This update introduces a new searchable Settings panel and new experience for working with images, including a full-screen image viewer. Settings Settings have been completely revamped with keyboard navigation, search, and new APIs for plugin developers. Settings now open in a new window. You can turn this off in Settings → Interface → Open settings in new window. Added search. You can now search…
This update introduces a new searchable Settings panel and iOS Share Sheet. Scrolling large files and selecting text should also be improved on both iOS and Android. Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.4. iOS Share Sheet The new iOS Share Sheet lets you save content from Safari, YouTube, and other apps without opening Obsidian. You can customize several Locations t…
Improvements The image lightbox now displays the file name of the current image. Improved layout of Page Preview settings. Settings: Download counts are now abbreviated for plugins and themes. Settings: Moved the "Interface" tab above "Editor" in the settings sidebar. Live Preview: Improved alignment of images inline with text. Live Preview: Removed extra padding around images. No longer broken Fi…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.4. Improvements Improved overall appearance of settings in dark mode. No longer broken Fixed search input getting automatically focused when browsing Community plugins. iOS: Fixed the Share Sheet not including article content when sharing X links. iOS: Fixed scroll position getting lost after toggling a plugin on or off. iOS: Fix…
Improvements Live Preview: When the image is the only text on a line, the editor line height is no longer preserved to match the image height. Live Preview: Added a new selection state to image embeds. Added a "zoom" button to image embeds. The image lightbox now supports click and drag to pan within an image. File Recovery: Added keyboard navigation to the file history records. Use arrow keys to…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.3. Improvements Added "swipe down" gesture to dismiss an image in the lightbox. No longer broken Tapping an image no longer shows the keyboard. Fixed double-tap to zoom on images. Live Preview: Fixed buttons for creating new columns and new rows not working on iOS. Live Preview: Fixed a regression where "Enter" from the iOS keybo…
New New image lightbox for viewing images fullscreen. Click the image in reading mode to open it. Or in live preview, with an image selected, click or press Space to open it in the lightbox. Use arrow keys to navigate between all the images embedded in the current file. Live Preview: Added keyboard interactions when an image is selected. Press + or - to resize the selected image, and 0 to reset th…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.2. Improvements iOS: Added a `` variable to the Share Sheet template for inserting the shared link into your note. No longer broken Settings: Updated the size of toggles inside settings. Settings: Fixed the display of settings with validation errors. iOS: Fixed scrolling stopping abruptly when scrolling quickly in a large documen…
Improvements Settings Sliders now show a permanent label with the current value, shown inline next to the slider instead of in a tooltip. Searching within a settings group now automatically filters the items in that group. Navigating back now restores focus to the setting item you came from. Added support for the mouse "back" button to navigate back through settings history. Added Alt-ArrowUp and…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.1. Improvements Settings pages now have enough padding to scroll fully into view when the onscreen keyboard is showing. No longer broken iOS: Fixed app crashing when sharing screenshots via the Share Sheet. Live Preview: Fixed "Enter" from the iOS keyboard not working as expected inside Markdown lists.
This release introduces a revamped Settings panel that opens in a new window with built-in search and keyboard navigation. New Settings Settings now open in a new window. You can turn this off in Settings → Interface. Added search. You can now search for settings by name or description. This currently supports core settings and core plugins. Community plugins can migrate to the new settings API to…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.0. New iOS: New Share Sheet with configurable Locations. Configure Locations to point to different destinations across any of your vaults. iOS: Share Sheet now supports copying the full content of web pages, and content from other apps such as YouTube and social networks. Tabs can now be reordered from the tab switcher. Swipe to…
Improvements Obsidian CLI The Obsidian Installer is now bundled with a new binary file for using the CLI. This new method replaces the old method of calling the Electron binary, resulting in significantly faster terminal interactions. Requires downloading the latest installer. Added autocompletion for Obsidian commands to the terminal interface (TUI) when using the id= parameter. Bug fixes Obsidia…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.12.7.
Bug fixes CLI Fixed the Obsidian CLI incorrectly checking for a Linux-specific directory on macOS. Changed the CLI socket file to a hidden dotfile on macOS and Linux. Editor Fixed some regressions with the editor introduced in 1.12.4. Fixed images inside callouts showing unwanted scrollbars in Reading mode. Fixed double-clicking an image in Live Preview not resetting its size.
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.12.6.
Improvements Obsidian CLI Added autocompletion for Obsidian commands to the terminal interface (TUI) when using the id= parameter. Bug fixes Fixed several issues with copy, cut, and paste when no text is selected. Copying and pasting a line no longer places the cursor in the wrong position. In tables, copying or cutting without a selection now correctly copies only the cell contents. Pasting a URL…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.12.5.
New Obsidian CLI This release introduces the Obsidian CLI, a command line interface that lets you control Obsidian from your terminal for scripting, automation, and integration with external tools. For installation help, check the troubleshooting section for the platform-specific information. Image resizing Images in Live Preview can now be resized by dragging from the corner. Double-click the cor…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.12.4. New iOS: New Share extension to save content to your vault from other apps (e.g. Safari, social networks) without opening Obsidian. iOS: New Shortcut action "Bookmark Link" to save URLs as Obsidian bookmarks. Improvements The app now defaults to the system language and includes a language picker during onboarding. Added new "U…
Obsidian Sync now supports headless operation using the obsidian-headless client. Learn more about how to use Obsidian Headless with Sync.
No longer broken CLI Fixed the CLI not being detected correctly on Windows (introduced in Obsidian 1.12.3). Added a warning message when the CLI is run from an outdated installer. Windows Fixed a bug with opening external links containing an encoded backslash character (%5C).
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.12.4. No longer broken Slides: Fixed the close button position in the status bar on mobile.
No longer broken Fixed copy-paste converting links and callouts into standard Markdown. File explorer: Fixed "Duplicate" menu item generating an incomplete folder name when duplicating a folder that includes "." in the name. Fixed "executable file" warning incorrectly appearing when opening folders, such as the snippets folder. CLI: Fixed the CLI hanging for some longer content. Developers Added a…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.12.3. No longer broken iOS: Fixed issue causing the Daily Note and Bookmark Shortcuts to not work. iOS: Fixed issue causing View Note widget to not refresh immediately.
Improvements CLI Added help <command> to get help with a specific command. Added --help as an alias for the help command. Added daily:path command to get the expected daily note path. Added rename command. Split the search command into search and search:context. Added descriptions to filter parameters in help output. CLI commands now default to silent operation and doesn't expect an active file by…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.12.2. New iOS: Added native share sheet support. iOS: New Shortcut action "Bookmark Link" to save URLs as Obsidian bookmarks. Improvements Improved support for pointer devices on tablet (e.g. Magic Trackpad): Submenus now expand on hover Property editor context menu shows on right-click. No longer broken iOS: Fixed tooltips sometime…
New Added a command line interface that lets you control Obsidian from your terminal for scripting, automation, and integration with external tools. Added a search toolbar button to Bases to filter query results. When deleting a file, a new prompt will ask if you would like to also delete its attachments. A new setting in Files & Links allows you to configure this behavior (choose "Always", "Ask e…
No longer broken Fixed language selector not allowing you to choose "English" if the device language is not English. CLI: If the vault parameter is included, it must be the first argument. Attempting to open a second instance of the app (e.g. from the Windows task bar) will now open the vault starter again. Live Preview: Fixed SVGs not rendering. The daily:prepend CLI command now inserts content a…
Improved The app now defaults to the system language and includes a language picker during onboarding. Added new "Unique note" App action (the menu when you press and hold on the app icon). No longer broken Removed the "Delete and do not ask again" option from the file deletion prompt. Obsidian Sync: Fixed an issue where files would get overridden if the app is closed before Obsidian can save the…