OpenXiv – Open-source preprint server on AT Protocol that federates to Bluesky
OpenXiv is an open-source preprint server built on the AT Protocol that integrates with Bluesky. It allows independent researchers to submit papers without institutional affiliation and provides various levels of explanation for each preprint. The platform emphasizes transparency and integrity, with strict guidelines for AI-assisted work and a commitment to returning unverified submissions for revision.
- ▪OpenXiv is a preprint server that federates to Bluesky.
- ▪Researchers can sign in using ORCID or did:plc without endorsement gating.
- ▪Each preprint includes three explainer tiers for different levels of understanding.
Hacker News (Newest) files mainly under programming. We currently carry 5,306 of its stories.
Story provenance
Source · retrieval · rights · ranking — open for full record
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Attribution is not the same as permission. This drawer separates discovery metadata, excerpts, WeSearch-generated summaries, reuse status, and whether the publisher receives the visit. Nothing here claims a legal grant the publisher has not made.
Record
| Original publisher | OpenXiv |
| Canonical URL | https://openxiv.net/ |
| Publication time | Fri, 22 May 2026 08:21:59 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-22T08:32:01.187Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-22T08:32:01.187Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | KhFKKGjUNaF9 |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
Rights status (four layers)
WeSearch handling by dimension
| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
OpenXiv is a preprint server that lives in your social feed. Built on the AT Protocol. Preprints federate to Bluesky. Endorsements are typed verbs (verified derivation, reproduced result, checked references) rather than generic likes. Every paper carries a Trust Passport with four lanes: transparency, identity, integrity, social review. Open to independent researchers without institutional backing. Sign in with ORCID or did:plc, with no endorsement gating and no affiliation filter. You don't have to be in the field to read papers in the field. Each preprint comes with three explainer tiers (school, undergrad, expert) next to the original. Human-written or AI generated and labelled as such. Read whichever fits, then drop into the original when you're ready.
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