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Can I vibecode Paperpile?

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NOT REALLY

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Do not mistake the interface for the product. Paperpile's durable value is data, import reliability, which a solo one-shot build cannot reproduce responsibly. The prompt therefore builds only the closest honest personal consolation tool.

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Develop a private, locally-hosted academic reference manager and citation tool as an alternative to Paperpile.
Key Features to Include:
1. Tech Stack: Next.js 15, TypeScript, SQLite for local indexing, and Playwright for headless browser automation to extract metadata.
2. Reference & PDF Management: Build a central library interface to import user-supplied URLs, DOIs, or PDF files. Automatically extract metadata (title, authors, year, journal) and store the PDF files locally.
3. Organization & Tagging: Allow users to organize their library using nested folders, custom tags, and a starring system. Implement a tool to detect and merge duplicate entries.
4. PDF Annotation: Integrate a web-based PDF viewer that supports highlighting and adding text comments directly onto the documents.
5. Powerful Search: Implement full-text search across all imported PDFs and metadata to quickly locate specific references.
6. Citation Generation: Support generating formatted citations in popular styles (APA, MLA, Chicago) and exporting the entire library to standard formats like BibTeX and RIS.
7. Import/Export: Provide migration tools to import existing libraries from standard formats to prevent vendor lock-in.
Focus on a fast, keyboard-accessible UI. Exclude cloud-synced Google Drive storage, live collaboration/shared libraries, licensed scholarly metadata databases, and dedicated MS Word/Google Docs extensions.

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