Top 10 Obsidian Plugins I Can't Do Without
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ค. 2024
- If you were on a deserted island with just your Obsidian vault, which 10 plugins would you chose? Well, here are MY top 10 Obsidian plugins that I wouldn't want to do without. Every plugin on this list is one that I use every day, and not having them to use would probably cause me to switch away from Obsidian.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:54 Plugin #1 Calendar
01:56 Plugin #2 Dataview
02:47 Plugin #3 Editor Syntax Highlight
03:26 Plugin #4 Kanban
04:07 Plugin #5 Outliner
04:39 Plugin #6 Periodic Notes
05:26 Plugin #7 Publish
06:31 Plugin #8 Readwise Official (readwise.io/nicole)
07:17 Plugin #9 Sync
07:58 Plugin #10 Templater
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You are an exceptional TH-camr. To the point, personable, easy to understand, and pleasant to listen to. Thanks for this video, been very helpful.
Thank you so much! I appreciate this comment. Glad to help as well. :)
This was so me! The first several times I tried using Obsidian I was like "HELLS NO." The app just looked so...bad. But I kept watching TH-cam videos and playing around with the app and eventually the power of it just clicked and now I'm hooked and 100% use Obsidian. For me, it was taking the time to learn how to use the app because it's just so different from other note-taking apps. I've really loved how Obsidian has forced me to learn about things like CSS and YAML and other technical programming stuff that I would never have learned about otherwise.
Really happy to know I'm not the only one who had this experience! It seemed so basic at the beginning, but now I can't stop talking about Obsidian! Haha.
"The app just looked so...bad" HAHAHAHA SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME
@@nicolevdh do you think that if we start using it as basic at the beginning we can grow into it without having to "redo" stuff as we add more options? I hate that every time I start using an app as I learn more and develop in how I use it I have to redo a bunch of stuff to make it all fit
@@nikarose Hi Nika! Yes, you can totally do that! There's no real pressure to change things - you really only have to do it if/when you feel something is missing.
How do you use CSS and YAML in obsidian. I'm a little new to obsidian, so im not to sure how coding helps note taking
I'm still not sold on Obsidian - I use Google Sites as a digital binder. But the idea of a dataview database sounds awesome so maybe I'll go that way. I just want to tell you that your existence in this space made me smile. I'm a 50-year old Black lady and seeing nerd girls representing is inspirational for the youth, and just awesome for the rest of us.
What an awesome comment. Awww, yay nerd girls! Thank you for the encouragement! If you've found something that works for you, I'm glad for you! :) You have a great day!
Your videos have pushed me back into "excitement mode" when it comes to learn and adopt a technology! Thank you so much - you are a true role model for "working/learning/sharing/thinking out loud" 🙏
i downloaded obsidian over a year ago but it’s not until this week that i have begun to watch tutorials. your video was easy to follow and informative. thanks.
Thanks for your insights! I'm just getting started with Obsidian and all of these plugins seem really useful. I agree that one does not see the appeal of Obsidian on a first approach, so this videos certainly help.
Both this video and your “Obsidian for Beginners” video were immensely helpful to me! I appreciate your clear and concise explanations. If you can, could you please make a video on the Dataview plugin? Thank you so much!
Thank you, I will! The Dataview plugin is so useful for so many things. Need to figure out how best to tackle it, but it's definitely on the list! Glad you are finding my videos helpful. It means a lot!
GIRL, now I'm subscribed! I've been using Obsidian for a while now, but I never dug deep because it looked too scary. Now I code, and I tend to use and understand Obsidian more, so I'm rediscovering it. This has been one of the most useful videos I've watched so far. Thank you!
I'm just getting into Obsidian for my tech learning/content needs, so your list is PERFECT!
Subscribed and did the bell thing.
Great job on the Contant, organization and production of this video. I consume way more TH-cam learning than I probably should and so I’m used to all different levels of quality, however, this was absolutely excellent and I very much appreciate your top 10 list as well. I will definitely be using several of your list as I have recently adopted obsidian. All the best
Thank you! I also spend a lot of time on TH-cam, and not always for learning, heh. Happy you liked this!
Very informative. I've hesitated on making the leap for awhile now but the more I'm researching it, the better it seems. Thanks for making this. It was extremely helpful!
Hey Benjamin, I'm very glad to hear that! :) I hope you decide to take the plunge and join the Obsidian community. :)
Can I just say, as a productivity enthusiast and newbie to PKMS and basic coding, you are SO COOL. Thank you for all that you do.
Wow, that's so nice. :) I'm really happy to be able to help! Welcome to this space!
Thank you for this video! Obsidian was quite overwhelming for me so it is so helpful to hear your insights with different plugins. Def watching the rest of your tutorials :)
I definitely understand that Obsidian can be really overwhelming. It's great, but not the most user-friendly... glad to hear I can help! Hope you continue to enjoy Obsidian. :)
Nicole, thanks for this incredibly concise and process-empowering video. Looking forward to more Obsodian content!
Hey Ryan, glad you liked it! Thanks for your encouragement! :)
Wonderful video Nicole. You're very pleasant to listen to. I also use obsidian sync. I'm loving it, the bonus features and it simply works.
Thank you so much! Yeah I love Sync too! It's also a great way to give back to the Obsidian devs since they're making a free tool.
Nicole, great vids on Obsidian, thank you. Liked this one and the one, where you explain DataView even more. Keep on!
Hey Max! So nice of you to leave a comment just to encourage me. Thank you!
Hey! I'm slowly working my way through the list of all these plugins, so here are videos I've made about each one I mentioned in this video:
#1 Calendar: th-cam.com/video/OUrOfIqvGS4/w-d-xo.html
#2 Dataview: th-cam.com/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/w-d-xo.html , th-cam.com/video/JTObSymEvWA/w-d-xo.html , th-cam.com/video/ccN5vJzXwvo/w-d-xo.html
#3 Editor Syntax Highlight
#4 Kanban: th-cam.com/video/iU60ItemuDo/w-d-xo.html
#5 Outliner
#6 Periodic Notes: th-cam.com/video/T2Aeaq4sk7M/w-d-xo.html
#7 Publish
#8 Readwise Official (readwise.io/nicole): th-cam.com/video/Rw1L5sxlnuU/w-d-xo.html
#9 Sync
#10 Templater: th-cam.com/video/5j9fAvJCaig/w-d-xo.html
THEMES: 01:25 is Sanctum, 05:06 is ITS, 08:28 is the default Obsidian theme
Thanks so much for these! Maybe maybe a TH-cam shirt for the obvious plugins just so that you have a link to them?
@Nicole van der Hoeven - did I understand you correctly - 5:26 can the publish app be used to publish pages to a Hugo site ?
Thank you greatly appreciated
As a fellow software engineer I would also highly recommend the PlantUML plugin! It’s such a joy to be able to create my diagrams in the same place where I’m already describing my thoughts and findings
Hey Niels! Cool, I hadn't heard of PlantUML. I'll check it out! I have just been using a combination of mermaidJS and Excalidraw, though between the two of them, a lot of ground is covered already.
This is so nice Nicole. thanks for sharing. I'm definitely adding some of these plugins to my vault.
Hi Gift!! :) Awesome! Hope you like them too! Feel free to ask me any questions as well!
You have such a pleasant way to explain things.
I had a hard time to get into Obsidian at first, after watching some of your vids I'm giving it a fresh try...
Hey, I'm happy to hear that! (Re) welcome to Obsidian! I hope this time goes better for you! We're a pretty welcoming community. :)
I've just discovered your channel Nicole - Nice! Thanks - super useful stuff. Love the Pokemon blip in the video 😀
I watched your "Obsidian for Beginners" video and loved your clear explanations. I just finished this video and would like to see how to use all of these plugins. Please make videos on each one with examples of how you use them. Great work.Thanks!
Hey Gary! (También hablo español) Glad you liked it! Happy to hear you want more details on them all. I started to go into it for this video and realised that if I did that, it would be two hours! I'll definitely make separate videos, thanks for the feedback!
Thank you for another most informative video, Nicole! You're so kind and awesome! It would be awesome to learn about Periodic Notes - I am intrigued by its potential.
Hi Alice! I'm so glad you like it. :) Have you seen this video I made? It uses Periodic Notes: th-cam.com/video/T2Aeaq4sk7M/w-d-xo.html
Although as I'm thinking about it now, I think I could do a better video talking about all of the plugin's features, since I only touched on those. Thank you for the idea!!
You have earned yourself a subscriber, I usually don't interact with creators beyond just watching, but this is composed soo nicely and loved every second of it
Thank you so much, Param! :) Welcome, and it makes me happy to know you enjoyed this one!
Thank you for this and for “learning in public”. Please do an extended video on an intro to Dataview!!!
You're welcome! I'll add your vote to Dataview. Seems like a lot of people want that, so I think I need to start working on it! Thanks for the feedback!
@@nicolevdh Please add my name to those interested in a video on Dataview.
@@leereed1559 Thanks! I actually have already made a few videos on it since I made this one.
Databases vs Dataview: th-cam.com/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/w-d-xo.html
How to use Dataview: th-cam.com/video/JTObSymEvWA/w-d-xo.html
Task management with Dataview: th-cam.com/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/w-d-xo.html
Wow!!! What a great overview! Thank you Nicole!
Thanks for the support, Eve! :)
Straight-forward information that helped me get started on Obsidian. Thank you!
Oh, yay! Happy to hear I helped you get up to speed! :)
Loved your content on Obsidian! I was interested in learning the software and I believe I am in the right place. Thank you!
Came here looking for Obsidian content, which I mainly use for work. But I had just started to use it for the weekly Mork Borg campaign I'm running... And was delighted to see you using it for that exact same purpose!
Oh and this is a great guide to Obsidian plugins - just what I was looking for. (New subscriber!)
How cool that you're running Mörk Borg!! I only ran a one-shot in it and played in an adventure, so I have much less experience. But I thought Obsidian was good for both! :)
Thanks for all your great Obsidian videos! You've helped me tremendosly with refocusing on note taking basics instead of being paralized from force feeding PARA and zettelkasten. Please make a video on the templater plugin. Another great video would be an advanced walkthrough of your note taking flow.
Hi Alex, I really appreciate this! Templater is definitely on my list already-- I'm thinking about doing it next week maybe! Thanks for adding your vote though. That helps me decide what's next. I'll put the walkthrough of note taking to the list too!
Thank you for the videos on obsidian. Very informative and great presentation. I like videos on YT where the presenter is not extremely artificially over exciting on the topics that are been presented.
You have a very nice, calming and natural way of speaking that is really enjoyable.
Hey! I'm glad you like them! I AM super passionate and excited about Obsidian, but I'm glad it comes across as real-- it is! :)
thank you so so much! this video definitely broden my understanding of what Obsidian can do and create tremendous value in use cases that I probably have not yet discover or know that I needed. I start to get to know this tool about 2 weeks ago, and have been using Notion / Evernote all my life. I just want to say that bi-directional link is changing on how I write more effectively.
This video definitely will increase my productivity in upcoming weeks during my discovery of this amazing tool and community! big thank you
Oh, that's great! Welcome to the Obsidian community! I'm glad to have exposed you to all the awesome things that Obsidian can do, just not out of the box. :) Yay for bi-directional linking!!
This helped greatly been using Obsidian for years without getting a clear picture of what I should use. Finally getting it ready as move into a full stack role. Obsidian actually super dynamic and the best note taking app I've used up to this point.
Oh, this is great to hear! I totally agree with you, and I'm still finding out new things about it that I didn't know about and make me like it even more. :)
Phenomenal content; this video was suggested to me after I watched a video by Tiago Forte. I have decided on Obsidian, and am setting it up, but wow, these plugins get me really excited to use it. I heard the community around Obsidian was fantastic, and your video is a testament to that.
Yay for you deciding on Obsidian! Welcome (belatedly) to the Obsidian community! :)
I really love your enthusiasm and video content. It's very engaging! I'm still exploring Obsidian and this video helps me a lot
Hey, thank you so much! I'm glad the enthusiasm comes through. :)
@@nicolevdh At 0:24 how to have a graph view like that ? can you help me out ?
Great video. Thank you for putting these together.
You're my fav person on YT right now. Thanks for learning in public!!! I'm inspired to make some changes myself :)
Wow, that's so nice! I'm really happy that me learning in public has helped others like you! Welcome and I hope those changes go well for you! :)
Very useful. Thanks. I'm in the process of switching from Roam to Obsidian and found it non-intuitive, so glad to hear that it's not just me.
I agree!! Funny that you mention migrating from Roam. My video on Wednesday is about switching. What a coincidence! I also resisted switching for a long time. I think Obsidian is especially difficult because it's so plain and, in my opinion, it would have been better to include some of these plugins so that it's more fully-featured from the beginning.
I am new to your channel. I have just watched your video. I really like your clear and consize wording (no exceessive words needed), just to the point information share. Thank you. Will watch more :)
I know this video is kind of old, but in case of someone haven't found another solution: I use Onedrive to store my md files through all my devices, and Onesync, to automatically update/sync them. I didn't find any issues so far. I hope it's of use. Also, thank you for all the Obsidian videos, they are incredibly helpful!
love you videos! I am just getting started with obsidian and your stuff is so great!
Thank you for the Video. I was looking for something like kanban to organise and get a categories list of Notes.
First video on your channel, very interesting ! Thanks for sharing 🙏
Awesome video, thank you!!
Thank you Nicole! This was very helpful!
You're very welcome! :)
Nicely presented. Thanks for the suggestions.
Thank you! Glad to help!
You are Amazing ❤️ maybe the best video for the plug-ins on TH-cam. Liked & Subscribed.
Whoop whoop! Thanks for sharing this! Great video!
Great video, Nicole! 😀
Great video. I have been using Obsidian for almost three years for cyber security and capture the flag and personal training and I still don't know the half of it!! Thank you for introducing me to Kanban, calendar and a few others that will now take pride of place!! One new subscriber added :)
Thanks, Jim! I think Obsidian is really great (and really needed) for tech knowledge workers (I am one too)! Things move quickly and there's always a lot to learn... welcome, and thanks for watching!
Brilliant video exactly what I needed to get started with Obsidian. One suggestion I have for you is having the plugin name in the chapter as well as the number.
Thanks, Josh! Glad you found it helpful! Good suggestion. Done!
Another option for synchronizing is "Self-hosted LiveSync". You do need some knowledge to set it up and it's historically been a little unstable. Haven't had issues with any of the recent versions though (last few months).
Great video! Another must have plugin is Obsidian Git. It makes easy to backup and sync your vault to any git repository.
I did see that, but have not tried it because I already have a cronjob that runs a script that does that locally, and this way I didn't have to trust someone else's code! :)
Wow. Great video. Very helpful. Thank you!
Thanks for watching! :)
Awesome video! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching, Bobby! :)
Just discovered your channel and I loved it ! :)
Welcome, and thanks! Glad you're finding it useful. :)
Excelent video,as a novice I Was looking for some advice over recommended plugins. Thanks!
tnx, I'm completely new to Obsidian and it's great to know all these possibilities. Little bit overwhelming, but I hope using Obsidian on a daily basis will help.
Hi! Hang in there. You don't have to install all these plugins - that would be very daunting. It's totally OK not to use any plugins as well. I think Obsidian is still awesome. Welcome to the Obsidian community, and I hope you find it as useful as I have!
I don’t like Obsidian for beginner’s curve reasons. But it seems really good for note taking. I’ve started using it. I love that I can organise recipes there. I also organise my research on philosophy and comparative religion.
I was originally making excel spreadsheets for book lists and temples, as well as Microsoft Word for chapter summaries. But I want to transition to moving everything as much as possible to Obsidian, because the linking of ideas. Also, having multiple windows open for notes is so good.
Its funny you said that because I was researching about how to take better notes. I have ADHD and I really struggle with understanding other apps like ONE NOTE or any of the Microsoft systems.. they suck.. but once I heard about OBSIDIAN? I found a good you tube video that easily helped me to understand it and it IS actually easy to jump into. You can get in over your head fast and my head hurt seeing all these users using really hard core scripting language and other stuff I was WOAH no way..but i think it is easy and fun to start using. The fact that you can just so easily mark up things fast and simply instead of having to hunt for things or functionality. UGH. You don't have to do that really to start with Obsidian> I guess it is how different our brains work
Beginner's curve?
I may be a weird person, but i never encountered that in obsidian, or to me it was almost non-existent
it took me a few moments or minutes, but after that, i was already trying to create complex "wind-rose" diagrams in my notes , just for the fun of it
(or maybe it was because i worked with vscode and cherrydb before that)
Great video! Thanks.
Excellent video, thank you for making it.
Hey, I really appreciate that. :) Glad you liked it!
Amo este contenido, muchísimas gracias desde Colombia
Amazing video! I quit some equivalent solutions for lack of e2e security. But Obsidian can look austere at first. Adding plugins is vital and your listing answers all my queries. Much thx! (and sorry for my bad written english; i'm french)
Thanks! Obsidian is a great alternative if you are concerned about security. It can run on a computer you never connet to the internet, even. Plugins definitely decrease security, but improve functionality, IMO.
Nice! Also for syncing you can setup this cool piece of software called syncthing. It sync's everything near instantly. Its slightly technical to setup, but the syncing is amazing.
Good information. I've been using the md extensions in vscode and I have installed obsidian. The features seem very useful. Most of my markdown is processed through git and version control to Github. Does the publishing plugin allow for version control issues? Thanks.
This was super helpful. Thank you!
Glad to hear it, Jeremiah. :) Thanks for watching!
omg you're so smart, I literally fell in love with this video, Great job!
Haha. Luckily I edit every video and can make myself look smarter than I actually am. ;)
Clever girl! Thank you so much!
Very nice vid - thank you Nicole :)
Hey! I know this is a late reply, but I still wanted to thank you for watching. j:)
Thank you for your explanation. Love from Spain 📚💌
Great presentation, very informative, concise and makes me want to use Obsidian!
Happy to hear that! I hope you do decide to take the plunge and join the Obsidian community. We're a pretty welcoming bunch. :)
I'm just starting to use obsidian, thanks for this list :)
Thank you; very helpful!
Thank you, glad you liked it!
Thank you, best regards!
awesome video and selection of plugins!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! :)
Thanks you for making this video. I would not have known about the Readwise plug-in otherwise.
Yay! Readwise is so great. I'm happy to throw them some love.
Nice overview! I would love to see a video on how you manage your tasks especially because I see no tasks plugin?
Good call! I use the Checklist plugin for tasks, but I schedule the most important tasks on Reclaim (I have a video on that). But I'll add it to the list, thank you!
Very helpful. Thanks
Thank you for watching, Jeroen! Glad I could help. :)
Thank you for the video! I like your presentation style and conciseness. Keep it up. Groetjes
Dank je wel, Giorgio! :) Appreciate the feedback!
so much inspiration in just nine minutes....... and yea, i am going straight to the 'what the heck is obsidian' video, although i heard about it and downloaded it i feel more inspired to listen to your explanation :D i am ready for it!!! thanks!
Yay!! Haha. I'm happy to haer that. :) I think this video is a good place to get started for you, if you haven't found it already: pulse.ly/3j3dg3nc77
I talk about how to install Obsidian and go through the first steps in using it. :)
@@nicolevdh thank you so much!!! Yes, watched it :) will get started during the Xmas holidays!
Hey thank you to publish the video! Instead of dropbox I'm using synching to maintain my obsidian update and sync on different machines! It's a really nice and free way to do this.
Hey! I know this is a late reply, but I still wanted to comment because I've never used Syncthing but would like to explore it. Have you had any issues with using Syncthing to view your notes within the Obsidian app on different devices, or do you just use it to sync/backup your vault?
Wonderful series of videos, Nicole. Thank you very much. Can you suggest any plug-in for the following capabilities: i) generate mind-map out of text as a graphic and allows me to go back and forth between the graphic and the ordered text; ii) automatically generate a mind-map (in addition to the graph) among related notes; iii) handle hand written notes as some of us very often scribble on our laptop screens using a stylus. We need to capture these and ideally also convert the written words into text; iv) ability to create and interlink IT diagrams according to the C4 architecture model and also ER diagrams. Ideally generate ER diagrams straight out of a SQL database and able to convert changes into SQL commands back into the database to alter the table designs
Hi! Thanks for reaching out! Glad you enjoyed this video. As for you plugin questions:
i and ii: The Mind Map plugin is what you want for sure.
iii and iv: Excalidraw is your best bet, though it won't interface with a SQL database. You'll have to manually create what you want it to show.
Good luck!
@@nicolevdh Thank you!
awesome content! I have been using obsidian for some weeks now and I'm really enjoying the experience. I will definitely check de plug-ins (:
Great to hear that! Welcome to the Obsidian community! :)
So I've now discover your main site and your Obsidan published notes and I like it and will browsed it more deeply :-)
Great! It can be a bit messy in my notes, so good luck! :D
Solid. Thank you
Thanks for watching! :)
This video is 🔥. Made me want to use obsidian.
Great video. Thanks
Thanks as well, Zakir! :)
Thanks so much! Just having a laugh at the pokemon idea... yeah, catch em all!!! :-D Thanks for the awesome content!
Haha! I was wondering if anyone would understand it other than me. :D Thanks for getting the joke!
@@nicolevdh , my inbox for new ideas is literally named "pokemon" 😀.
Wish I saw this before. So many useful plugins.
Geweldig! DataView is zo belangrijk voor mijn workflow. Bedankt voor deze super tips!
Goed om te horen! :) Bedankt voor het kijken!
Sweet tutorial fam !
Great video. Thank you
Thanks for watching, Charles! :)
Thank you for your video
I don’t understand Obsidian at all, I was like you when you started out. Thanks for explaining these plugins really well. I enabled daily note and I kinda like it. Tried to link the Calendar plugin to it and it’s not working but I’ll try to figure it out
this is a very informative video, new sub!
Thanks, Alejandro! Glad to be able to help you! :)
Thanks for the channel. I'm still trying to make Obsidian so useful to me as I know it could.
Thanks for watching! :)
Love your list of plug ins. The only one I would add is Excalidraw which is absolutely amazing in what it can do.
This was on my shortlist!! I've been wanting to make a video about it for a while. I feel like there's always something new I'm discovering about it!
OMG random internet person! Thanks so much for bringing this amazing looking tool to my attention! The main website can be installed on Android like an app and works amazingly!
Hello Nicole, thanks for all the great videos, really helpful for people like me who just started the journey with Obsidian. After learning about the Calendar and Daily Note, I'm trying to dig a little bit if there's any possibility to make the daily notes into something like, what the "Agenda" app does, which means all the daily notes could be displayed in a whole view, from newest to oldest, you can instantly see every note by scrolling, without navigating with the left sidebar. Do you have any opinion about how to achieve this?
Hi, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos! I've not used the Agenda app, but would it would to just put all your daily notes in the same Markdown file? That would be easiest, and you can still use headings to separate dates.
@@nicolevdh yeah but somehow I still hope that every "daily node" in this single MD file could logically be separated and could be corresponded with the date in the Calendar view... XD yeah I know this sounds...bit of impossible maybe for now. But still thanks for the reply!
Nice video !
Saludos desde Chile.
so helpful...ty 🤩
Thanks, Daniel, glad that helped!