PaperFold: Open-Source Reader Folds arXiv Papers Into 5 Zoomable Layers
Lopsided_Scarcity979 · reddit · 2026-10-08
Inspired by Ted Nelson's 1970 stretchtext, the open-source PaperFold reader turns arXiv papers into 5 zoomable layers—from a one-screen section map down to verbatim text—navigable by pinch or keys 1-5 without losing your position.
- Web demo with 8 ACL papers
- Apache 2.0 on GitHub
- Also supports reading Claude Code output in Mods
A neat answer to cognitive overload from AI-generated text.
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