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zotero

Zotero is an open source reference manager.

Install

retorquere/zotero-deb provides packaged versions of Zotero reference manager and Juris-M for Debian-based systems.

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/master/install.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y zotero

chocolatey:

choco install zotero

winget:

winget install DigitalScholar.Zotero

More storage space

Storage space for attachments is limited to 300MB in the free plan of Zotero. You can use koofr free (10GB) online storage space with WebDAV to sync Zotero attachments.

See Koofr with Zotero via WebDAV for details.

Zotero and Obsidian collaboration

Source: Mariana Montes' post

In the Zotero APP

  • Install Better BibTex add-on.\
  • Define a citation key template in Zotero Preferences => Better BibTeX

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  • Export your reference by right-clicking Your library => Export library => Choose Better BibLaTeX as the format and tick Keep updated. Save the library file.

In the Obsidian APP

Assuming Obsidian has been installed.
- Install obsidian-citation-plugin via the Obsidian settings => Community plugins => Browse for Citations.
- In the Obsidian settings => Community plugins => Citations, choose the exported BibLaTeX library file as the citation database path

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  • You can now use Ctrl + Shift + O to create a literature note and Ctrl + Shift + E to insert a link to a literature note.