Useful resources for Obsidian

# Useful resources for Obsidian Check out my [[Map of Content (MoC)]] about Obsidian: [[Obsidian (MoC)]] ## Tutorials - In-depth guide for beginners with pointers to [[Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)]] concepts: https://www.dsebastien.net/the-ultimate-beginners-guide-to-obsidian/ - How to sync and backup your Obsidian notes (for free): https://www.dsebastien.net/how-i-synchronize-and-backup-my-obsidian-notes/ - How to create a book management system with a dashboard and gallery: https://www.dsebastien.net/how-i-manage-books-and-summaries-in-obsidian/ ## Recommended Plugins   - [[AdvancedURI plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Auto note mover plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Book search plugin for Obsidian]] - [[BRAT plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Calendar plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Clear unused images plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Companion plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Datacore plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Dataview plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Dataview Serializer plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Doubleshift plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Excalidraw plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Extract URL plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Find unlinked files plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Folder note plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Git plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Homepage plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Image in editor plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Kanban plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Linter plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Local backup plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Natural language dates plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Notes refactor plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Obsidian graph banner plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Omnisearch plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Outliner plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Pandoc plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Paste image renamer plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Periodic notes plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Projects plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Recent files plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Replicate plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Rollover daily todos plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Smart Connections plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Smart random note plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Tag wrangler plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Tasks plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Templater plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Text extractor plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Text transporter plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Update time plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Various complements plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Vault statistics plugin for Obsidian]] - [[Zoom plugin for Obsidian]]  You can also check out my article: https://www.dsebastien.net/2022-10-19-the-must-have-obsidian-plugins/ Best plugins it covers: | Category | Plugin | Description | | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Built-in | Audio Recorder | Easily record audio from Obsidian and add the recording as attachment | | Built-in | Backlinks | Show links from other notes to the current one | | Built-in | Command palette | Hit "Cmd/Ctrl + P" to show the palette and quickly execute commands | | Built-in | File explorer | See the files and folders in the vault | | Built-in | File recovery | Recover files | | Built-in | Format converter | Convert Markdown from other applications to Obsidian's own format | | Built-in | Graph view | View a graph that displays links between notes | | Built-in | Notes composer | Manipulate notes (merge, split, refactor) | | Built-in | Outgoing links | Show links from the current note to other ones. Also detects unlinked mentions | | Built-in | Outline | Display the outline of the current note | | Built-in | Page preview | Preview the content of links by pressing Ctrl/Cmd while hovering those | | Built-in | Publish | Publish notes through Obsidian Publish | | Built-in | Quick switcher | Use "Ctrl/Cmd + O" to navigate between notes | | Built-in | Random note | | | Built-in | Search | | | Built-in | Slash commands | Allows triggering commands by typing "/" in the editor | | Built-in | Starred | Star frequently used files and searches | | Built-in | Sync | Synchronize files across devices using Obsidian Sync | | Built-in | Tag pane | Display your tags and their number of occurrences | | Built-in | Templates: insert templates | This one is great, but the "Templater" plugin discussed afterwards is much more powerful | | Built-in | Word count | Display the word count | | Built-in | Web viewer | Open external links within Obsidian | | AI | [Smart Connections](https://github.com/brianpetro/obsidian-smart-connections) | Creates embeddings for all your notes and enables you to find related notes with AI, to chat with your notes, and much more. It supports many different AI models | | AI | [Text Generator](https://github.com/nhaouari/obsidian-textgenerator-plugin) | Generate text using various AI models, summarize notes, and more | | AI | [GitHub Copilot](https://github.com/Pierrad/obsidian-github-copilot) | Integrates GitHub Copilot for chat and text completions | | AI | [AI Tagger](https://github.com/lucagrippa/obsidian-ai-tagger) | Automatically tag your notes using AI | | AI | [AI Summary](https://github.com/irbull/obsidian-ai-summary) | Automatically summarize your notes | | AI | [Companion](https://github.com/rizerphe/obsidian-companion) | Autocomplete using AI, including ChatGPT, and local model (e.g., via Ollama) | | Productivity | [Calendar](https://github.com/liamcain/obsidian-calendar-plugin) | Add a calendar to the sidebar, with periodic notes integration | | Journaling | [Periodic Notes](https://github.com/liamcain/obsidian-periodic-notes) | Easily create periodic notes (daily, weekly, monthly, ...). Supports Templater templates | | Productivity | [Rollover daily todos](https://github.com/shichongrui/obsidian-rollover-daily-todos) | Automatically move unfinished tasks from one day to the next | | Querying | [Dataview](https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview) | Query your notes and see live results in your notes | | Querying | [Dataview Serializer](https://github.com/dsebastien/obsidian-dataview-serializer) | Leverage Dataview, but serialize query results to Markdown | | Templating | [Templater](https://github.com/SilentVoid13/Templater) | Create templates and easily apply those to your notes (e.g., for meetings, daily notes, etc). Easy to invoke using ALT/Cmd+E | | Automation | [Auto Note Mover](https://github.com/farux/obsidian-auto-note-mover) | Automatically move notes based on configured rules (e.g., if tag X is present, then move to Y) | | User Experience | [Homepage](https://github.com/mirnovov/obsidian-homepage) | Create a beautiful homepage for your vault | | Productivity | [Kanban](https://github.com/mgmeyers/obsidian-kanban) | Create Kanban boards to track tasks and visualize progress | | User Experience | [Paste image renamer](https://github.com/reorx/obsidian-paste-image-rename) | Easily rename images you add to your vault (activated on paste) | | Note quality | [Linter](https://github.com/platers/obsidian-linter) | Format notes automatically | | Maintenance | [Tag Wrangler](https://github.com/pjeby/tag-wrangler) | Rename, merge, toggle and search tags | | Text edition | [Text transporter](https://github.com/TfTHacker/obsidian42-text-transporter) | Swiss army knife for text manipulation | | Text edition | [Notes refactor](https://github.com/lynchjames/note-refactor-obsidian) | Copy/extract text selections from a note into other ones | | Text edition | [Various complements](https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/obsidian-various-complements-plugin) | Powerful auto-completion | | Productivity | [Tasks](https://github.com/obsidian-tasks-group/obsidian-tasks) | Advanced task management (supports due dates, recurring tasks, querying, filtering, etc) | | Content capture | [Extract URL]([https://github.com/trashhalo/obsidian-extract-url](https://github.com/trashhalo/obsidian-extract-url)) | Capture external content more easily into Obsidian | | Maintenance | [Find unlinked files](https://github.com/Vinzent03/find-unlinked-files) | Find orphaned files in your vault | | Text edition | [Natural language dates](https://github.com/argenos/nldates-obsidian) | Use natural language dates | | Visualization | [Excalidraw](https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin) | Create various types of diagrams (e.g., mind maps, free canvas, etc) | | Visualization | [Mind Map](https://github.com/lynchjames/obsidian-mind-map) | Display notes as mind maps | | Text edition | [Outliner](https://github.com/vslinko/obsidian-outliner) | Better outlining support | | Visualization | [Image in editor](https://github.com/ozntel/oz-image-in-editor-obsidian) | View images, transclusions, iframes and PDF files within the editor | | Productivity | [Recent files](https://github.com/tgrosinger/recent-files-obsidian) | List most recently opened files | | Text edition | [Table editor](https://github.com/ganesshkumar/obsidian-table-editor) | Advanced editor for Markdown tables | | Serendipity | [Smart random note](https://github.com/erichalldev/obsidian-smart-random-note) | Explore notes randomly based on the current search results | | Text edition | [Zoom](https://github.com/vslinko/obsidian-zoom) | Zoom into headings and lists for deeper focus while writing | | Productivity | [Doubleshift](https://github.com/Qwyntex/doubleshift) | Open the command palette more easily | | Maintenance | [Vault statistics](https://github.com/bkyle/obsidian-vault-statistics-plugin) | Explore vault statistics | | Journaling | [Tomorrow's daily note](https://github.com/frankolson/obsidian-tomorrows-daily-note) | Quickly create and/or open tomorrow's daily note. Compatible with the Periodic notes and Template plugins | | Versioning | [Git](https://github.com/denolehov/obsidian-git) | Backup your notes with Git | | Text edition | [Editing Toolbar](https://github.com/PKM-er/obsidian-editing-toolbar) | Add a visual toolbar to the editor | ## Tools for Capturing Content to Obsidian I currently recommend using either the [[Obsidian Web Clipper]] or [[Readwise]] to capture content on the Web and easily import it into Obsidian. ## Useful links - Official website: https://obsidian.md/ - Obsidian sync: https://obsidian.md/sync - Obsidian publish: https://obsidian.md/publish - Official plugin directory: https://obsidian.md/plugins - Unofficial plugin directories - With stats: https://obsidian-plugin-stats.vercel.app/ - Categorized: https://github.com/marekbrze/categorized-obsidian-plugins - Obsidian Hub (vault maintained by the Obsidian community): https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/00+-+Start+here ## Ready-made vaults - [[Obsidian Starter Kit]] - [Ideaverse Pro](https://www.linkingyourthinking.com/ideaverse-pro) by [[Nick Milo]] ## Community - Official forum: https://forum.obsidian.md/ - Official Discord: https://discord.gg/obsidianmd - Sub-reddit: https://reddit.com/r/obsidianMD ## Developers - Developer docs: https://docs.obsidian.md/Home - Official plugin template: - My plugin template: https://github.com/dsebastien/obsidian-plugin-template ## Related - [[Advice for people getting started with PKM]] - [[Benefits of Obsidian]]