Obsidian Users Fighting Vault Complexity
401 posts across 15 communities in the last 30 days; 77% from r/ObsidianMD.
“Obsidian currently sucks at the problem you’re pointing out in all honesty. It doesn’t properly enforce consistency like how other tools do, for example notion makes sure that the order of it’s properties is consistent, you can also edit their values. You can’t do that in…”
“Hello, I've been having a problem, and I hope someone here can help. I have a map with Leaflet, but the map doesn't reflect changes when I use my Desktop versus my Laptop. Whatever changes I make on my Desktop aren't reflected on my Laptop, and vice versa. I did some…”
“Do we actually know how many people use plugins vs. don't? It seems reasonable to me that people using Obsidian with minimal plugins are just happy to use the software and don't feel the need to make a post on a subreddit because their experience isn't unique. Plugins bring…”
Users are frustrated by the increasing complexity and maintenance burden of their Obsidian vaults. They face issues like slow performance, plugin management headaches, outdated documentation, and difficulty integrating desired functionality, hindering their ability to effectively organize and utilize their knowledge. This leads to wasted time and a feeling of being overwhelmed.
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“😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 [re: Do you install Obsidian plugins from outside the community directory?]”
“I would install a plugin from the metro floor if it was shiny enough 😅 [re: Do you install Obsidian plugins from outside the community directory?]”
“Hi everyone, quick question for the community. Do you install plugins that aren't listed in the official community directory (community.obsidian.md)? For example, straight from a GitHub repo, or from another site. If you do: - How do you decide whether a plugin is safe? - Do you read the source code first, or check the author, stars, and recent commits? - Have you ever had a problem with one? If you don't, what stops you? Is it security, worries about breaking your vault, or something el”
“Im confused, how did you do this? [re: I'm walking through my Obsidian vault right now in the form of a magical library. Every file's a book. Cool idea?]”
“I think this is what I need in my obsidian life 😂 [re: Spaceforge v1.1.0 — Anki support, adaptive AI tutor, and improved spaced repetition for Obsidian]”
“There's a community life calendar plugin already. Have you checked that? [re: Life Calendar in Obsidian]”
“Agreed, no need for a plugin; simply pointing Claude in th terminal at the folder where your vault is located is enough. My initial problem with this approach was whether the solution is scalable enough. For example, what happens if the vault contains hundreds of thousands of nodes, and would that affect the context window of the agent? But it looks like it's going to be working anyways because agent treats the folder as its code base and only delivers a very limited set of entries every tim”
“Welp, finally made my first big mistake. Let me start by saying I’m not the most tech savvy person and mostly got Obsidian to motivate me to write and research more. I have my laptop set to “Create Conflict File” because I am aware of syncing issues across iCloud and syncing generally anything across desktop and smartphone apps. So last night I worked for hours to build on my system that works for me, adding some notes, but mostly building up my Home note to brand out from. Also, fearing an over”
“[ Removed by Reddit ] [re: should I stop using folders and tags and only use MOCs in obsidian or what to do exactly to organize in obsidian]”
“Obsidian currently sucks at the problem you’re pointing out in all honesty. It doesn’t properly enforce consistency like how other tools do, for example notion makes sure that the order of it’s properties is consistent, you can also edit their values. You can’t do that in Obsidian unless you patch together some plugins, but this should be a native feature. [re: How do you write your Properties? Is there a proper way]”
“I just fixed the linter errors, the others I need to upgrade the minimum obsidian version will do asap! thanks for reporting [re: my first plugin published successfully 🎉🥳]”
i made a simple daily routine tracker using meta blind plug in only https://preview.redd.it/jke6dno2y9wh1.png?width=755&format=png&auto=webp&s=097dca413a5f049254a27b2aacec7e9a8f343fbf https://preview.redd.it/b29l20w5y9wh1.png?width=866&format=png&auto=webp&s=229344f763884e1f163947d452f134b736a3566b so how is my approach as first time making a note tracker in obsidian submitted by /u/thoughtofabsurdity…
“Obsidian has its own rule34 where if you think a plugin doesn't exist, it does [re: Live Football (Soccer) Scores in the Sidebar]”
“this drives me nuts too, i just want it to sit there quietly until i need it i think the core plugin just defaults to expanded and there's no native toggle for it, but i've seen people mention a setting buried somewhere in the style settings plugin if you're running that otherwise a quick css snippet might be the cleanest fix, the obsidian sub has a few floating around [re: Side pane with contents always collapsed?]”
“Oh, thank you so much for getting back to me with this recommendations! Very cool. [re: I need to create mind-maps in Obsidian. Can you recommend some plugins for that?]”
“Wow that’s look very clean! Would love to know the theme and plugins. [re: Okay, I think my Obsidian theme and plugin setup is actually pretty cool]”
“how did you made the sidebar look like that? [re: Okay, I think my Obsidian theme and plugin setup is actually pretty cool]”
“So guys, can anyone explain me this: didn't we already have obsidian? Why's everyone redoing notion [re: Introducing Thought Desk: a fast, lightweight, open-source notes app that works offline. A 49,000-row database opens in 0.14 s. Everyday use stays under 160 MB of RAM. Coming to Windows and Linux in a few weeks.]”
“Dark theme, a clean sidebar, and an agent panel on the right that works on whatever note I have open. Happy to share the theme and plugins if anyone's curious. https://preview.redd.it/381vf9im88wh1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=1ba5a639b377457e458764e34f98da722933f4d9 submitted by /u/Milem0 [link] [comments]”
“Could you share a snap of your galance.yml file kindly [re: Glance Dashboard - Went for Liquid Glass Style, photo slideshow as background]”
“Where do they show their website? [re: I'm walking through my Obsidian vault right now in the form of a magical library. Every file's a book. Cool idea?]”
“totally agree, also I do not understand that plugins that ignore the installed them and use there own theme, like obsidian does give you the option to use the installed theme in your plugin. [re: What do you use for charts in your notes? Thinking of building a plugin, but not if a good one already exists]”
“as of now, pretty much everything I had in Notion, I can do in Obsidian. I'd say a few months ago that wasn't entirely the case, but now I don't see any reason to keep it. [re: Leaving Notion was the best decision I made]”
“Wow, this is a great attempt at a brainchild between what I love most about Notion and Obsidian. This has the potential to provide exactly what I want to use, if it existed. I have been playing around a bit and here's a few immediate suggestions, based on using an Obsidian vault as a starting point: - Databases based on folders. When clicking a folder, Subpages are being listed. A feature to add all the subpages to a Database that sits on the folder page would be great and replicate Notion b”
“Link: https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/bookmarks-sync submitted by /u/Electronic-Sun3344 [link] [comments]”
“should I stop using folders and tags and only use MOCs in obsidian or what to do exactly to organize in obsidian submitted by /u/Comfortable-Mess335 [link] [comments]”
“Also the backlog and weekly buttons would be great too! [re: New to Obsidian - Home Page made, now how to properly utilise..]”
“Are there any Notion features you miss and can't find in Obsidian? [re: Leaving Notion was the best decision I made]”
“https://preview.redd.it/0bhdyeld96wh1.png?width=1439&format=png&auto=webp&s=adf0f84bc530f72571e9c073eef0c145b75db071 New to obsidian after using many different apps over the years (Trello, Notion, OneNote, Notepad++..) but very eager to get going on Obsidian. Spent a little bit of time making this home page as saw others do the same and loved the idea of it. Used a bit of claude to help with the tables and structure as i didnt want to spend a whole day doing it -hence the AI flair. ^”
Bookmarks Sync: Sync your browser bookmarks with Obsidian vault
“Do you have any documentation on how you went about this? I’d really love to hear more about the process [re: I'm walking through my Obsidian vault right now in the form of a magical library. Every file's a book. Cool idea?]”
“Hi, I'm one who keeps several Obsidian vaults (for job planning, ideas, various writing projects…). While Obsidian offers an easy way to access the recently opened vaults, I wanted a more general system. Here is what I do: Make all your vaults end with the "(obsidian)" label, or some other you like. In the Mac's Finder, look for files whose name ends with "(obsidian". You'll get all the Obsidian vaults in the selected drive. I even saved this research in ~Library/”
This is great news! Love using Mermaid in Obsidian. [re: Pele: New renderer for Mermaid diagrams coming in Obsidian 1.15]
“need this now. Thanks! [re: Pele: New renderer for Mermaid diagrams coming in Obsidian 1.15]”
“Neat! I assume all rendering is done locally? [re: Pele: New renderer for Mermaid diagrams coming in Obsidian 1.15]”
“u/RemindMeBot 4 weeks "check this out" [re: Pele: New renderer for Mermaid diagrams coming in Obsidian 1.15]”
“You guys are awesome [re: Pele: New renderer for Mermaid diagrams coming in Obsidian 1.15]”
“This could change my life. [re: Pele: New renderer for Mermaid diagrams coming in Obsidian 1.15]”
“I hope this is the bridge for WYSIWYG editable mindmaps 👀 [re: Pele: New renderer for Mermaid diagrams coming in Obsidian 1.15]”
I have aphantasia so memory palaces never worked for me… but this one seems amazing [re: I'm walking through my Obsidian vault right now in the form of a magical library. Every…
“What game, program, or plugin is this I would like to know [re: I'm walking through my Obsidian vault right now in the form of a magical library. Every file's a book. Cool idea?]”
Um, what does it do? [re: I made my first plugin. I think most of what I implemented should have been a part of the core Obsidian already. Do you guys think…
“i use this plugin https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/telegram-sync It's a fairly simple setup: you make a bot, paste the token into the plugin settings, and you're done You can specify a folder where Telegram output will be saved. Set up base filtering for that folder. its very much stable, havent faced ANY issues till date [re: Handwriting my notes and doing diagrams and doodles gives me so much joy so... as a non-tech user, I just think I'll use bases for this]”
“You surely do many things repeatedly. You can create quickAdd actions that call some js scripts, you can create your own plugin too for custom things. [re: Vault maintenance vs actual work: how do you keep the balance?]”
“Since your vault is just a local folder of Markdown files, you don't even need an Obsidian plugin for this. You can point any local CLI agent (or OpenCode connected to LM Studio) directly at your vault directory. The trick that made it work reliably for me was creating a dedicated folder of Markdown "skill" files inside the vault. When I start or close a work session, I trigger a short command in the terminal and the agent reads my project notes, summarizes open checkboxes, and pre”
“Omg there is levels to this game and I’m too green for this at the moment 🤣 looks incredible! [re: I'm walking through my Obsidian vault right now in the form of a magical library. Every file's a book. Cool idea?]”
“You're using the newest version or some older one? I'm stuck on one year old one version because the newest bugs the bases (I tested it on the other vault without any plugins and it still does it) [re: I know it's not Perfect but ı made it and am proud of it.]”
“GPT Pages Importer — bring Pages charts and interactive HTML into Obsidian [feedback welcome]”
“I'm sure you could implement that into a skyrim mod if you wanted to honestly. [re: I'm walking through my Obsidian vault right now in the form of a magical library. Every file's a book. Cool idea?]”
“A memory palace with a cat! [re: I'm walking through my Obsidian vault right now in the form of a magical library. Every file's a book. Cool idea?]”
“A Minecraft mod that connects directly to your obsidian vault so you can create and edit notes from Minecraft would be awesome and maybe feasible. You're giving me ideas lol Edit: apparently already exists https://www.reddit.com/r/ObsidianMD/s/kuRYXRsBPY [re: I'm walking through my Obsidian vault right now in the form of a magical library. Every file's a book. Cool idea?]”
“What is obsidian [re: What AI Tools do you use with Obsidian? How do you use them?]”
“You explained it perfectly, thank you! I see what you mean and where the differences lie. I love how flexible Obsidian is but I can see how that might make it harder to compare builds and troubleshoot cause everyone is doing their own thing! I'm feeling a bit more hopeful now 😆 [re: Moving a timesheet system from Notion and would appreciate some help with formulas + bases]”
“Some background: I've got a BIG vault (9000+ files) made up of the collected articles I've read in Pocket and Omnivore over many years. The only organizational method is tags, but the exported articles list the tags at the end of the file, using hashtags. eg: tags: #stoicism I can use these within Obsidian to search and filter, which has been great. But after looking at the Vault Graph plugin with its beautiful visualization and organization of notes, that plugin only can use tags in the”
“Hello, I've been having a problem, and I hope someone here can help. I have a map with Leaflet, but the map doesn't reflect changes when I use my Desktop versus my Laptop. Whatever changes I make on my Desktop aren't reflected on my Laptop, and vice versa. I did some investigating and found that the data.json that Leaflet uses is getting updated from the other computer, but the information is "reset" to what it was before whenever I refresh the map. The video should depict”