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ZoteroQuickLook

by mronkko · github.com/mronkko/ZoteroQuickLook

Previews attachments with a quick look window: macOS's native QuickLook, Gloobus-Preview on Linux, or the QuickLook app on Windows.

ZoteroQuickLook has Atlas grade B (use with care) because it uses the network; we couldn't tell where, and 2 more findings. It's a Zotero 6 plugin, so Zotero 7 and later can't load it. What to use instead. Last checked 6 Nov 2026.

Files, sync & backupInterface & look
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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.
21k
DownloadsAll-time downloads of its release files from GitHub, counting every update. Installs from elsewhere aren't counted.
24,814
ReleasesVersions published on GitHub. Everyone who has the plugin downloads each one again, which adds up in Downloads.
5
StarsPeople who starred the repository on GitHub: a rough measure of interest.
788
ContributorsPeople who have committed code to the repository.
10
LicenceThe licence the code is published under, as GitHub reports it.
None stated
B
Atlas gradeUse with care
because it uses the network; we couldn't tell where, and 2 more findings
Applies to v1.4.2, the file its update address serves (newer than its latest GitHub release), first seen 26 Sep 2026Code checked · not yet tested in a live Zotero
Legacy plugin for Zotero 6 onlyUses the old plugin format. Zotero 7 and later can't load it.
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 sourceWe haven't yet checked whether this file matches the public source code.UnknownWe couldn't check this yet.
Updates
Updates come from this project's GitHub repositoryThe update address offers this version
Where your data goesUses the network; we couldn't tell whereMediumMedium concern: worth reading before you install. One medium finding makes the grade B.
No further detail for this area yet.
Powerful capabilitiesLaunches programs on your computer, and 2 moreMediumMedium concern: worth reading before you install. One medium finding makes the grade B.
Medium concern (2)
Launches programs on your computerRuns a compiled program it ships, which we can't read
Low concern (1)
Works with files on your computer
Where we found it
Launches programs on your computerchrome/content/zoteroquicklook.js · line 536
Zotero.ZoteroQuickLook.proc = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/process/util;1"].
Runs a compiled program it ships, which we can't readchrome/content/zoteroquicklook.js · line 69

Bridge.exe

let path = await this.copyURLToTempDir(scriptURL + "/Bridge.exe");
Before you installShown, not gradedFacts to help you decide. They don't change the grade.
Works withZotero 6 only (legacy plugin)Doesn't work with the current Zotero (10)MediumMedium concern: worth reading before you install. One medium finding makes the grade B.
Zotero 9 ✗ doesn't workZotero 10 ✗ doesn't workZotero 11 beta ✗ doesn't work
What you'll needNothing extra detectedDetected automatically from its code
No further detail for this area yet.
MaintenanceDormant · last release 24 Apr 201810 contributors
No further detail for this area yet.
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

Previews attachments with a quick look window: macOS's native QuickLook, Gloobus-Preview on Linux, or the QuickLook app on Windows. You can set a custom viewer command.

Checking a file otherwise means opening it in a full application. No longer actively maintained, and it may not work with current Zotero versions.

What you'll need

Detected automatically

We haven't detected any setup requirements. That isn't the same as none: check the developer's README.

Where your data goes

We found: uses the network; we couldn't tell where.

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.

  • B
    zotLook

    Previews the selected attachment when you press Space, using the system's own preview panel: Quick Look on macOS, GNOME Sushi on Linux and QuickLook on Windows.

    Matches “quick look preview attachments” · 495 downloads · Active · Zotero 7–10
    Works with Zotero 10Actively maintained
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How we pick these

By how closely what they do matches this plugin, using descriptions and the phrases people search with. Copies and forks of this plugin are listed under Forks and copies instead. No plugin pays to appear here.

Forks and copies

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 ZoteroQuickLook to make their own versions and kept its ID.Show what this means
  • You can only have one. Zotero sees them as the same plugin.
  • Installing another replaces it. If you install one of the others, it takes this one's place.
  • Check what you install. Several share this plugin's name, so make sure the file comes from the one you meant.
See all 4 and how they differ →

4 listed forks.

The developer's response

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Install ZoteroQuickLook
BUse with care
Before you install: It uses the network; we couldn't tell where, and 2 more findings.Read the finding
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