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obsidian-links-keeper

This is a plugin for Obsidian to manage your frequently used links.

Installation

Prerequisites

To install this plugin, you will need:

  • Git installed on your local machine.
  • A GitHub account.
  • A local development environment for Node.js and the Node.js version should be above 14.17.0.
  • The Obsidian App.

Step 1: Download the plugin

Download the source code into the plugins folder.

bash
git clone git@github.com:luhaifeng666/obsidian-link-keeper.git

Step2: Build the plugin

  1. Navigate into the plugins folder:
bash
cd path/to/vault/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-link-keeper
  1. Install dependencies:
bash
pnpm run install
  1. Build the plugin:
bash
pnpm run build

Step 3: Enable the plugin

To load the plugin in Obsidian, you first need to enable it.

  1. Open Preferences in Obsidain.
  2. In the side menu, click Community plugins.
  3. Under Installed plugins, enable the Link keeper plugin by clicking the toggle button next to it.

You are now running the obsidian-link-keeper plugin! Nice~🎉

Settings

You can set the file path where the links are stored by following steps.

  • Open Preferences in Obsidian.
  • In the side menu, click Link keeper.
  • Fill in the file path into the text box. The default file path is ${process.env.HOME}/etl.json

Usage

You can manage the links through this plugin.

You can add a link by following steps.

  • Click the command icon in the left side menu.
  • Select a command named Link keeper: Add link.
  • Fill in the link name and the link url and save them by clicking the add button.

add-link

💡 By the way

If you find it troublesome or you wanna add the link selected in the Obsidian editor, you can try following steps.

  • Select the link you wanna add.
  • Open modal by the above three steps or the hotkey.
  • Fill in the link name and click the add button to save.

You can delete a link by following steps.

  • Click the command icon in the left side menu.
  • Select a command named Link keeper: Delete link.
  • Select a link name and click the delete button.

add-link

You can search a link by following steps.

  • Click the command icon in the left side menu.
  • Select a command named Link keeper: List link.
  • Fill in the link name.

add-link

Set hotkeys

You can set hotkeys for the above commands.

  • Open Preferences in Obsidian.
  • Click the Community plugins in the side menu.
  • Click the Hotkeys icon next to the information of the Link keeper plugin.