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scholar-mcp MCP Server

Name: pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp
Rating: 2.9 (1 reviews)
Author: pvliesdonk

pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp

Score: 47.8 Rank #22604 MCP Server

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Overview

pvliesdonk/scholar-mcp is a Python tool licensed under MIT. Scholarly papers, patents, books, standards and PDF conversion

Ranked #22604 out of 24846 indexed tools.

Actively maintained with commits in the last week.

Ecosystem

Python MIT 295 pypi/wk

Score Breakdown

Stars 15% 2

2 stars → early stage

Freshness 25% 7d ago

Last commit 7d ago → actively maintained

Issue Health 25% 0%

0/86 issues closed → many open issues

Contributors 10% 0

0 contributors → solo project

Dependents 25% 0

No dependents → no downstream usage

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PyPI Downloads 13% 295/wk

295 weekly installs → early adoption

Forks 1

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License MIT

Weights: Freshness 20% · Issue Health 20% · Dependents 22% · Stars 10% · Contributors 8% · How we score →

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Stars: 2
Forks: 1
Open Issues: 86
Closed Issues: 0
Contributors: 0
Dependents: —
Language: Python
License: MIT
Last Commit: 7d ago

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