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ZotFlow — the all-in-one Zotero plugin for Obsidian (reader, annotation, sync, notes, citations)
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ZotFlow — the all-in-one Zotero plugin for Obsidian (reader, annotation, sync, notes, citations)

Hello r/ObsidianMD , ZotFlow is now officially released!

What it is

ZotFlow is a single Obsidian plugin that brings your whole Zotero workflow inside your vault.

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Why ZotFlow?

If any of these sound like you, ZotFlow was built for you:

  • You want to read and annotate PDFs/EPUBs without switching between Zotero, a PDF viewer, and Obsidian.
  • You want your reader to match your Obsidian theme.
  • You want to do annotation in Obsidian Markdown.
  • You want true bidirectional sync — annotations made in Obsidian flow back to Zotero, and vice versa.
  • You want every Zotero item to have an auto-generated, template-driven source note that always stays up to date.
  • You want to cite literature in Pandoc, Wikilink, Footnote, or raw citekey format — by drag-and-drop, autocomplete, or hotkey.
  • You want to annotate any PDF or EPUB already in your vault, even ones that aren't in Zotero.
  • You want an offline-first, privacy-respecting tool with no telemetry and secure credential storage.

What it does for you

  • Read & annotate PDFs / EPUBs / HTML in Obsidian, themed to match your vault.
  • Auto-generate a template-driven source note for every Zotero item.
  • Edit Zotero child notes natively, in a tab or inline in the source note.
  • Insert citations (Pandoc, Wikilink, Footnote, citekey) via drag, autocomplete, or hotkey.
  • True bidirectional sync — your annotations and edits flow back to Zotero.
  • ...

What makes it unique

  • The actual Zotero reader embedded in Obsidian.
  • All-in-one: reader + sync + source notes + item notes + citations + WebDAV in one plugin.
  • AGPL-3.0, no telemetry, API keys stored in Obsidian's SecretStorage.

Platforms
Desktop (Windows / macOS / Linux) fully supported. Android/iOS/iPadOS has limited support — sync, tree view, source notes, and citations work; the embedded reader is still being optimized for touch and Apple Pencil.

Where to get it

reddit.com
u/Impressive-Curve-363 — 6 days ago