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Scholar MCP vs Zoteus
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Scholar MCP
Bio.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcpNo reviews yet
Federated academic search, citation traversal, persistent PDF download, and temporary reading.
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Zotero MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: search, citations, safe writes, PDF passages and pages.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Zoteus (98/100 against 83). Zoteus is hosted and callable through the gateway; Scholar MCP runs on your own machine. Zoteus has noticeably more public adoption.
| Scholar MCP | Zoteus | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | B83/100 | A98/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Established |
| GitHub stars | 3 | 41 |
| Downloads / week | 118 | 1.9k |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | 6 | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-17 |
| Category | Web search | Web search |