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Zotero Reading List

by samdowrickstr · github.com/samdowrickstr/zotero-reading-list

Adds a Read Status column with labels such as New, To Read, In Progress, Read and Not Reading, set from the right-click menu or Alt+1 to Alt+5.

Zotero Reading List has Atlas grade B (use with care) 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. It works with Zotero 7, not the current Zotero 10. Last checked 6 Nov 2026.

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Downloads a .xpi file (0.03 MB). In Zotero, open Tools → Plugins and install it from the file.
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.
9
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9
ReleasesVersions published on GitHub. Everyone who has the plugin downloads each one again, which adds up in Downloads.
1
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0
ContributorsPeople who have committed code to the repository.
5
LicenceThe licence the code is published under, as GitHub reports it.
GPL-3.0
B
Atlas gradeUse with care
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
Applies to v1.6.0, released 13 Jun 2025Code checked · not yet tested in a live Zotero
Doesn't work with the current Zotero (10)Works with Zotero 7.
Fork of Dominic-DallOsto/zotero-reading-listA copy of another listed plugin, changed by someone else.
Another plugin uses the same ID3 other plugins share this add-on ID. Zotero can only install one of them.
What we found in the codeSets the gradeThe worst finding in these three areas sets the grade.
Code transparencyReadable code; not yet checked against the published sourceThe developer uploaded the release file from the samdowrickstr account. We haven't yet checked whether this file matches the public source code.UnknownWe couldn't check this yet.
Updates
Updates come from Dominic-DallOsto/zotero-reading-list, another listed project with the same add-on IDZotero will update it on Zotero 7 to version 1.7.1 from Dominic-DallOsto/zotero-reading-list on GitHub (rated: Review the details)
Where your data goesNo web requests foundLowLow concern: normal for plugins that do this job. Listed so you know.
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Powerful capabilitiesA zotero:// link (a web page can open one) can make it install add-ons without asking you, and 1 moreMediumMedium concern: worth reading before you install. One medium finding makes the grade B.
Medium concern (2)
A zotero:// link (a web page can open one) can make it install add-ons without asking you (from zotero-plugin-toolkit)A zotero:// link can make it run code if you approve a prompt (from zotero-plugin-toolkit)
Where we found it
A zotero:// link (a web page can open one) can make it install add-o…chrome/content/scripts/zotero-reading-list.js · line 143

zotero://plugin. zotero-plugin-toolkit removed this link in version 6.0.0; this plugin is built with an older version

Services.io.getProtocolHandler("zotero").wrappedJSObject._extensions["zotero://plugin"] = pluginBridgeExtension;
A zotero:// link can make it run code if you approve a promptchrome/content/scripts/zotero-reading-list.js · line 89

zotero://ztoolkit-debug

Services.io.getProtocolHandler("zotero").wrappedJSObject._extensions["zotero://ztoolkit-debug"] = debugBridgeExtension;
Before you installShown, not gradedFacts to help you decide. They don't change the grade.
Works withZotero 7 · not 9, 10, 11 betaDoesn't work with the current Zotero (10)MediumMedium concern: worth reading before you install. One medium finding makes the grade B.
Zotero 7 ✓ worksZotero 9 ✗ doesn't workZotero 10 ✗ doesn't workZotero 11 beta ✗ doesn't work
What you'll needZotero 7Detected automatically from its code
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MaintenanceSlowing down · last release 13 Jun 20255 contributors
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LanguagesDocumentation in EnglishInterface: English
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We report what we found in the code. Open any area for the evidence.How we gradeReport a problem

What it does

Written by AI from the README

Adds a Read Status column with labels such as New, To Read, In Progress, Read and Not Reading, set from the right-click menu or Alt+1 to Alt+5. It can label new items and update status when you open a PDF. Also tracks per-item reading tasks.

Zotero has no built-in way to mark what you have read. A fork of Dominic-DallOsto/zotero-reading-list that adds recording reading tasks such as chapters or pages with their own statuses and progress.

What you'll need

Detected automatically
  • Zotero 7Not working with Zotero 10

Where your data goes

We found: no web requests found.

Other plugins that do this

Matched on what they do

For the same job, work with Zotero 10 and graded B or better. Closest match first.

  • A+
    Zotero Reading Progress Tracker

    Adds a Reading Status column and a right-click menu to mark items To Read, Reading or Done.

    Matches “track reading status” · 89 downloads · Active · Zotero 7–10
    Works with Zotero 10Actively maintained
  • A
    Zotero Reading Flow

    Tracks reading progress with item list columns, bookmarks and reading statuses.

    Matches “reading status column” · 5,143 downloads · Active · Zotero 9–10
    Works with Zotero 10Actively maintained
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Forks and copies

Fork of Dominic-DallOsto/zotero-reading-list.

3 other plugins use the same ID as this one. Every Zotero plugin carries an ID, a name tag Zotero uses to tell plugins apart. These 4 plugins carry the same one, because people copied Zotero Reading List to make their own versions and kept its ID.Show what this means
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Zotero Reading List · this pluginsamdowrickstr/zotero-reading-listBUse with care913 Jun 2025
Zotero Reading ListThe most used · Dominic-DallOsto/zotero-reading-listBUse with care512,00311 Oct 2026
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Before you install: 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.Read the finding
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