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		throw0101c 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Obsidian is now free for work How do the use-cases for Obsidian differ from Zotero? * https://www.zotero.org

Analemma_ 7 months ago [–]

Zotero is a file manager with support for research-related tasks like indexing and bibliography generation, Obsidian is a programmable notebook. They can both be used "for research" but they're fundamentally different products.

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