Getting started

Before you install

Use rforge when you are building a literature review that must be checked later: what you searched, which papers were kept or excluded, which passages support the claims, and how the final package can be replayed.

Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TrebuchetDynamics/research-forge/main/install.sh | bash
rforge version

Build from source when you already have Go 1.26+:

go install github.com/TrebuchetDynamics/research-forge/cmd/rforge@latest

Create a project

rforge project create ./my-review --title "High entropy superconductors"

Search and import papers

rforge search import --source openalex --query "high entropy superconductors" \
  --pages 3 --project ./my-review
rforge duplicate report --project ./my-review

Open the local UI

rforge --project ./my-review ui

The UI is local and helps browse papers, provenance, graph views, screening decisions, and evidence.