![]() ![]() This is actually the main reason for me to switch, since Paperpile doesn’t seem to support Dropbox integration, although many have requested on their forum. Paperpile didn’t have the weird deletion problem but it is only available with Google Drive, which is what I’m trying to stay away from. (5) storage and possible self-host option: Which cloud drive option does Zotero support? Dropbox, Nextcloud? And does it support self-hosted option as well? And is this stable? I’ve had papers and folder structures disappeared in Mendeley before and it was a nightmare. Can Zotero do this as well? And can I save articles on phone as well (Paperpile doesn’t seem to do this right now as far as I know)? (4) saving to library from browser extension and phone: Can I save the ref data + have the PDF auto-downloaded if I visit a site like PubMed? Additionally, sometimes Paperpile could also auto-generate meta info from a pdf correctly. Can I read PDF and browse through my library and annotate offline on Linux and iOS/android device? (3) offline and possible phone reader: Paperpile doesn’t have this but Mendeley does. Is that on browser or a separate local PDF reader? What other plugins do people usually use it with? (2) using with PDF reader: I’ve read that I can use a plugin called Zotfile to read and annotate PDFs. ![]() I just don’t want to recreate my folder structures and retagging a bunch of articles. (1) transition from Paperpile to Zotero: I don’t see this a lot, can I export to Zotero the PDFs and preserve metadata (like the tags + folders they belong to + supplemental pdfs attached) as well, in addition to the usual reference data? I don’t mind losing the annotations since I currently don’t have many, but would be nice if the exports still include them correctly. ![]() ![]() Feel free to suggest other alternatives if you have any. I probably encounter these anyway when I try it but I would love to hear people’s experience with it, especially people who have used both. I am thinking of switching but I have a couple of things I need to clear regarding the transition and the possible features. So a possible alternative is Zotero, which is open-source, supported for both chrominum-based and firefox browsers (a plus over paperpile here already). Anyway, I at least want to try as much as I can, because continuing to complain about these concerns doesn’t seem to fix anything, and trust is hard to regain once lost. On a quick side note, due to the convenience and the perverted integration of these companies’ products in universities, this has been extremely hard in academia. Overall, I like paperpile, more so than the horrendous mendeley that I tried before.īut, I’ve been trying to move away from google and microsoft products as much as possible, due to privacy concerns and in support of open-source products that actually listen to users, are transparent, and allow users to fork, modify, add on should they choose to. I have an app on my phone that I rarely use to search and save some refs on my phone, but not really necessary because I also use pocket to bookmark papers to view later on my laptop. I don’t need much complicated stuff, mostly saving pdf files with extension, exporting to libraries (like bibtex), organizing (tagging, max 6 level nested folder) and the occasional annotation (not as regurlarly as I should). I’ve been using paperpile for a while now, quite good, with the extension and app on my phone. And sorry for a somewhat opinionated rant coming. Sorry for yet another reference manager post. ![]()
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