Open PDF for Zotero
By retorquere zotero-open-pdf 268 GitHub Stars
Adds a right-click menu entry to open PDFs the opposite way from your Zotero default, in the system viewer or the built-in reader, and lets you add entries for your own PDF viewers through the config editor.
To install, save the .xpi file and drag it onto the Plugins window in Zotero (Tools → Plugins). In Firefox, right-click the download link and choose Save Link As. A plugin has full access to your Zotero and your computer, and the index does not review its code before listing it, so install only plugins from developers you trust. More about installing
Zotero compatibility
For version 1.0.15, the release the index read
| Zotero | Declared | Start test | User reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Declares all of Zotero 10 | Started Zotero 10.0.6 | None yet |
| 9 | Declares all of Zotero 9 | Started Zotero 9.0.6 | None yet |
| 8 | Declares part of Zotero 8. Declared range: Zotero 8.0.1 to 10.* | Started Zotero 8.0.4 | None yet |
| 7 | Does not declare Zotero 7 | Not tested | None yet |
Declared range: Zotero 8.0.1 to 10.*. How the index reads plugins
Tried version 1.0.15 on Zotero? Report what you found:
Details
- Plugin id
zotero-open-pdf@iris-advies.com- Manifest description
- Open PDF
- Archived on GitHub
- No
- Source code at the repository's top level
- Yes
- Repository created
- 2022-06-23
- Release read by the index
- 1.0.15, published 2026-11-03
- Releases with an .xpi
- 19
- Open issues and pull requests
- 6
- Host of update.json
- github.com
- Menus and settings in
- Unknown (no translations found)
Overrides
The index corrects, fills in, or replaces these upstream facts.
| Field | Upstream value | Override value | For version | Used | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
description | Manifest: Open PDF | Adds a right-click menu entry to open PDFs the opposite way from your Zotero default, in the system viewer or the built-in reader, and lets you add entries for your own PDF viewers through the config editor. | every version | yes | Condensed from the opening section of README.md. The manifest description, "Open PDF", only repeats the name, and the GitHub About text is missing. |
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