# windingwind/zotero-better-notes

Everything about note management. All in Zotero.

Repository: https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-better-notes
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zotero-better-notes
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: knowledge, markdown, mindmap, note, notes, plugin, zotero, zotero-addon, zotero-plugin, addon, obsidian, obsidian-md
Last push: 2026-08-24T13:21:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1589, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 3, "n_releases_24m": 88}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8136, forks 269 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:13.826835+00:00)

## What it is
Better Notes is a Zotero plugin for comprehensive note management, adding an enhanced note editor, note linking, templates, and two-way Markdown sync. It also supports exporting notes to Markdown, Docx, PDF, and mind maps, plus GPT-powered writing assistance.

## Use cases
- take research notes in zotero
- sync zotero notes with markdown files
- export zotero notes to docx or pdf
- create literature review notes from templates
- link and organize knowledge fragments in zotero
- use AI to help write research notes

## When to choose
- you already use Zotero for reference management and want integrated note-taking
- you need two-way sync between Zotero notes and Markdown files (e.g., Obsidian)
- you want templated, automated literature analysis workflows

## When to avoid
- you don't use Zotero as your reference manager
- you need a standalone note-taking app rather than a Zotero add-on
- you need collaborative real-time editing of notes

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: markdown, editor, documentation, plugin-system, templating, file-upload
- domain: developer-tools, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: zotero, zotero-plugin, note-taking, knowledge-management, obsidian, mindmap, academic-writing, citation-manager, gpt-integration, research, desktop

## Member repositories
- windingwind/zotero-better-notes (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:13.826835+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:29:51.012177+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-better-notes (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:13.826835+00:00, sha d501fbf12934)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.