My Obsidian Plugins (as of 2025-03-09)

Hi folks, I've been asked what I'm using, and I thought it would be a useful starting point for conversation here.

I highly curate my plugins, just 'cause there are loads doesn't mean they're low quality. I remove plugins that aren't useful.

This is a Patreon-exclusive overview to thank you all for signing up and supporting me, I couldn't do this without you! <3

[the names are as they appear in the plugins.json file, you'll be able to google them I'm sure, if not, please comment]

Obsidian-tasks-plugin

• I don't use the tasks plugin properly, I only use this for the tasks query, see my FLAP system demo for usage https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-obsidian-q-121717698

Readwise-official

• The best highlights syncing tool, any source (kindle, kobo, pocket, web, etc etc) with VERY customisable templates.

• Sergio clued me in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH84CsBViOs

Obsidian-image-toolkit

• Click on images to pop up a zoomed in version.

• Presumably has other features.

Templater-obsidian

• Extends the built-in templates plugin with powerful variables and even complex JavaScript replacement.

• Essential for power users.

Dataview

• Mandatory.

• Query your notes like it's a database.

• Foundational to any system. If you have dataview, you don't need any other plugin, you can build it yourself.

Obsidian-style-settings

• A GUI into themes' css variables, really nice.

Vimium

• f-mode searching inside obsidian.

• Hit a hotkey, every interactable UI element gets highlighted with two-character labels.

Slides-extended

• The queen is dead, long live the queen. After advanced-slides was abandoned, Erin Schnabel (from Red Hat) forked it and actually began updating the long-outdated deps!

• Dozens of quality of life improvements on top of obsidian's built-in slides

• might accidentally launch your YouTube career

Obsidian-day-planner

• Visualise tasks and events in your daily notes in a neat sidebar

Obsidian-spaced-repetition

• Anki but for your notes

• I use this for stuff I need to remember, not look up

Obsidian-quiet-outline

• A better, prettier version of the headings outline sidebar

• Pretty colours!

Obsidian-vimrc-support

• Come for the clipboard fix, stay for the j/k fixes:

nmap j gj
nmap k gk
set clipboard=unnamed

Darlal-switcher-plus

• Quick switcher plus

• Quality of life improvements in the default switchers (open, pallet etc)

• Extra quick switchers like Headings Mode, or Symbols Mode

Quickadd

• bind a single hotkey to quickly add new pages to your vault.

• I use this for my Fleeting Notes input - if anything comes to me, I mash c-backspace and it pops up an input prompt for my big brain thoughts.

Text-snippets-obsidian

• set up common text replacements

• I type 'nb' and press tab, it gets replaced with 'No Boilerplate'

Vim-yank-highlight

• Flashes when you yank text in vim mode

obsidian42-brat

• if a plugin isn't yet in obsidian plugins, you can install direct from github urls with BRAT

Obsidian-advanced-uri

• Exposes all obsidian commands as system-level URLs so you can automate obsidian externally

• For example, this url opens my quickadd fleeting input dialogue box: obsidian://adv-uri?vault=Chamber&commandid=quickadd:choice:22821ce6-0013-4e31-b44c-746e5c251fb7 (your links will be different)

Automation

• Run commands on a schedule, or by triggers (such as on-save)

Obsidian-checklist-plugin

• A really simple sidebar with all checklists in

• filter by tag, or show just tasks in current file (how I use it)

Collapse-linked-mentions

• When enabling in-page linked mentions, collapse them to only show the file, not context

• This should be default behaviour

Cmdr

• Commander allows you to build macros of chains of commands

Ctrl-xa

• In vim mode, c-a increments the number under the cursor, this allows you to increment anything, including dates and log levels

Dbfolder

• A graphical dataview table builder that allows interaction and modification of your data

• an alternative to the Projects plugin

Digitalgarden

• Obsidian-specific Static site generator

• free alternative to obsidian Publish

• How I publish http://www.namtao.com

Cm-editor-syntax-highlight-obsidian

• Better language syntax highlighting in code blocks

Emoji-shortcodes

• Discord-style :smile: emojis

Global-search-and-replace

• You'll need this eventually!

Obsidian-kanban

• Really great kanban plugin that uses native markdown syntax

Obsidian-languagetool-plugin

• Best grammar checker

• run the server locally, or use the public api

• I pay for the advanced api to get larger document size support (and also have the server around for when I'm offline)

Links

• convert between various link formats (such as markdown, wiki, relative, absolute)

Obsidian-linter

• Just like in code, don't waste time on spacing, set it up once and then automate it with linter

Live-variables

• Template variables from document properties (yaml frontmatter) into the note.

Obsidian-map-view

• I demoed this in my first obsidian video

• pulls coordinates out of notes properties and shows it on a map with customisable layers

Numerals

• Dead simple arithmetic block

• I reach for this instead of using a calculator for anything that doesn't need the complexity of a spreadsheet

Obsidian-pandoc

• Advanced export and conversion

• pdf, html, and if memory serves, 100 other formats.

• pandoc is amazing

Obsidian-paste-image-rename

• Catches whenever a new image is added and prompts you to rename it

Peerdraft

• Obsidian's local-first nature is inherently challenging to collaborate with others in real time

• peerdraft gives you a command to create an ephemeral url you can send to collaborators to edit just one note at a time.

Periodic-notes

• Expands daily notes to weekly, monthly, and yearly

Obsidian-projects

• Comprehensive database system for obsidian

• treats the properties of your notes as columns in a table

Spacekeys

• a which-key system for obsidian

• with a hotkey, open a hotkey-addressable quickmenu

Teleprompter

• Opens a large-font auto-scrolling view of your note for hands-free recording

• I don't understand how this exists, but I'm extremely grateful it does!

Update-time-on-edit

• adds created and updated properties to every note

• the best time to install this is 10 years ago, the second-best time is right now

Obsidian-wordy

• look up rhymes, synonyms, antonyms without opening a web browser

• I am now a poet

Workspaces-plus

• quality of life improvements on the default obsidian workspace system

• most of the benefit for me is allowing direct switching by commands

Better-word-count

• per-heading word count

• this is amazing for multi-section word limits (like with my podcasts)

Obsidian-scroll-offset

• Keeps the current line in the middle of the screen.

• This allows me to read a little ahead and behind of where I am

Lineage

• This is ginko editor, but inside obsidian.

• I can't explain in words how cool this is, go look at it: https://github.com/ycnmhd/obsidian-lineage

Breadcrumbs

• The core of my no-folders system, check my latest obsidian video for details, and the FLAP system patreon post

Obsidian-hider

• hate some of the UI? hide them.

Colored-tags-wrangler

• custom tag colours

Telegram-sync

• Set up a telegram bot that acts like quickadd

• this is how I capture fleeting thoughts when I'm away from keyboard

• (obsidian takes too long to open on my phone)

• I subscribed to telegram plus just to get voice-to-text for this (it's good!)

Mrj-jump-to-link

• The same as Vimium, but just for links

Supercharged-links-obsidian

• Style links depending on their tag or other properties

obsidian-5e-statblocks

• Play D&D, use this for monster stats!

Fantasy-name

• fantasy name generator

• when your players ask what the name of barmaid #4 is, you can tell them