Arboreta

The research graph that
grows as you read

Open papers like you always do. Arboreta quietly builds your citation map, remembers how you got there, and shows what to read next.

Every dot is a paper. Every line is a real citation — nothing is inferred.

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Beta opens soon on Chrome. Local-first · your data never touches our servers · free forever.

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It grows while you read.

No imports, no folders, no save button. Open papers on arXiv, PubMed, Nature and 45+ more sites — reading is the input, and the graph builds itself.

Nothing is inferred.

Every edge is a recorded citation you can check at the source. No AI summaries, no guessed similarity. If the data is missing, Arboreta says so.

Your reading stays yours.

Everything lives in your browser and a backup folder on your own disk. No account, no upload — our servers never see what you read.

Your AI can read it.

Claude or any MCP client connects to your library — locally, read-only, free. “What should I read next?” gets an answer grounded in what you actually read.

See it working — right now

A live slice of the product with real data from OpenAlex: Hawkes (1971) and the papers around it. Hover to highlight neighbours, click for details, scroll to zoom. This is the graph view the extension shows beside the paper you are reading.

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Get Arboreta

Install, then forget it — no onboarding, no account, no setup screen. Beta opens on Chrome first; Edge and other Chromium browsers follow.

Until then, the waitlist is the front door — we'll email you the day it opens.

Questions researchers ask us

Where does my data live?

In your browser, plus a backup folder you choose on your own disk. Our servers never see your reading — there are no servers.

What does it cost?

The core is free forever, including backups, export and the local AI connection. Paid plans will only ever cover server-side services like multi-device sync.

Does AI summarize my papers?

No. Every edge in your graph is a real citation, never an inference. Your own AI does the answering — Arboreta supplies the facts.

Can I leave anytime?

Yes. Your library exports to open formats (JSONL, BibTeX) with one click. It is your data, in files you can read.