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Updated October 2026

The 10 best Zotero MCP servers

The best Zotero MCP servers in October 2026 are Zotero MCP, Zotero MCP, DocsAgent — Zotero, Obsidian & Apple Notes MCP Server. Zotero MCP is the most widely used; Zotero MCP is the most actively updated.

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Zotero MCP
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Zotero MCP
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★ 5.5kLocalUpdated 4 days ago

Search, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web.

★ 9LocalUpdated 13 days ago

Read and write your local Zotero 10 library. No plugin, no zotero.org API key, no cloud.

5

MCP Zotero

docsagent
★ 575LocalUpdated 22 days ago

DocsAgent MCP server for your knowledge base — Zotero, Obsidian, and Apple Notes (macOS) over a resident native C++ search core (BM25 + passage retrieval, mixed search; stdio + Streamable HTTP)

6

Zotero MCP

kujenga
★ 162LocalUpdated 2 months ago

Search your Zotero library, retrieve item metadata, and read full text from AI assistants.

7

MCP Zotero

Xevos117
★ 38LocalUpdated 8 days ago

Unofficial MCP server for Zotero integration with citation management

9

MCP Zotero

kaliaboi
★ 164LocalUpdated 20 months ago

A Model Context Protocol server for Zotero integration that allows Claude to interact with your Zotero library.

10

zotero-mcp-local

piiinpiiins
★ 8LocalUpdated 2 months ago

Search, read PDFs, and find related papers in your local Zotero library. Read-only, 100% local.

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Which Zotero MCP servers work in ChatGPT?

None of the top Zotero MCP servers offers a hosted URL yet, so use them in Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code or Codex.