This is a documentation of my setup in the hope that it may be useful.
Plugins:
plugins are what makes obsidian fun
core plugins
activate it in settings -> core plugin
- slider plugin
- slash command
community plugins
enable and browse in settings
| Plugin | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| bidirectionale synchronisation u.a. mit nextcloud (webdav) und S3 | ||
| live sync | bidirektionale synchronisation über couchdb. see Installation Obsidian-LiveSync | preferred over remotely save now |
| digital garden | publish a note to vercel via github | |
| plantuml | inline rendering for plantuml diagramme | Diagramme in Markdown |
| diagram zoom drag | zoom and drag plantuml und mermaid diagramme. Mermaid wird damit in obsidian für mich überhaupt erst benutzbar Diagramme in Markdown | |
| image converter | resize, drag .. images | |
| Tasks and Reminder | - [ ] check it out⏫ 🆔 📅 2025-07-29 | |
| style settings | manage css for themes | |
| importer | import notes from apple note, microsoft onenote, google keep .. | |
| tag wrangler | context menu for working with tags #openheidelberg | |
| marp slides | markdown presentation (switch off core plugin) | |
| ccs editor | best way to edit css snippets on mobile |
Alternatives:
- advanced slides | desktop only youtube
- extendes slides | reveal.js based, desktop only
- there is actually a lot more -> rabithole
todo:
Themes:
Configuring themes is a rabbithole that might eat up a lot of your time!
You're warned
Theme |
comment |
|---|---|
| Minimal Theme und Settings Plugin | nüchtern |
| AnuPpucin mit Regenbogenfolder in Settings | bunt |
| Sanctum | calm |
Themes can be configured with the help of the style settings plugin for each theme or with css snippet files in <vault>/.obsidian/snippets
AnuPpucin
soft paper
import this to get a mellow anapPucin version
Dune
for the examples to work, the Dune Theme has to be activated
tables
by default tables have colored header and alternative rows
by setting cssclasses in frontmatter further table customization can be had.
callouts
- words words words
- words words words
- words words words
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[t] t
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[e] e
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[f] f
#dropcap A
Minimal
use minimal settings plugin to set a color scheme
tables
cssclasses: row-alt table-lines
progress bar
- [p] p
Core Concepts
this is not meant to replicate the existing documentation
rather a quick overview of features that
might be relevant to our usecase
view often used formats in source code mode
adjust toolbar to remove formats you learned
links
[link name](link target)
[[link to internal file#block id]]
![[insert attachment ]]
backlinks
a way to see what documents link to this document.
backlinks are a great way to navigate notes.
can be configured to show on the bottom of the page
plugins help working with backlinks
callouts
colored boxes to get the readers attention
callouts see above for example
footnotes
footnotes[1]
use toolbar[2] for convenience
or command palette[3]
canvas
working with canvas can help to visualize the greater picture
see my overview canvas as an example
command palette
opened via toolbar, by typing / or when so configured by typing cmd p
often used commands can be pinned to the top
properties
- provide metadata to the document
- start adding properties via the toms obsidian setup#command palette
- metadata helps search, filter and can be used when feeding content to ai
- use dataview
Check out
This plugins seem interesting, listed for later evaluation
Plugin |
Comment |
|
|---|---|---|
| smart connectons | link your notes with ai | |
| advanced uri | trigger obsidian action by uri | |
| tag folder | navigate files by tag tree | |
| rest api | provide a rest api to obsidian | |
| folder note | describe folders, display cards | |
| analytics of digital garden | google analytics for page impressions | . |
Footnotes
set command
add footnotein toolbar ↩︎