93 plugins
Beginner Friendly Obsidian Plugins
Just starting with Obsidian? These plugins are well-documented, easy to set up, and deliver immediate value without a steep learning curve. A great starting point before diving into more powerful but complex plugins.
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Hider
Hide interface elements such as tooltips, status bar, titlebar, and more to create a cleaner workspace.
Settings Search
Globally search all Obsidian settings.
Tab Switcher
Allows switching between Obsidian tabs using Ctrl+Tab in a most-recently-used order, mimicking browser tab switching behavior.
Vertical Tabs
Offer an alternative view that displays open tabs vertically, allowing users to group and organize tabs for a better navigation experience.
Trash Explorer
A plugin to restore deleted files or permanently delete them from Obsidian's .trash folder.
Beautitab
Creates a customizable new tab view with beautiful backgrounds, quotes, search, and more.
Ninja Cursor
Enhances cursor visibility in Obsidian, making it more noticeable especially for users with visual impairments or in dark themes.
Theme Picker
Quickly preview and select installed themes.
Show Current File Path
Displays the full file path of the currently active note in the status bar, helping you quickly see where your file is located.
Hide Folders
Quickly toggle the visibility of specific folders in the file navigator based on configured names. Useful for hiding attachment folders.
Customizable Menu
Allows users to add any Obsidian command to the right-click context menu for quick access.
Background Image
Allows you to set a remote URL as the background image for your Obsidian workspace, with customizable settings to adjust the experience.
Beginner-Friendly Picks
Start with these if you're new to beginner friendly plugins.
Hider
Hide interface elements such as tooltips, status bar, titlebar, and more to create a cleaner workspace.
Tab Switcher
Allows switching between Obsidian tabs using Ctrl+Tab in a most-recently-used order, mimicking browser tab switching behavior.
Vertical Tabs
Offer an alternative view that displays open tabs vertically, allowing users to group and organize tabs for a better navigation experience.
All Beginner Friendly Plugins (93)
Hider
Hide interface elements such as tooltips, status bar, titlebar, and more to create a cleaner workspace.
Tab Switcher
Allows switching between Obsidian tabs using Ctrl+Tab in a most-recently-used order, mimicking browser tab switching behavior.
Vertical Tabs
Offer an alternative view that displays open tabs vertically, allowing users to group and organize tabs for a better navigation experience.
Trash Explorer
A plugin to restore deleted files or permanently delete them from Obsidian's .trash folder.
Beautitab
Creates a customizable new tab view with beautiful backgrounds, quotes, search, and more.
Ninja Cursor
Enhances cursor visibility in Obsidian, making it more noticeable especially for users with visual impairments or in dark themes.
Show Current File Path
Displays the full file path of the currently active note in the status bar, helping you quickly see where your file is located.
Hide Folders
Quickly toggle the visibility of specific folders in the file navigator based on configured names. Useful for hiding attachment folders.
Customizable Menu
Allows users to add any Obsidian command to the right-click context menu for quick access.
Background Image
Allows you to set a remote URL as the background image for your Obsidian workspace, with customizable settings to adjust the experience.
Soundscapes
Adds a music/ambiance player to the status bar, including lofi and white noise, to help with concentration while using Obsidian.
File Info Panel
Adds a panel that displays the active file's creation date, modification date, file size, and provides shortcuts to open the file in its native application and its containing folder.
Auto Hide
Automatically collapses sidebars when you click on the editor or viewer panel, giving you more space and fewer distractions while working.
Key Promoter
Displays keyboard shortcuts when you use the mouse, helping you learn and memorize them.
Maximise Active Pane
Fill the workspace with the active pane, hiding others to reduce distraction.
Sidebar Expand on Hover
Expand or collapse the sidebar when your mouse is hovering on the left ribbon.
Rainbow-Colored Sidebar
Automatically color your sidebar like a rainbow. No configuration needed.
ObsiDOOM
Play DOOM and many other retro games directly within Obsidian. Includes classics like Prince of Persia, Mortal Kombat, GTA, Sim City, and Need for Speed.
Reset Font Size
Add a button and command to reset the font size back to its default value.
Autofit Tabs
Automatically adjusts tab header widths to fit each tab's title content, ensuring all tab titles are fully visible without overflow.
Command Alias
Lets users create custom aliases for any command in Obsidian, making it easier to remember and execute frequent actions.
Gemmy
Gemmy is an April Fools' Day joke plugin for Obsidian that acts as an 'unhelper,' doing the opposite of assisting users.
Cycle In Sidebar
Adds keyboard shortcuts to cycle through open tabs in the left and right sidebars.
YouHaveBeenStaring
Adds a status bar indicator that displays how long your vault has been open.
Safe Filename Linter
Lint filenames for invalid or troublesome characters to prevent sync and compatibility issues.
Command Palette--
Removes unwanted commands from the Obsidian command palette, allowing you to customize which commands appear.
Key Sequence Shortcut
This plugin enables you to assign short key sequences (like 'tp' for Toggle Preview) to execute any command, making shortcuts easier to remember.
Metronome
Add interactive metronomes to your notes. Allows embedding a playable metronome directly within Obsidian.
Animated Cursor
A simple yet smooth animated cursor for Obsidian. It provides a visual enhancement by animating the cursor appearance.
Select current line
Select the current line where the cursor is placed. Press the 'ESC' key to select the entire line.
Status Bar Quote
Displays a user-selected favorite quote in the Obsidian status bar for daily inspiration.
Soomda
Quickly hide your sidebars with a single action, providing a distraction-free editing or reading experience.
Disable Tabs
Prevents opening more than one tab in Obsidian, enforcing a single-tab workflow to reduce distractions and improve focus.
No Empty Windows
Close the current Obsidian window with Cmd+W on macOS when the last tab is closed, preventing empty windows from remaining open.
Auto Reading Mode
Automatically switches previously opened Markdown pages from edit mode to reading mode for a cleaner reading experience.
Shrink pinned tabs
Shrinks pinned tabs to save screen space, allowing more room for other content.
Color cycler
Dynamically change the accent color of the theme. Cycle through different colors automatically or manually.
Chatty
Allows you to listen to your notes using text-to-speech. Uses the browser's built-in speech synthesis capabilities and your default system voices.
Context Command Hider
Hide any command from the right-click menu in Obsidian, allowing you to declutter and customize the menu to your preference.
Page Scroll
Provides commands to quickly scroll to the top, bottom, or move up/down by one page in Obsidian.
Auto switch themes between dark/light mode
Automatically switches between dark and light themes based on system preference or manual toggle. Simplifies theme management in Obsidian.
Notification Controller
This plugin allows you to manage notifications that appear when Obsidian starts, giving you control over which notifications are shown or hidden.
Backlink Settings
Allows users to save and apply default settings for the backlinks or 'Linked mentions' pane at the bottom of notes.
Mouse Navigation
Enables smooth navigation using mouse gestures for scrolling and switching pages in Obsidian.
Sidebar Resizer
A simple plugin that allows you to adjust the widths of the left and right sidebars in Obsidian easily.
Mark Open Files
Enhances the File Explorer by adding a marker to all the File Explorer items that are currently open in the workspace.
Vault Name
Displays and customizes the vault name (title) in the side navigation file explorer, allowing users to personalize how their vault name appears.
Theme Controller
Allows you to schedule theme changes and control how themes are displayed in Obsidian, enabling automatic switching based on time or conditions.
Minimize on Close
Minimizes the Obsidian app window to an icon when the last open pane is closed.
Pocket Bird
A desktop pet plugin that adds a tiny bird to flutter around your notes and keep you company.
Reader Mode
Forces notes to always open in reader mode, providing a distraction-free reading experience without the editor interface.
Reading View j/k Scroll
Adds Vim-style scrolling to Obsidian's reading view: use j/k to scroll down/up, gg to go to top, and G to go to bottom.
Link Opening Restore
Restores the default behavior of opening links with Ctrl + Left Click, overriding any custom Obsidian settings that may have changed this interaction.
Better Link Clicker
This plugin alters the default link click behavior in Obsidian, making a simple click edit the link and a Ctrl+Click navigate to the link.
Hide Traffic Lights
Hides macOS traffic light buttons for a distraction-free experience. Hover over the top-left corner to reveal them.
Close Window When Empty
Closes the Obsidian window automatically when the last note is closed, similar to how browsers close their window when the last tab is closed.
Sidebar Organizer
Organize sidebar icons into grouped hover menus. Create custom groups to declutter your sidebar.
More Excellent Hotkeys (MEH)
Adds smart quality-of-life hotkeys to enhance Obsidian workflow efficiency.
Explorer
A file explorer view with card and list views. Displays folder contents with sorting, pagination, and search.
Audio Sidebar
Provides a persistent audio panel in the Obsidian sidebar for playing music tracks and one-shot sound effects, with volume control, crossfading, and embeddable note buttons.
English Palette
Allows users to search Obsidian commands using English keywords even when their interface language is not English.
TabJump
TabJump allows you to quickly switch between the last two active tabs using a customizable hotkey, mimicking the Alt-Tab behavior on desktop operating systems.
Pinned Tabs Customizer
Resize pinned tabs and customize their icons with emojis, symbols, or icons based on file names, folders, patterns, or tags.
Open in New Tab
Forces files to open in new tabs instead of replacing the current tab. Covers all opening methods including Quick Switcher, command palette, bookmarks, search, backlinks, and graph view.
Copy Embed Code
Adds a 'Copy Embed Code' option to the right-click context menu for images, supporting Live Preview and Reading Mode including nested embeds.
Theme Basics
A plugin that helps customize the visual appearance of Obsidian by adjusting colors, text sizing, spacing, and other style properties, aiming to provide theme basics without needing additional plugins.
Hover Tooltips
Adds custom tooltips that appear when hovering over links or elements, providing quick information without clicking.
Theme Quick Switch
Quickly switch between light, dark, follow-system, and eye-care themes, with gentler PDF reading.
Page Width Toggle
Toggle page width per note between default and wide with one click from the ribbon, command palette, right-click menu, or the note more-options menu.
Pinned Tab Utils
Automatically moves pinned tabs to the left side of the tab bar, mimicking browser behavior.
Just Vertical Tabs
Moves the tab bar from the top to a vertical orientation on the left or right side of the editor pane.
Bring to Front
Automatically brings the Obsidian window to the front when modals or notices appear in the background.
Goldilocks Essentials
A collection of optional small UX improvements for Obsidian, including tab renaming/coloring, smart placement of new notes, a print menu option, pressing E to edit, and a plugin shortcut.
Files Name Detector
Automatically renames files in the vault by replacing spaces with dashes in their filenames.
Pin Tab Guard
Prevents accidental unpinning of pinned tabs when using Cmd/Ctrl+W shortcut.
Path in tab title
Displays the folder path or folder name of the current note in the tab title, making it easier to identify the note's location.
Privacy Screen
Blur the entire workspace except for a spotlight area around the cursor to protect privacy when others are watching.
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