Zotero · Agentero
A Zotero Alternative for the Agent Era
Agentero extends the literature workflow you already know from Zotero into an environment where people and Agents can work together.
Why consider a Zotero alternative?
Zotero is excellent for collecting and organizing papers. But when research requires reusing context across papers or asking an Agent to help with reading and synthesis, a single-item library model can become limiting. Agentero keeps papers, PDFs, notes, and relationships together in a local Vault.
A bridge from Zotero
Import papers from identifiers, links, or browser extensions, or migrate your Zotero library in one step while preserving tags, notes, and attachments. Export BibTeX or BibLaTeX whenever you need to continue your existing LaTeX workflow. The official Connector can still save a page into the current Vault.
When you should stay on Zotero
If you mainly need thousands of citation styles, a shared group library, or the Word / Google Docs plugins, Zotero is still the more mature choice. Agentero adds Agent context during reading and transparent local files. It does not clone the entire citation ecosystem. The two tools can overlap.
Built around research workflows
- Connect your own Agent through ACP while keeping context in your local Vault.
- Highlight, annotate, ask questions, and translate text directly in PDFs.
- Connect papers, concepts, and notes with Markdown wikilinks.
- Explore your research relationships through a local knowledge graph.
- Use the same focused desktop workflow on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Frequently asked questions
- Does migration change my Zotero library?
- No. Migration writes items, attachments, and notes into the current Vault. It does not use the Zotero database as a runtime store and does not rewrite zotero.sqlite.
- Can I keep using the Zotero Connector?
- Yes. Agentero speaks the official browser-extension save protocol. Zotero desktop and Agentero cannot both bind port 23119 at the same time.