aidenlx/zotlit

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1006 stars · 63 forks observed · 2026-09-01

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

ZotLit is a pair of community plugins (an Obsidian plugin and a Zotero companion add-on) that integrates a Zotero reference library into Obsidian. It generates templated Markdown literature notes, inserts citations while typing, imports Zotero notes, and shows PDF annotations in a live sidebar view.

Use cases

• create literature notes from Zotero items in Obsidian
• insert citations into markdown notes while writing
• import PDF highlights and annotations into my vault
• build a Pandoc citation workflow with Obsidian
• search my Zotero library without leaving Obsidian
• keep literature notes up to date with Zotero changes
• manage academic references in a knowledge base

When to choose

• you use both Zotero and Obsidian for academic research and note-taking
• you want templated, auto-updating literature notes with metadata and annotations
• you need fast in-editor citation insertion and Pandoc export

When to avoid

• you don't use Obsidian or Zotero
• you need a standalone reference manager rather than an integration
• you rely on v1 templates and can't afford migration work to v2

Facets

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