urschrei/pyzotero
Pyzotero: a Python client for the Zotero API observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 5
- age_days: 5665
- days_rel: 15
- days_push: 15
- n_releases_24m: 46
Adoption not part of the score
1402 stars · 132 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Pyzotero is a Python client library for the Zotero Web API, supporting reading and writing items in personal and group libraries. It also supports connecting to a locally running Zotero installation without the web API.
Use cases
- programmatically manage a Zotero reference library from Python
- export citations and bibliography data from Zotero
- bulk-create or update Zotero items in a group library
- read a local Zotero database via the local API without authentication
- integrate reference management into digital humanities research workflows
When to choose
- you need scripted or automated access to Zotero libraries
- you are building research or digital humanities tooling around Zotero
- you want to interact with a running Zotero app locally without the web API
When to avoid
- you use a different reference manager like Mendeley or EndNote
- you need a GUI for managing references rather than a programmatic client
Facets
library · maturity active
http-client sdk developer-tools apis education python cross-platform zotero citations reference-management digital-humanities bibliography api-client
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/urschrei/pyzotero · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7e4464c37613
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pyzotero/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · ac87ac3b71f1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| urschrei/pyzotero | main | 98 |
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