# Researchspace

> Researchspace is a personal research directory for saving, tagging, searching, and sharing links worth returning to.

Researchspace helps people turn articles, papers, threads, and references into a searchable internet shelf. Users sign in with Google, claim one unique username, save and tag links, and optionally share a public directory at /u/[username].

The canonical website is https://researchspace.xyz.

## Public Pages

- [Home](https://researchspace.xyz/): Visual product overview and sign-up entry point.
- [How to use researchspace](https://researchspace.xyz/guide): Practical guide for saving, tagging, searching, and publishing a research shelf.
- [Free research tools](https://researchspace.xyz/tools): No-sign-in tools for cleaning URLs and drafting research briefs.
- [URL Cleaner](https://researchspace.xyz/tools/url-cleaner): Remove common tracking parameters from research links.
- [Research Brief Generator](https://researchspace.xyz/tools/research-brief-generator): Turn a loose topic into source buckets, tags, and a revisit question.
- [Research Tag Generator](https://researchspace.xyz/tools/tag-generator): Suggest retrieval-friendly tags from topics, notes, URLs, or source lists.
- [Source Quality Checklist](https://researchspace.xyz/tools/source-checklist): Create a checklist for evaluating a link, paper, article, or reference.
- [Reading List Builder](https://researchspace.xyz/tools/reading-list-builder): Turn pasted links and titles into a categorized reading list.
- [Link Deduplicator](https://researchspace.xyz/tools/link-deduplicator): Normalize, clean, and deduplicate research links.
- [Research Question Generator](https://researchspace.xyz/tools/research-question-generator): Generate sharper questions from a loose research topic.
- [Public Shelf Description](https://researchspace.xyz/tools/public-shelf-description): Draft a public research shelf title, description, and tags.
- [Comparisons](https://researchspace.xyz/compare): Category comparisons for browser bookmarks, document databases, and read-it-later apps.
- [FAQ](https://researchspace.xyz/faq): Frequently asked questions about privacy, public directories, and use cases.
- [Create account](https://researchspace.xyz/signup): Create a free researchspace account with Google.
- [Vision](https://researchspace.xyz/vision): The product philosophy behind a personal research directory.
- [Demo](https://researchspace.xyz/demo): An interactive example of a searchable, tagged research directory.
- [Terms](https://researchspace.xyz/terms): Terms of service.
- [Privacy](https://researchspace.xyz/privacy): Privacy policy.

## Product Behavior

- Saved links are cleaned by removing common tracking parameters.
- Directories support search, tags, and incremental infinite rendering.
- Each account has one unique username that can be changed when another name is available.
- Users choose which links appear in their public directory.
- Private dashboards and private research directories are not public content.

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://researchspace.xyz/sitemap.xml): Public route index.
- [Robots policy](https://researchspace.xyz/robots.txt): Crawler access policy.