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I would like to install some additional plugins (e.g., Mendeley) to zim. The instructions seem straightforward (from the Mendeley-plugin readme):

The plugin may be installed (like all Zim plugins) by cloning it to one of Zim's plugin search directories, like ~/.local/share/zim/plugins on Linux.

I therefore just have to find Zim's plugin search directory and then git clone https://github.com/grahamrow/zim-mendeley-plugin.git

However, so far I was unable to find this search directory on Windows 10. I was hoping that someone might be able to direct me to the right directory? Or, even better, maybe there is a way to check where this folder is located?


My attempts so far:

  • I created a share\zim\plugins folder here: C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Local\share\zim\plugins. Cloning the mendeley plugin into this folder had no effect on zim.
  • I created a plugins folder here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Zim Desktop Wiki\share\zim\plugins. Cloning the mendeley plugin into this folder again had no effect on zim.
  • I also cloned the mendeley plugin into this folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Zim Desktop Wiki\share\zim\manual\Plugins, but this folder seems to be for manuals and not for the actual plugins.

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See this for more info. You should start with %APPDATA%/zim/data so the full path becomes %APPDATA%/zim/data/zim/plugins/ (yes, that's 2x zim in the path).

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  • Thanks! Afterwards I simply had to go to edit > preferences > plugins and tick mendeley
    – Flo
    Jan 13, 2016 at 9:16
  • for me it is $HOME/.var/app/org.zim_wiki.Zim/data/zim/plugins
    – munish
    May 28, 2020 at 5:25

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