Paperpile Beta
Update: 09/26/11: We have finished our first beta tests. Thanks to all of you who provided valuable feedback. Although many of you use Paperpile successfully on a daily basis, we were not entirely happy with the overall experience in particular under Windows. That's why we decided to discontinue updates on the current released version and focus on a new product that provides an optimal experience for all our users.
We will announce any updates on our mailing list (sign up here: paperpile.com)
Although not updated any more, the downloads will remain active so feel free to try Paperpile and send us your ideas/suggestions for your ideal reference manager.
Download (current version 0.5.1)
Feedback
Please post your ideas and questions in our Feedback forums,
or contact us at any time via e-mail
Important
Although fully usable, this release is still a beta version so things might break. Please read the section "Known issues" and backup your library data (folder Library/Application Support/Paperpile on OS X and .paperpile on Linux.
Installation
OS X
- Download the application package
- Double click on the package to unpack it.
- Move the Paperpile application into your "Application" folder
Paperpile currently runs on 10.5 (Leopard) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Only 64bit architectures are supported at this time.
Paperpile will save your library data in Library/Application Support/Paperpile and your PDFs and supplementary files in Documents/Paperpile.
Linux
If you are upgrading from version 0.4.3 to 0.5 please backup your .paperpile folder first.
- Download the tbz package
- Extract the package anywhere you like by double clicking on it or run tar -jxf paperpile-x.x-linux-xx.tbz
- Run the paperpile executable
Paperpile will save your personal data in ~/.paperpile.
Updating/Uninstalling
To install updates, go to the Dashboard, click "Check for updates" and follow the instructions.
You can un-install Paperpile at any time by deleting the installation directory.
Changelog
0.5.1
- Fix 'database lock' errors encountered by some users.
- Fix spurious 'selectrow_array failed no such table Publications' error
- Support for additional publisher sites for automatic PDF download.
- Streamlined user interface for task queue
- Improved status/progress massages for PDF downloads
- Many more minor bug fixes and user interface tweaks
0.5
- First public version for OS X
- Streamlined user interface including native file open/save dialogs
- Advanced BibTeX support with improved import/export and citation functions
- Auto-export of folder or labels to BibTeX files
- Improved import functions. Import your references including tags and PDFs from various other programs
- Drag and drop support. Drag PDFs, attachments or library files directly into Paperpile
- Improved workflow to import PDFs
- Smart online lookup to auto-complete partial references
- Keyboard shortcuts for all major functions
- Many other improvements and bug-fixes.
0.4.3
- Improved automatic PDF download (especially for some Physics Journals)
- Improved PDF meta-data recognition (many of the PDFs you reported now work)
- Streamlined data input for PDFs that cannot be automatically imported
- Allow re-ordering of label list and RSS feed list
- More efficient way to display and search RSS feeds
- Allow cancel of searches (e.g. when PubMed is down or slow)
- 27 additional bugfixes (thanks for all the error reports)
0.4.2
- First public release for Linux
Planned features for upcoming release 0.6
- Public Beta for Windows (contact support@paperpile.com if you'd like to join the private beta)
Known Issues
Again, this is a beta version which still contains bugs. You may encounter the following issues in the current version:
- PDF search fails although you have access to the article / a PDF is not recognized although it is in PubMed or Google Scholar. We are continuously optimizing these algorithms and hope to improve them with your "real life" data. Please use the "Send Error Report" to get things fixed quickly.
A complete list of known bugs can be found here, but don't hesitate to submit bug reports to our forums or support@paperpile.com even though we might already have tracked it.
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