    Sci-Hub Alternatives

    Sci-Hub is described as 'shadow library website that provides mass and public access to millions of research papers for free' and is a popular website in the Education & Reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Sci-Hub, not only websites but also apps for Windows, Linux, SaaS and Mac. The best alternative is Library Genesis, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Sci-Hub are The Pirate Bay (Free), RARBG (Free), BTDigg (Free) and arXiv (Free).

    The list of alternatives was last updated Mar 8, 2021
    • Controversial database of paywalled articles and other hard to find academic content. View 17 alternatives to Library Genesis
      Most users think Library Genesis is a great alternative to Sci-Hub.
      • FreeProprietary
      • Online
    • Known as "the world's most resilient BitTorrent site", The Pirate Bay is a website that lets you search for, download, and upload torrents. View 54 alternatives to The Pirate Bay
      Some users think The Pirate Bay is a great alternative to Sci-Hub, some don't.
      • FreeProprietary
      • Online
    • RARBG is a website, founded in 2008, that provides torrent files and magnet links to facilitate peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol. View 47 alternatives to RARBG
      This alternative is disputed. RARBG is still a legitimate alternative to Sci-Hub, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
      • FreeProprietary
      • Online
    • BTDigg is the BitTorrent DHT search engine. It analyses the DHT network in the real-time and provides full-text search over active torrents! View 36 alternatives to BTDigg
      This alternative is disputed. BTDigg is still a legitimate alternative to Sci-Hub, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
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      • FreeProprietary
      • Online
    • arXiv is a free distribution service and an open-access archive for scholarly articles. View 5 alternatives to arXiv
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      • FreeProprietary
      • Online
    • SoftArchive is a scene release website, more known for new release of software, games, music, movies, and eBooks. View 56 alternatives to SoftArchive
      • FreeProprietary
      • Online
    • Freegogpcgames.com is here to give you DRM-FREE No activation or online connection required to play Games from GOG. View 45 alternatives to Free GOG PC Games
      • FreeProprietary
      • Online
    • Built and developed by researchers, to ensure that everyone can join in Open Science. Catch-all repository for EC funded research. CERN, an OpenAIRE partner and pioneer in open source, open access and open data. View 5 alternatives to Zenodo
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      • FreeOpen Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
      • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Libgen Desktop is a Windows application for browsing a local copy of LibGen catalog. View 6 alternatives to Libgen Desktop
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      • FreeOpen Source
      • Windows
    • ScienceDirect provides subscription-based access to a large database of scientific and medical research. It hosts over 12 million pieces of content from 3,500 academic journals and 34,000 e-books. View 3 alternatives to ScienceDirect
      This alternative is disputed. ScienceDirect is still a legitimate alternative to Sci-Hub, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
      • Online
      ScienceDirect vs Sci-Hub
      pros, cons and recent comments
      Sci-hub is Free whereas ScienceDirect requires fee to access research papers
      Top negative comment  over 1 year ago

      For the basic reason that it is PAID
      Negative comment about 2 months ago

      This is not free for the majority unless you have a university affiliation
      Negative comment 7 months ago

      You have to pay to access articles of SciencDirect.
      Negative comment 9 months ago

      sciencedirect is paid site
      Negative comment 11 months ago

      because you have to pay to access
      Negative comment over 1 year ago

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