The Aris Program
Academic publishing for the post‑PDF era
We're building tools that enable researchers to create, share, and preserve knowledge effectively, beautifully, and openly.
One Vision, Two Tools
Write beautifully. Publish openly. Preserve knowledge.
Scroll Press
Publish openly
A modern preprint server for web-native research. Host documents from any authoring tool with permanent URLs, version tracking, and community discussions.
- Accept any HTML format
- Permanent, citable URLs
- Version history preserved
- Public comments and discussion
RSM Studio
Write beautifully
A collaborative editor for RSM (Readable Science Markup). Create semantic documents that preserve meaning, enable interaction, and render beautifully everywhere.
- Real-time collaboration
- Semantic markup that preserves meaning
- Interactive content and feedback
- Export to any format
Why Aris Exists
Publishers control your work, your timeline, your audience
Your research, your terms. Publish when ready, keep full rights, reach readers via immediate feedback
Valuable review insights buried in email threads
Reviews that build knowledge. Every comment preserved with context, threaded discussions that travel with papers, insights that compound over time
Readers can't see how conclusions were reached
Complete transparency. Version history shows every change, interactive data reveals methodology, open research you can trust
Four Pillars
Every tool we build stands on these foundational principles.
Universal
Works on any device, for any user, in any context. Online or offline. No barriers to access.
Transparent
Your research, your control. Everything is exportable, versionable, and built on open standards.
Interactive
Research is conversation. Our tools enable dialogue, feedback, and knowledge that builds over time.
Inviting
Beautiful, effortless experiences that respect your time and let you focus on what matters.
About Aris
Scientific communication is trapped in formats designed for paper, not pixels. Built for researchers by researchers.
We've all struggled with PDFs on phones, lost context in email threads, watched valuable discussions vanish after conferences. Knowledge gets locked in static files while the world has moved to dynamic, interconnected information.
Aris is building the infrastructure for how research should work: accessible everywhere, preserving context, enabling real collaboration. From first draft to final archive, every step should be seamless.
We're independent, researcher-focused, and committed to open science. Unlike venture-backed platforms that must prioritize investor returns, we maintain our integrity through a sustainable model: free for individual researchers, premium for institutions. This means our incentives align with yours—advancing knowledge, not chasing exits.
Because the tools of knowledge should be as thoughtful as the knowledge itself.
Join the Movement
Publish and flourish with Aris
Read & Connect
Follow our journey building web-native academic publishing or get in touch with ideas
Join the Community
Connect with researchers and developers shaping the future of scholarly communication