Cloud storage

Zotero Storage alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

cloudreve/cloudreve28,483GPL-3.0Self-hosted file management and sharing web app with user accounts and multiple storage backends.Open on GitHub haiwen/seafile15,075licence unclearFile syncing and sharing server with web UI, client sync, previews, and library-based document storage.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Zotero’s Word/LibreOffice/Google Docs integrations and 9,000 citation styles
Built-in PDF reader and related UX
Groups/collaboration features integrated with Zotero accounts
Open-source community contributions and nonprofit governance

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Zotero Storage, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.