Know Ur Zotero: Status Monitoring and Analysis

🧩 Outline

This plugin can monitor the status of the Zotero desktop app with:

Activity Monitor: Monitor the CPU usage of diffrent activities in Zotero. Useful for plugin debugging and performance optimization.

Activity Log: Log the status to file (menu: Tools -> Start Recording Activity).

Download the plugin (.xpi file) from below.
- Latest Stable
- All Releases
Note: If you're using Firefox as your browser, right-click the .xpi and select "Save As.."
In Zotero click Tools in the top menu bar and then click Plugins
Go to the Extensions page and then click the gear icon in the top right.
Select Install Add-on from file.
Browse to where you downloaded the .xpi file and select it.
Finish!

KuZ provides APIs for plugin developers in Zotero.kuZ.api.${API_MODULE}. See api.ts.

This plugin is built based on the Zotero Plugin Template. See the setup and debug details there.

To start, run

git clone https://github.com/windingwind/know-ur-zotero.git
cd know-ur-zotero
npm install
npm run build

The plugin is built to .scaffold/build/*.xpi.

To debug, run

npm run start

This will open a new Zotero instance with the plugin installed.

Use this code under AGPL. No warranties are provided. Keep the laws of your locality in mind!