Comparison
Auto Paper Harvester vs Ponytail
Ponytail has more GitHub stars (165,131 vs 31). Ponytail was updated more recently (last commit 4d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Auto Paper Harvester
Batch-download paper PDFs by DOI. Routes through publisher TDM APIs (Wiley/Elsevier/Springer) → OA fallbacks (Crossref/OpenAlex/Unpaywall) → optional Playwright browser…
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git clone https://github.com/jxtse/auto-paper-harvester
Ponytail
Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.
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/plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail| Metric | Auto Paper Harvester | Ponytail |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Agent skill | Agent skill |
| GitHub stars | 31 | 165,131 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | +849 |
| Forks | 2 | 8,917 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 1 |
| Language | Python | JavaScript |
| License | n/a | MIT |
| Last commit | 5mo ago | 4d ago |
| Created | Oct 2025 | Jun 2026 |
| Categories | Browser automation, Productivity, AI & LLM tooling | AI & LLM tooling |