--- title: "dataroom vs academic-research-skills" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/hanxiao-dataroom-vs-imbad0202-academic-research-skills" tools: ["hanxiao-dataroom", "imbad0202-academic-research-skills"] --- # dataroom vs academic-research-skills *GraphCanon updated Jul 15, 2026* ## Verdict Pick dataroom when license: dataroom is MIT, academic-research-skills is Other; pick academic-research-skills when license: academic-research-skills is Other, dataroom is MIT. [dataroom](https://dataroom.hanxiao.io) reports 181 GitHub stars, 17 forks, and 3 open issues, last pushed Jun 20, 2026. [academic-research-skills](https://buymeacoffee.com/crucify020v) has 37k stars, 3.0k forks, and 9 open issues, last pushed Jul 11, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [dataroom's repository](https://github.com/hanxiao/dataroom) and [academic-research-skills's repository](https://github.com/Imbad0202/academic-research-skills). | | [dataroom](/tools/hanxiao-dataroom.md) | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Give a query, get a dataroom. Pi + self-hosted Qwen3.6 research harness on a single L4. | Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize | | Stars | 181 | 37,300 | | Forks | 17 | 3,043 | | Open issues | 3 | 9 | | Language | Python | Python | | Adopt for | - | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | MIT | Other | | Categories | LLM Frameworks | Data & Retrieval, LLM Frameworks | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [dataroom](/tools/hanxiao-dataroom.md) | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Active (82%) | Very active (96%) | | Days since push | 24d | 0d | | Open issues (now) | 3 | 9 | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/hanxiao-dataroom/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust.md) | ## Choose when ### Choose dataroom if… - License: dataroom is MIT, academic-research-skills is Other. - Tags unique to dataroom: harness, local-llm, pi, python. - Leaner open-issue backlog (3). ### Choose academic-research-skills if… - License: academic-research-skills is Other, dataroom is MIT. - Tags unique to academic-research-skills: academic-pipeline, academic-writing, ai-research, claude. - Also covers Data & Retrieval. ## When NOT to use dataroom - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ## When NOT to use academic-research-skills - Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between dataroom and academic-research-skills? dataroom: Give a query, get a dataroom. Pi + self-hosted Qwen3.6 research harness on a single L4.. academic-research-skills: Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose dataroom over academic-research-skills? Choose dataroom over academic-research-skills when License: dataroom is MIT, academic-research-skills is Other; Tags unique to dataroom: harness, local-llm, pi, python; Leaner open-issue backlog (3). ### When should I choose academic-research-skills over dataroom? Choose academic-research-skills over dataroom when License: academic-research-skills is Other, dataroom is MIT; Tags unique to academic-research-skills: academic-pipeline, academic-writing, ai-research, claude; Also covers Data & Retrieval. ### When should I avoid dataroom? LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ### When should I avoid academic-research-skills? Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ### Is dataroom or academic-research-skills more popular on GitHub? academic-research-skills has more GitHub stars (37,300 vs 181). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are dataroom and academic-research-skills open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (dataroom: MIT, academic-research-skills: Other). ### Where can I find alternatives to dataroom or academic-research-skills? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [dataroom alternatives](/tools/hanxiao-dataroom/alternatives) and [academic-research-skills alternatives](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/alternatives) ([dataroom markdown twin](/tools/hanxiao-dataroom/alternatives.md), [academic-research-skills markdown twin](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/hanxiao-dataroom-vs-imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, dataroom or academic-research-skills? dataroom: Active. academic-research-skills: Very active. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for dataroom and academic-research-skills? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [dataroom trust report](/tools/hanxiao-dataroom/trust); [academic-research-skills trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=hanxiao-dataroom`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=hanxiao-dataroom) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_