Zotero Plugins Atlas

Plugins for Zotero, checked before you install

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Every plugin gets a grade
A+Recommended, tested in ZoteroARecommendedBUse with careCNot recommended–Not graded yet
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Start with a plugin pack

Five or six checked plugins for each stage of academic work, each pack with a one-page PDF to print or share.

All packs and PDFs
Undergraduatessix pluginsEssays, lab reports and a first research project, cited against a deadline.Linter for Zotero · Zoplicate · Zotero Reading List · Easier Citation · Notero · Translate for ZoteroMaster's studentssix pluginsA thesis or capstone, with a library that grows to a few hundred sources over a year.ZotMoov · Zoplicate · Linter for Zotero · Better Notes for Zotero · Inciteful Zotero Plugin · Zotero Reading ListPhD studentssix pluginsYears of reading, thousands of PDFs, and a literature review that has to be complete.Better BibTeX for Zotero · ZotMoov · Zoplicate · Better Notes for Zotero · Inciteful Zotero Plugin · Actions and Tags for ZoteroResearchers and facultysix pluginsPublishing, reviewing and teaching, with a library you share with co-authors and students.Google Scholar Citation Count · Pubpeer Plugin for Zotero · Inciteful Zotero Plugin · Zutilo Utility for Zotero · Better BibTeX for Zotero · Zotero Syllabus

The most-used plugins, and what we found

Ranked by about how many people have each one installed. All 10 work with Zotero 10.

All plugins by use
  1. C
    Ethereal Reference

    C because it runs encrypted code we can't read

    960k in use An estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.Zotero 11 beta We couldn't tell whether it works with Zotero 11 beta.
  2. B
    Translate for Zotero

    B because it sends your text or keys unencrypted (http://) to api.fanyi.baidu.com, api.interpreter.caiyunai.com and 2 more

    570k in use An estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.Zotero 11 beta We couldn't tell whether it works with Zotero 11 beta.
  3. A
    Better Notes for Zotero
    480k in use An estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.Zotero 11 beta We couldn't tell whether it works with Zotero 11 beta.
  4. B
    Add-on Market for Zotero

    B because its code names a developer's server: artalk.zotero.store, and 2 more findings

    420k in use An estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.Zotero 11 beta Its latest release works with Zotero 11 beta, the next version.
  5. B
    Easier Citation

    B because it loads native code, and 1 more finding

    420k in use An estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.Zotero 11 beta Its latest release works with Zotero 11 beta, the next version.
  6. B
    Sci-Hub Plugin for Zotero

    B because it contacts a server we couldn't identify: sci-net.xyz

    350k in use An estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.Zotero 11 beta We couldn't tell whether it works with Zotero 11 beta.
  7. B
    Jasminum

    B because it contacts a server we couldn't identify: ip.chinaz.com, and 3 more findings

    350k in use An estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.Zotero 11 beta Its latest release works with Zotero 11 beta, the next version.
  8. B
    Zotero PDF2zh

    B because a zotero:// link (a web page can open one) can make it install add-ons without asking you (from zotero-plugin-toolkit), and 1 more finding

    270k in use An estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.Zotero 11 beta Its latest release works with Zotero 11 beta, the next version.
  9. C
    Ethereal Style

    C because its code is obfuscated: deliberately scrambled, so we couldn't check all of it, and 1 more finding

    260k in use An estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.Zotero 11 beta We couldn't tell whether it works with Zotero 11 beta.
  10. B
    Better BibTeX for Zotero

    B because it launches programs on your computer

    230k in use An estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.Zotero 11 beta Its latest release works with Zotero 11 beta, the next version.

Browse by job

All 1,566 plugins
Reading & PDFs514Outlines, highlights, reader toolsCiting & writing171Word, LibreOffice, LaTeX, MarkdownAI & summaries415Summaries, outlines, chat with papersTranslation237PDFs, metadata, notesOrganising & tags288Tags, collections, duplicatesImport & metadata319DOIs, journals, retractionsInterface & look224Columns, themes, shortcutsFiles, sync & backup240Attachments, storage, export

What we found in 1,566 plugins

We read the code of every listed plugin, and ran 602 of them in a test copy of Zotero.

77not recommended13M downloads between them, 14% of all downloads26%can be made to install other add-ons by a link you click413 plugins, all through the same shared library (zotero-plugin-toolkit)35%don't work with Zotero 10548 plugins. Pick your version when you browse15did something their card didn't describe when we ran themof 602 we tested installed in a live Zotero. 104 more contact servers we couldn't identify

Not recommended, most used

All 77
  • CEthereal Reference960k in useAn estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.because it runs encrypted code we can't read
  • CEthereal Style260k in useAn estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.because its code is obfuscated: deliberately scrambled, so we couldn't check all of it, and 1 more finding
  • CZotero IF120k in useAn estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.because its code is obfuscated: deliberately scrambled, so we couldn't check all of it
  • CNutstore54k in useAn estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.because its code is obfuscated in a bundled package (@nutstore/sso-js), not in the plugin's own code
  • Cllm-for-zotero38k in useAn estimate of how many copies of Zotero have it: Zotero downloads each new version once for every copy that has the plugin, so we count the downloads of its most-downloaded recent release. Rounded. Plugins that update from outside GitHub count low.because its AI agent can run commands on your computer without asking you

New and catching on

Newest first

Plugins first published in the last 90 days that the most people have installed.

BSci-DownloadDownloads paper PDFs from Sci-Hub mirrors by DOI, PMID or title, with batch download from the right-click menu and a reader toolbar button.4.3k in use · since 25 Aug · docs in ChineseBBilingual ReaderShows an English-to-Chinese paragraph-by-paragraph bilingual view in Zotero 10's reading mode.3.8k in use · since 18 Aug · docs in ChineseA+PDF TranslateShows a translate button when you select text in the PDF or EPUB reader and opens a floating translation card beside it.2.8k in use · since 17 Sep · docs in ChineseAZotero 阅读模式沉浸式双语Adds a bilingual button to Zotero 10's reading mode that inserts translation cards under each paragraph, and translates tables and tables of contents as units.2.6k in use · since 8 Sep · docs in ChineseBzotero-pdf2zh-proTranslates PDFs into a translated or bilingual PDF through a local Python service running pdf2zh_next, then imports the result back into the item.1.8k in use · since 17 Aug · docs in ChineseA+Reference LinkerHighlights bibliography entries in the PDF reader whose papers are already in your library and opens the PDF or selects the item when clicked.1.7k in use · since 20 Aug