Building web-native tools for academic publishing. Open source, community-governed, designed for developers and researchers.
Scroll Press — Modern Preprint Server
A web-native preprint server with format freedom. Publish from Typst, Quarto, MyST, Jupyter, or any tool that produces HTML.
Tech: FastAPI • PostgreSQL • HTMX • Jinja2 Status: Beta Links: Live Site • Examples
RSM Studio — Collaborative Editor
Reference implementation and collaborative editor for RSM (Readable Science Markup). Write semantic documents that preserve meaning and render beautifully everywhere.
Tech: Python • VueJS • Collaborative Editing Status: Development Links: Live Site
RSM — Readable Science Markup
The markup language powering semantic, portable academic documents. Lightweight syntax with rich mathematical and scientific notation support.
Tech: Python • Tree-sitter Status: Active Development
Every tool we build follows these foundations:
Universal — Works on any device, for any user. No platform lock-ins. Portable, accessible.
Transparent — Built on open standards. Everything is exportable and versionable. You own your work completely.
Interactive — Research is conversation. Enable dialogue, feedback, and knowledge that builds over time.
Inviting — Beautiful, effortless developer experiences. Well-documented APIs, clear architecture, intuitive patterns.
We welcome contributions across all projects:
- Press: Fully community-owned. All contributions welcome — features, bug fixes, documentation.
- Studio: Community-maintained reference implementation. Bug reports and maintenance contributions accepted.
- RSM: Core language development. Proposals and improvements welcome.
See individual repository CONTRIBUTING.md files for specific guidelines.
Press is fully community-owned — open source with shared governance, forever free.
Studio and RSM are community-maintained reference implementations, with bug reports and maintenance contributions accepted.
We're supported by community donations and academic grants, not venture capital. This funding model lets us prioritize researcher and developer needs over investor returns.
- Zulip Chat: aris-pub.zulipchat.com — Real-time discussions, support, architecture decisions
- Blog: aris.pub/blog — Development updates, technical deep-dives
- Email: hello@aris.pub — Direct contact
Academic publishing is trapped in formats designed for paper, not pixels. We're building the infrastructure for how research should work in the digital age: accessible everywhere, preserving context, enabling real collaboration.
LaTeX and PDF were revolutionary for print. It's time to build the next generation of tools for the web.
Building tools as thoughtful as the knowledge they preserve.