Comparison
Cat paper search vs Ponytail
Ponytail has more GitHub stars (165,131 vs 14). Ponytail was updated more recently (last commit 2d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Cat paper search
Find real academic papers across 5 scholarly databases & deep-read any open-access PDF — grounded, never fabricated. Runs on Claude & Codex. A lite, open-source edition of…
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git clone https://github.com/academicatstool-netizen/Cat_paper_search
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 | Cat paper search | Ponytail |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Agent skill | Agent skill |
| GitHub stars | 14 | 165,131 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | +849 |
| Forks | 2 | 8,917 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 1 |
| Language | Python | JavaScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 4mo ago | 2d ago |
| Created | Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| Categories | Search & web, Productivity, AI & LLM tooling | AI & LLM tooling |