# aidenlx/zotlit

Bring your Zotero library into Obsidian. Create liter ature notes, insert citations, and annotate PDFs without leaving your vault.

Repository: https://github.com/aidenlx/zotlit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zotlit
Homepage: https://zotlit.aidenlx.site
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: obsidian-md, obsidian-plugin, zotero, academic, zotero-plugin
Last push: 2026-08-31T09:30:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 100/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1670, "days_push": 2, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 15}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1006, forks 63 (observed 2026-09-01T02:13:58.523444+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: markdown, templating, pdf, search-engine, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools, education, documentation, pdf
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: obsidian-plugin, zotero, academic-writing, literature-notes, citations, reference-management, knowledge-management, desktop, typescript

## Member repositories
- aidenlx/zotlit (main) score 100

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-01T02:13:58.523444+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 2026-08-30T07:13:49.578497+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aidenlx/zotlit (fetched 2026-09-01T02:13:58.523444+00:00, sha 0630b6f12a80)
  - homepage: https://zotlit.aidenlx.site (fetched 2026-08-29T13:14:00.996448+00:00, sha d110627fce07)
  - site_page: https://zotlit.aidenlx.site/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T13:14:01.007740+00:00, sha 3c16a2334ecf)
  - site_page: https://zotlit.aidenlx.site/docs/tutorial/first-note (fetched 2026-08-29T13:14:01.011843+00:00, sha 9621053dd079)
  - site_page: https://zotlit.aidenlx.site/docs/how-to/insert-citations (fetched 2026-08-29T13:14:01.013467+00:00, sha dd99e879d7cd)
  - site_page: https://zotlit.aidenlx.site/docs/how-to/use-annotation-view (fetched 2026-08-29T13:14:01.015565+00:00, sha dbb68c5b12cb)
  - site_page: https://zotlit.aidenlx.site/docs/how-to/import-zotero-notes (fetched 2026-08-29T13:14:01.017329+00:00, sha 73adc2a811d7)
  - site_page: https://zotlit.aidenlx.site/docs/install-skill (fetched 2026-08-29T13:14:01.019353+00:00, sha 3239a2bbc644)
  - site_page: https://zotlit-v1.aidenlx.site (fetched 2026-08-29T13:14:01.005796+00:00, sha b343e3dcf905)
  - site_page: https://zotlit.aidenlx.site/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T13:14:01.009385+00:00, sha 4f74a3b34f29)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.