Adds a local HTTP API to Zotero's built-in server, with a search endpoint that takes JSON conditions such as quick search or tag.
ZotServer has Atlas grade A (recommended) because every code check came out low. It works with Zotero 7–9, not the current Zotero 10. Last checked 6 Nov 2026.
Downloads a .xpi file (0.00 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.
1.1k
DownloadsAll-time downloads of its release files from GitHub, counting every update. Installs from elsewhere aren't counted.
1,066
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.
10
ContributorsPeople who have committed code to the repository.
2
LicenceThe licence the code is published under, as GitHub reports it.
None stated
A
Atlas gradeRecommended
A+AABC
because every code check came out low
Next rung: A+, once we've tested it installed in Zotero 10.
Applies to v0.1.3, released 4 Dec 2024Code checked · not yet tested in a live Zotero
Doesn't work with the current Zotero (10)Works with Zotero 7, 8, 9.
Fork of MunGell/ZotServerA copy of another listed plugin, changed by someone else.
Another plugin uses the same ID2 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 pierreadorni account. We haven't yet checked whether this file matches the public source code.UnknownWe couldn't check this yet.
Updates
Updates come from mungell/ZotServer, another listed project with the same add-on IDThe update address has no version for Zotero 9
Where your data goesNo web requests foundLowLow concern: normal for plugins that do this job. Listed so you know.
No further detail for this area yet.
Powerful capabilitiesLets programs on this computer connect through Zotero's built-in serverLowLow concern: normal for plugins that do this job. Listed so you know.
Not a concern (1)
Lets programs on this computer connect through Zotero's built-in server
Before you installShown, not gradedFacts to help you decide. They don't change the grade.
Works withZotero 7, 8, 9 · not 10, 11 betaDoesn't work with the current Zotero (10)MediumMedium concern: worth reading before you install. One medium finding makes the grade B.
Adds a local HTTP API to Zotero's built-in server, with a search endpoint that takes JSON conditions such as quick search or tag. Other desktop apps can query your library without internet.
Lets note-taking and other tools search and link to Zotero items offline. A fork of MunGell/ZotServer; its README doesn't say what it changes.
2 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 3 plugins carry the same one, because people copied ZotServer 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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