in python", "command line tool to grab research papers"], "what_it_is": "An unofficial Python API and command-line tool for Sci-Hub that can search Google Scholar and download academic papers by DOI, PMID, or URL. It can be imported as a library or used directly from the terminal.", "when_to_avoid": ["you need a maintained tool - the last release was 2021 and Sci-Hub domains/captchas frequently break it", "you need legal open-access-only retrieval (use Unpaywall or Semantic Scholar instead)", "captcha handling is required for your workflow"], "when_to_choose": ["you need to programmatically or from the CLI download papers via Sci-Hub", "you want to batch-download articles from a list of identifiers", "you want a simple Python library wrapping Sci-Hub and Google Scholar search"]}, "data_as_of": "2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00", "members": [{"path": "/products/scihubpy", "repo": "zaytoun/scihub.py", "role": "main", "score": 32}], "provenance": {"archived": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "source": "github"}, "artifact_type": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T06:58:42.262139+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "efe9bf4d7ac9ee7a0faaf9cd1ed4f3dd6c6cfb7b93fb5b4f9a7ce7c4a493d1ee", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/zaytoun/scihub.py"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "description": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "source": "github"}, "domain": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T06:58:42.262139+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "efe9bf4d7ac9ee7a0faaf9cd1ed4f3dd6c6cfb7b93fb5b4f9a7ce7c4a493d1ee", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/zaytoun/scihub.py"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "enriched": {"inputs": [], "kind": "computed", "method": "enrichment_status"}, "function": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T06:58:42.262139+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "efe9bf4d7ac9ee7a0faaf9cd1ed4f3dd6c6cfb7b93fb5b4f9a7ce7c4a493d1ee", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/zaytoun/scihub.py"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "health_score": {"inputs": ["days_since_push", "days_since_release", "archived"], "kind": "computed", "method": "health_v1"}, "homepage": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "source": "github"}, "language": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license_family": {"inputs": ["license"], "kind": "computed", "method": "license_family"}, "maturity": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T06:58:42.262139+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "efe9bf4d7ac9ee7a0faaf9cd1ed4f3dd6c6cfb7b93fb5b4f9a7ce7c4a493d1ee", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/zaytoun/scihub.py"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "member_repos": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "source": "github"}, "name": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "source": "github"}, "platform": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T06:58:42.262139+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "efe9bf4d7ac9ee7a0faaf9cd1ed4f3dd6c6cfb7b93fb5b4f9a7ce7c4a493d1ee", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/zaytoun/scihub.py"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "pushed_at": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "source": "github"}, "repo": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "source": "github"}, "stars": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "source": "github"}, "tags": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T06:58:42.262139+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "efe9bf4d7ac9ee7a0faaf9cd1ed4f3dd6c6cfb7b93fb5b4f9a7ce7c4a493d1ee", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/zaytoun/scihub.py"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "topics": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "source": "github"}, "urls": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "source": "github"}, "use_cases": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T06:58:42.262139+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "efe9bf4d7ac9ee7a0faaf9cd1ed4f3dd6c6cfb7b93fb5b4f9a7ce7c4a493d1ee", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/zaytoun/scihub.py"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "what_it_is": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T06:58:42.262139+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "efe9bf4d7ac9ee7a0faaf9cd1ed4f3dd6c6cfb7b93fb5b4f9a7ce7c4a493d1ee", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/zaytoun/scihub.py"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_avoid": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T06:58:42.262139+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "efe9bf4d7ac9ee7a0faaf9cd1ed4f3dd6c6cfb7b93fb5b4f9a7ce7c4a493d1ee", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/zaytoun/scihub.py"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_choose": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T06:58:42.262139+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "efe9bf4d7ac9ee7a0faaf9cd1ed4f3dd6c6cfb7b93fb5b4f9a7ce7c4a493d1ee", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:24.176278+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/zaytoun/scihub.py"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}}, "score": {"components": {"activity": 0, "longevity": 100, "rhythm": 35}, "computed_at": "2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00", "flags": ["no_releases"], "formula": "round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)", "inputs": {"age_days": 3819, "days_push": 1742, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}, "score": 32, "version": 2}, "staleness": {"enrichment_outdated": false, "low_confidence": false, "scrape_days": 9, "stale_scrape": false}}