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✅ Actively maintained, production-ready
Before you connect
🔑 Needs an API key / tokenPythonDocker
Config example (to connect)
{
"mcpServers": {
"zotero": {
"command": "zotero-mcp",
"env": {
"ZOTERO_LOCAL": "true",
"ZOTERO_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "YOUR_LIBRARY_ID"
}
}
}
}Install / Connect
# No npm package — install from source.
# See the repo's README for the exact command:
# https://github.com/54yyyu/zotero-mcpFollow the official README; env and args vary per server.
🛠️ Maintenance weight 30% · 100 pts
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Last committoday
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Commits in 90 days100
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Median issue response2 days
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Repo statusNormal
📊 Adoption weight 25% · 65 pts
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GitHub stars4.5k
📦
npm weekly downloadsNot npm-distributed
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Releases per month—
✅ Usability weight 20% · 100 pts
📋
Official registryListed
▶️
Runnable entryResolvable (npx/remote)
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AuditabilityOpen-source repo, auditable
❤️ Health & community weight 25% · 78 pts
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open issues47
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open PRs—
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LicenseMIT
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Contributors / forks30 / 364
Sources: GitHub API · npm registry · Official registry · updated 2026-07-28
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