Zotero Bridge MCP Server

by combjellyshen Your server? Claim it

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Zotero Bridge runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 37 installs a week from npm. Last commit 2 May 2026.

MCP Server for Zotero SQLite Database - collection, tagging, PDF reading and more.

Installs per day peak 13 · avg 3 · +50% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · zotero-bridge

Stars

0 open issues

2 May 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 22 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] bin/cli.js:1

этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет

Package points at a different repository combjellyshen/zoterobridge

пакет zotero-bridge ссылается на exusiaiwei/zotero-bridge

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add zotero-bridge -- npx -y zotero-bridge

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zotero-bridge": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "zotero-bridge"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.zotero-bridge]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "zotero-bridge"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zotero-bridge": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "zotero-bridge"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zotero-bridge": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "zotero-bridge"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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Zotero Bridge — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Zotero Bridge?

Zotero Bridge runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package zotero-bridge was installed 37 times last week.

How do I connect Zotero Bridge?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls zotero-bridge straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Zotero Bridge?

The npm package zotero-bridge was installed 37 times in the last week. Week over week that is +50%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Zotero Bridge open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 10 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.