# Install papers with Homebrew Cask

Reference management software for researchers. Version 4.37.2395 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install gir1.2-papers-4.0.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:papers
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask papers
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:papers
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/papers>
- **Version:** 4.37.2395
- **Source summary:** Reference management software for researchers
- **Homepage:** <https://www.readcube.com/home>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.readcube.com/home>
- **Source archive:** <https://update.readcube.com/desktop/updates/Papers_Setup_4.37.2395-arm64.zip>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 4.37.2395
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.readcube.com/home
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for papers. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew cask API
- **Tap:** homebrew/cask
- **Full Token:** papers
- **Names:** ReadCube Papers
- **Artifacts:** App: 1, Target: 1, Zap: 1
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - gir1.2-papers-4.0 - 48.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gir1.2-papers-4.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GObject introspection data for the papers libraries | https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/
- Debian apt - libpapers-dev - 48.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libpapers-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Document (Comic Books, DjVu, PDF) rendering library - development files | https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/
- Debian apt - libpapers-doc - 48.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libpapers-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Document (Comic Books, DjVu, PDF) rendering library - documentation | https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/
- Debian apt - libppsdocument-4.0-5 - 48.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libppsdocument-4.0-5 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Document (Comic Books, DjVu, PDF) rendering library | https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/
- Debian apt - libppsview-4.0-4 - 48.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libppsview-4.0-4 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Document (Comic Books, DjVu, PDF) rendering library - GTK widgets | https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/
- Debian apt - papers - 48.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: papers from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | PDF document viewer for GNOME | https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/
- Debian apt - papers-common - 48.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: papers-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | PDF document viewer for GNOME - common files | https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/
- Nix - papers: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pa/papers/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - papers - 50.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: papers from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | simple document viewer for GNOME desktop | https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/
- apk - papers-dev - 50.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: papers-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | simple document viewer for GNOME desktop (development files) | https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/
- apk - papers-doc - 50.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: papers-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | simple document viewer for GNOME desktop (documentation) | https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/
- apk - papers-lang - 50.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: papers-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package papers | https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/
- apk - papers-libs - 50.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: papers-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | simple document viewer for GNOME desktop (libraries) | https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/
- apk - papers-nautilus - 50.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: papers-nautilus from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | papers (Nautilus extension) | https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/
- dnf - papers - 49.7-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: papers from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | View multipage documents | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/papers
- dnf - papers-devel - 49.7-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: papers-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Support for developing backends for the Papers document viewer | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/papers


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