PaperBanana

mcp-serverStable

Open source implementation and extension of Google Research’s PaperBanana for automated academic figures, diagrams, and research visuals, expanded to new domains like slide generation.

GitHub ↗PyPI ↗

Stars

2,129

Δ stars 7d

+29

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Forks

312

Contributors

npm DL / wk

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PyPI DL / wk

1,371

Language

Python

Last push

2026-06-19

About PaperBanana

PaperBanana Automated Academic Illustration for AI Scientists An agentic framework for generating publication-quality academic diagrams and statistical plots from text descriptions. Supports OpenAI (GPT-5.2 + GPT-Image-1.5), Azure OpenAI / Foundry, Google Gemini, and Atlas Cloud providers. Atlas Cloud is a full-modal AI inference platform that gives developers a single AI API to access video generation, image generation, and LLM APIs. Instead of managing multiple vendor integrations, you connect once and get unified access to 300+…

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Install

pip install paperbanana

PaperBanana growth signals this week

Gained 29 stars in the last 7 days
14x the median weekly star growth of its category

Growth score: 41/100 week of 2026-07-20

Acceleration (40%)58

Relative velocity (30%)27

Downloads (20%)47

Activity (10%)0

Signal history

Week	Score	Δ★	Signal
2026-07-20	41	+29	Stable
2026-07-13	27	+29	Stable
2026-07-06	61	+30	🌱 Emerging
2026-06-29	52	+26	Stable
2026-06-22	42	+24	Stable
2026-06-15	39	+28	Stable
2026-06-08	36	+37	Stable

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Frequently asked questions

Is PaperBanana still maintained?: Yes — actively maintained. The last push was on 2026-06-19, with 34 contributors.
Is PaperBanana growing?: It is stable this week, with a growth score of 41/100. See the weekly history above.
What are the best PaperBanana alternatives?: Closest by category and size in our data: cjo4m06/mcp-shrimp-task-manager, ios-simulator-mcp, DevDocs MCP Server — full list with live signals above.

Topics

Image Generation Multi-Agent Systems mcp mcp-server llm gemini text-to-image agentic-ai llms arxiv academic-research multiagent neurips scientific-visualization academic-diagrams paperbanana diagram-generation google-gemini research-automation research-tools vlm python-ai-research-tools

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Tracked since 2026-06-10 · data as of 2026-07-19 · 7 open issues · 6 releases