estravon-backend 0.1.5

Self-hosted PDF extraction backend for the Estravon Zotero plugin

estravon-backend

Self-hosted PDF extraction backend for the Estravon Zotero plugin.

Independent project. Estravon is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in any way connected to the Zotero project or the Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Zotero is a registered trademark of the Corporation for Digital Scholarship.

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Extracts nominated sections of a book PDF to Markdown and attaches the result directly to the Zotero item — synced, versioned, always co-located with the source. The plugin handles everything Zotero-side; this package runs on your machine and owns the extraction pipeline.

Installation

pip install estravon-backend

Requires Python 3.11+.

Quick start

# 1. Create a .env file with your API key
echo "MISTRAL_API_KEY=your_key_here" > .env

# 2. Start the backend
estravon --port 7766

In Zotero → Settings → Estravon, confirm the status indicator is green, then right-click any item with a PDF → Extract Section to Markdown…

Full setup guide: estravon.com/install

Supported extraction backends

Backend	Pricing	How to use
Mistral OCR	~$0.002/page, pay-as-you-go	Default. Set MISTRAL_API_KEY in .env.
Datalab	$25/month flat	Set DATALAB_API_KEY and _ZM_BACKEND=datalab.
Replicate	Pay-as-you-go	Set REPLICATE_API_TOKEN and _ZM_BACKEND=replicate.

Links

• Plugin repository
• Full documentation
• estravon.com
• Report an issue

License

AGPL-3.0 — the same license as Zotero itself.