alt Hacker NewsWhat I dislike about Zotero is that it's a pain in the ass to self host. In my department I could spin up a local Zotero server for our PhD students and give them basically unlimited sync, but it's really finnicky
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I use a locally hosted Wallabag, synchronized with all my computers, smartphone, etc.
Maybe Zotero does more than Wallabag, but I am happy with it so far.
I agree. It's "open source" but I would put a huge asterisk on that label. It really reminds me most of AI models that are only open weights.
It’s a non-profit and the prices are very reasonable. I would pay them instead.
I've been wanting to try it. In what way is it finnicky?
In this day and age, I'd say this is hardly an excuse. Spin up your favorite harness and let the agents sort it out. :)
What difficulties are you having? All you need is WebDAV. I use a nextcloud server for mine and my partner's zotero storage, and its entirely trivial to set up.
I have many issues with Zotero (which has been dumbing down at the expense of power users for some time) – but easy private sync is definitely not one of them.