PaperGloss

About

📚 Reading research papers in an unfamiliar field? PaperGloss explains terms using concepts you already know.

  ✨ KEY FEATURES:
  • Select any term → get a personalized explanation
  • Adapts to YOUR level (12 persona presets or free-text self-description)
  • 6 explanation styles: analogy-heavy, code-first, rigorous, minimal, and more
  • Builds a personal knowledge base — explanations get smarter over time
  • Auto-detects unfamiliar jargon on the page
  • Spaced repetition review to retain what you learn
  • Keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+G) and right-click menu
  • Export study sessions as Markdown

  🧠 HOW IT WORKS:
  1. Set up your knowledge profile in 3 minutes (onboarding quiz)
  2. Select any term on a paper
  3. Get an explanation calibrated to your level
  4. Click "Got it" to grow your knowledge base

  🔒 PRIVACY-FIRST:
  • All data stored locally — we have NO server
  • Your API key never leaves your browser
  • BYOK (Bring Your Own Key): works with Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, or DeepSeek

  💡 PERFECT FOR:
  • Graduate students entering a new research area
  • Engineers reading papers outside their specialty
  • Anyone who wants to learn faster from academic literature

  ⚡ Free to use. Requires your own LLM API key.