rynix

Opensource CLI for searching and downloading books & academic papers.

Made by Dylan Roberts in 2026

Features

• Search Open Library (13M+ books)
• Search Archive.org (free media)
• Search academic sources (core.ac.uk, SSRN, science.gov, connectedpapers)
• Download with progress tracking
• Interactive or CLI mode

Install

pip install -e .

Quick Start

# Interactive mode (default) - shows banner, then prompts for search
rynix

# Or pipe a search directly
echo "python programming" | rynix

# Search command
rynix search lua

# Search with results limit
rynix search "computer science" --limit 5

Commands

Command	Description
rynix	Interactive mode
rynix search <query>	Search all sources
rynix openlib <query>	Open Library only
rynix archive <query>	Archive.org only
rynix list	Show downloads
rynix settings show	Show config

Options

Option	Description
-l, --limit N	Max results per source
--academic/--no-academic	Include/exclude academic

Downloaded Files

Downloads go to ./downloaded/ in the project folder.

Project Structure

rynix/
├── rynix/           # Source code
│   ├── cli.py        # Main CLI
│   ├── openlib.py  # Open Library API
│   ├── archive.py  # Archive.org API
│   ├── academic.py # Academic sources
│   ├── config.py   # Config
│   └── download.py # Download with progress
├── tests/          # Tests
├── downloaded/     # Downloaded files
└── pyproject.toml  # Package config

Uninstall

pip uninstall rynix