There are many tools for organizing PDFs in Obsidian, but which one is the best? In this video, I go through several options, including DevonThink, Readwise, Skim, and Zotero. For my (non-academic) use case of organizing my TTRPG-related PDFs, I decided on Zotero– but maybe something else will be better for you!

Resources

Tools

• DevonThink
• Readwise
• Skim

Zotero plugins mentioned

• Zotero folder import
• Zutilo
• MD Notes

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Thanks

Thanks to the following people for their input and help in experimenting:

• Andy Polaine
• Leah Fergusson
• @argentum#3920 on Discord
• The lovely folks on my Patreon Discord server