Free overlay for arXiv papers with public discussion/comment threads per paper
alphaXiv is listed under Academic Research, in the Research & Learning category on Flocci AI Tools. Free overlay for arXiv papers with public discussion/comment threads per paper. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at alphaxiv.org.
alphaXiv is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 396 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.
alphaXiv works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on the web and a Chrome extension. You can sign in with a Google account.
alphaXiv does 3 things the catalog singles out: Free overlay for arxiv papers with public discussion/comment threads per paper; personalized research feed and researcher-follow system; browser extension and mcp server for agent integration.
Ai2 Paper Finder (Asta) is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Academic Research sub-category and is free. ResearchRabbit, Semantic Scholar and PaperQA2 also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.
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