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ZoteroQuickLook

by bwiernik · github.com/bwiernik/ZoteroQuickLook

Previews a selected attachment with QuickLook: macOS's native Quick Look, Gloobus-Preview on Linux, or a custom preview command you set.

ZoteroQuickLook has Atlas grade B (use with care) because it launches programs on your computer. 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 & backup
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Downloads a .xpi file (0.01 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.
180
DownloadsAll-time downloads of its release files from GitHub, counting every update. Installs from elsewhere aren't counted.
176
ReleasesVersions published on GitHub. Everyone who has the plugin downloads each one again, which adds up in Downloads.
1
StarsPeople who starred the repository on GitHub: a rough measure of interest.
9
ContributorsPeople who have committed code to the repository.
4
LicenceThe licence the code is published under, as GitHub reports it.
None stated
B
Atlas gradeUse with care
because it launches programs on your computer
Applies to v1.3.2, released 29 Nov 2017Code 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.
Fork of mronkko/ZoteroQuickLookA 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 bwiernik account. We haven't yet checked whether this file matches the public source code.UnknownWe couldn't check this yet.
Updates
Updates come from mronkko/ZoteroQuickLook, another listed project with the same add-on IDZotero will update it on Zotero 5 to version 1.4.2 from mronkko/ZoteroQuickLook 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 capabilitiesLaunches programs on your computer, and 1 moreMediumMedium concern: worth reading before you install. One medium finding makes the grade B.
Medium concern (1)
Launches programs on your computer
Low concern (1)
Works with files on your computer
Where we found it
Launches programs on your computerchrome/content/zoteroquicklook.js · line 120

Programs it names include osacompile

var proc = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/process/util;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIProcess);
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
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MaintenanceDormant · last release 29 Nov 20174 contributors
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LanguagesDocumentation in EnglishInterface: English
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What it does

Written by AI from the README

Previews a selected attachment with QuickLook: macOS's native Quick Look, Gloobus-Preview on Linux, or a custom preview command you set.

A fork of mronkko/ZoteroQuickLook; its README doesn't say what it changes. Quick Look lets you glance at a file without opening a full viewer.

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: 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.

  • 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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Forks and copies

Fork of mronkko/ZoteroQuickLook.

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.
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Install ZoteroQuickLook
BUse with care
Before you install: It launches programs on your computer.Read the finding
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