> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 16 topics, 22 evergreens, 1 source</em></s> #### <s class="topic-title">[[Obsidian (software)]]</s> # [[Obsidian (software)|Obsidian]] Obsidian is a markdown editor that includes many features that are valuable to [[knowledge management]] systems. **See**:: [[Zettelkasten]], [[second brain]], [[knowledge management]] #### Related - [[Mermaid (software)]] - [[Templater]] - [[Embed notes from a dataview query with dataviewjs]] - [[Parsing markup text for Obsidian projects]] - [[Defined relationships are superior to contextual backlinks]] - [[Obsidian's graph is useful in the implicit and dynamic relations it can reveal]] - [[Organization systems are not mutually exclusive]] - [[Update meta for all note within a folder]] - [[Use Obsidian tags as temporal classifiers]] - [[my TO(DO) and EVER(GREEN) structure]] - [[Using Obsidian's graph as a class companion]] ## Getting Started - Okay, I didn't scroll down past the download link on [obsidian.md](https://obsidian.md/) until I had been using it for almost a year, but it is an excellent starting point! - [Expansive list of resources and a weekly newsletter on Obsidian](https://obsidianroundup.org/resources/.) - [List of resources](https://dynalist.io/d/CQ4V16tFhIJIfy-rgDK7r1Bp) for learning obsidian and [[knowledge management]] - [The Obsidian Hub](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/00+-+Start+here) is a community effort to collect resources - Excellent beginner's guide to [Zettelkasten in Obsidian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ySG7xYgjY) - [Expansive list](https://airtable.com/shrIw43VorHcjsJWn/tblTSTCppYzpin9MV/viwTRRGxfRHrnebHT) of [[knowledge management|PKM]] resources ### My notes that are useful to Obsidian users - [[Obsidian's graph is useful in the implicit and dynamic relations it can reveal]] - [[Use Obsidian tags as temporal classifiers]] - [[Parsing markup text for Obsidian projects]] - [[Develop Obsidian plugins]] - [[Combine notes instead of deleting them to avoid ghost data in a second brain]] - See [[My TIM]] and [[42 Knowledge Management]] for more ### Example Vaults - [The quantum well](https://publish.obsidian.md/myquantumwell/Knowledge+Management) academic, math-related - [Bullet journaling setup](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/slrvbs-journaling-setup/22346/5) from [[SIRvb]] - [Massive vault on almost everything](https://notes.invertedpassion.com/_Start+here_) - [Discord mod Leah's vault](https://publish.obsidian.md/leah/Home) - [Medical based notes, completely flat structure](https://publish.obsidian.md/chromatically/publish+homepage) ## Built-ins These are things that are built into obsidian: - [[Mermaid (software)]] - CodeJax - [[HTML]] (with stipulations, but you can use many tags directly in your notes) - You can embed [[HTML]] directly into your notes which allows you to do things like have iframes display web content ### CSS You can use [[CSS]] to alter the visuals of the app and add some fun and interesting features - [Snippets](https://github.com/Dmitriy-Shulha/obsidian-css-snippets/tree/develop/Snippets) - [ITS Theme](https://github.com/SlRvb/Obsidian--ITS-Theme) - [Position images](https://slrvb.github.io/Site/3_Nebula/ITS-Theme/ITST_Image-Positions/) - Themes - Sanctum adds pseudo-admonitions ## Plugins It also has a variety of plugins that help the workflow - [[Templater]] - Allows for advanced code execution and pre-built templates in [[Obsidian (software)]] - [[Dataview]] - [[SQL]] queries for all your notes in [[Obsidian (software)]] - [Outliner](https://github.com/vslinko/obsidian-outliner) - Inspired by [[Roam Research (software)]]'s focus on outlining - [Andy's Sliding Panes](https://github.com/deathau/sliding-panes-obsidian) - Named after the prolific [[Andy Matuschak]] - [[Dual (plugin)]] - [[Spaced Repetition (plugin)]] - Help review flashcards and notes in Obsidian - [obsidian text expand](https://github.com/mrjackphil/obsidian-text-expand) ### Practically core plugins - [hotkey-helper](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/hotkey-helper) - [tag-wrangler - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/tag-wrangler) - [table-editor-obsidian - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/table-editor-obsidian) - more complex version of note composer core plugin[note-refactor-obsidian - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/note-refactor-obsidian) - [better-word-count - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/better-word-count) - Most popular themes have customization through this [obsidian-style-settings - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/obsidian-style-settings) - [obsidian-linter - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/obsidian-linter) - heavily improves experience of using multiple panes [pane-relief - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/pane-relief) - [sliding-panes-obsidian - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/sliding-panes-obsidian) - Very handy for mac users [obsidian-electron-window-tweaker - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/obsidian-electron-window-tweaker) ### Power user starter kit - Powerful templates and arbitrary javascript execution [templater-obsidian - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/templater-obsidian) - can turn your vault into a database [dataview - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/dataview) - reduce friction of common tasks [quickadd - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/quickadd) - [obsidian-kanban - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/obsidian-kanban) - [buttons - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/buttons) ### Programmer starter kit - Extremely handy - [open-vscode - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/open-vscode) - [obsidian-git - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/obsidian-git) - [Plugins for Editing Notes](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.01+Plugins+by+Category/Plugins+for+Editing+Notes) - [Automation plugins](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.01+Plugins+by+Category/Automation+plugins) - [Plugins that add or manage hotkeys](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.01+Plugins+by+Category/Plugins+that+add+or+manage+hotkeys) - Best used in conjunction with [[Templater]] and [[Dataview]] [customjs - Obsidian Publish](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub/02+-+Community+Expansions/02.05+All+Community+Expansions/Plugins/customjs) See:: [[Develop Obsidian plugins]]