arxiv-utils

Name: arxiv-utils
Rating: 5 (23 reviews)
Author: Johnson

Easy access on ArXiv! Auto-rename tabs to paper title, Quick navigation via button/hotkey, Save PDFs by paper title, and more.

As of June 2026, arxiv-utils has 6,000 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 23 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

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Version

1.8.7

Manifest V3

90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension lost 1.0K users.

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Tracking since Apr 18, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 18, 2026	7.0K	5.00	23	1.8.7
Now	6.0K	5.00	23	1.8.7

Permissions & access

Permissions: tabsactiveTabstoragecontextMenusscriptingdownloads
Host access: *://arxiv.org/*, *://export.arxiv.org/*, *://browse.arxiv.org/*, *://www.arxiv.org/*, *://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/*

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About

For ArXiv PDF / abstract tabs:

- Renames the title to paper's title automatically in the background. (Originally is meaningless paper id, or start with paper id)
- Add an action button to open its corresponding abstract / PDF page. (Originally is hard to get back to abstract page from PDF page)
- Add a direct download link on abstract page, click it to download the PDF with the title as filename. (Originally is paper id as filename)
- Open the paper in extra services such as ar5iv and arXiv Vanity.
- Better title even for bookmarks!
- Firefox has strict restrictions on PDF.js. So it doesn't work well with OneTab, the PDF renaming is achieved by intercepting requests and show the PDF in a container. The bookmark works well though.
- Works well with native tab search

Permissions:

- `tabs`: On extension button click, open a new tab and move it to the right of the old active tab.
- `activeTab`: Read active tab's title and modify it using the tab's url.
- `storage`: Save extension configurations.
- `contextMenus`: When right-click the extension button, show a help menu item.
- `scripting`: Inject content scripts to existing tabs.
- `*://arxiv.org/*`: Inject content scripts to existing tabs.
- `*://export.arxiv.org/*`: Inject content scripts to existing tabs.
- `*://browse.arxiv.org/*`: Inject content scripts to existing tabs.
- `*://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/*`: Inject content scripts to existing tabs.