Save to Gewu / Add to Library
Keep the paper in your Gewu Library or a Space, with its Paper Files and research context. It remains available in the standalone Gewu App through the same database.
ZOTERO + GEWU INSIGHT
One workspace
Another way in
Use Gewu inside Zotero, or bring your Zotero library into Gewu. Keep your research connected as you choose how to work.
Available in macOS 1.1.0 with companion 0.4.0 and Windows 1.1.0 with companion 0.4.2. Use the companion bundled with your installed Gewu App.
Your Gewu workspace, inside Zotero
The companion opens your existing Gewu installation and selected database in a Zotero tab. Library, My Publications, Journal Monitor, Subject Monitor, Author Monitor, and Browser remain together, with the same settings and research records.
Move between the standalone App and the Zotero interface. Save supported records to Zotero and open PDF previews from the companion. The plugin connects to Gewu; it does not create a second Gewu database.
Original Zotero interface from the macOS User Guide. Open the image to inspect the full-resolution view.
Choose where your discoveries go
While using Gewu inside Zotero, papers found through Discovery and Journal Monitor, Subject Monitor or Author Monitor can also be saved to Zotero. Choose the destination that fits your work; the normal Gewu saving actions remain available.
Save to Zotero
Copy the paper’s metadata into a writable Zotero library or collection. You can include its available Default PDF, or save metadata only.
- Select a paper in a monitor or the Gewu Library, then click Save to Zotero.
- Choose a library or collection under Destination. Keep Include the Default PDF checked to copy the available local PDF, or uncheck it for metadata only.
- Confirm Save to Zotero. In the result notification, choose Show in Zotero to find the saved item.
The original guide screenshot shows this dialog opened from Library. The monitor action also uses Save to Zotero. Click to inspect the full-resolution screenshot.
Saving to Zotero copies rather than moves the PDF; the Gewu original stays in place. It does not copy every Paper File or continuously synchronize later changes between the two libraries.
Bring a Zotero library into Gewu
Loader → Import from Zotero prepares a preview before copying. It preserves collection structure, including empty collections, while leaving the source Zotero library unchanged.
- Choose the source library or collections and a destination in Gewu.
- Review the preview, including missing files and unsupported items, before starting the copy.
- Follow the import report. Pause and resume when needed; saved receipts help recognize previously imported records.
Set up the companion
Start in the standalone Gewu App, with Zotero installed and your usual Gewu Database open. The plugin package is included with the App; follow these steps to install it in Zotero.
In the standalone Gewu App
Open Zotero Integration
Use the top menu Plugin → Zotero Integration. Zotero app: Detected means Zotero is present; the plugin still needs to be installed.
In the integration window
Reveal the plugin file
Click Install in Zotero. Gewu keeps its installation guide open and reveals Gewu Insight for Zotero.xpi in Finder (macOS) or File Explorer (Windows). Use Show Plugin File to reveal it again.
In Zotero’s top menu
Install it in Zotero
Open Tools → Plugins in Zotero. Drag the selected .xpi file from Finder or File Explorer into Plugins Manager, then confirm Zotero’s installation prompt and check that Gewu Insight is enabled.
Drop the file into Plugins Manager, not the literature list; the latter only adds a file attachment.
Back in Gewu’s integration window
Open your Gewu workspace
When the status says Installed, click Open in Zotero. For later sessions, use Tools → Gewu Insight in Zotero.
Original macOS installation guide screenshot, showing an installed 0.3.1 example. Before first installation, the main button reads Install in Zotero. macOS 1.1.0 bundles companion 0.4.0; Windows 1.1.0 bundles 0.4.2 and reveals the XPI in File Explorer.
After installation
Once Zotero opens the workspace successfully, the standalone window quits and Gewu’s background service keeps running. To return to the standalone App, close the Gewu tab in Zotero and open Gewu Insight.
Updating the companion
After updating the Gewu App, return to Plugin → Zotero Integration. If Update Plugin is offered, use it and follow the displayed instructions. Installed 0.2 or later plugins can update without dragging the XPI again.
The companion was validated with Zotero 10.0.6 on macOS and in a Windows 11 ARM virtual machine running the x64 App. Windows 10 was not retested for this release; Zotero 7/8 and third-party file-manager configurations are not comprehensively covered. See the platform release notes for the tested scope.