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		osrec on March 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zotero: Personal Research Assistant I had a quick look at Zotero's github but couldn't quite work out how they render their desktop UI - is this an electron-style app or a browser extension of some sort?

gmac on March 26, 2020 | [–]

It's XUL. It used to be a Firefox extension, before Firefox changed how those work.

OJFord on March 26, 2020 | [–]

I haven't used it in a couple of years, but then it seemed to be using Qt/GTK/something.

I believe there is a browser extension too, but the main program is (was) a non-electron stand-alone deal.

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