GEDCOM

approved

by Andrei Lobanov

Edit GEDCOM files with autocomplete, validation, navigation, and semantic highlighting. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.

↓ 42 downloadsUpdated 5d agoMIT
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GEDCOM for Obsidian

GEDCOM language support by Domorium. Edit source .ged and .gedcom files directly in Obsidian with validation, autocomplete, navigation, folding, and semantic highlighting.

GEDCOM editor in Obsidian

Features

  • Context-aware GEDCOM tag autocomplete
  • Real-time validation errors and warnings
  • Semantic highlighting for levels, tags, and cross-references
  • Documentation tooltips for GEDCOM tags
  • Go to definition for XREF values
  • Find XREF references and highlight declarations and usages
  • Safe XREF rename as one undoable edit
  • Web links and vault-relative file links
  • Quick fixes for broken references and invalid levels
  • Folding and visual indentation for nested records
  • Desktop and mobile Obsidian support

The plugin keeps the GEDCOM file as the source of truth. It does not convert records into Markdown, create a second genealogy database, or send vault data to a remote service.

Usage

  1. Enable GEDCOM in Settings → Community plugins.
  2. Open a .ged or .gedcom file in your vault.
  3. Edit the source directly. Obsidian saves changes back to the same file.

Use Go to GEDCOM definition from the command palette to jump from an XREF usage to its record declaration. Find GEDCOM references moves between matching declarations and usages, and Rename GEDCOM reference updates the current XREF atomically. Editor behavior can be adjusted in the plugin settings.

Privacy

GEDCOM by Domorium works locally inside the vault. It does not require an account, make network requests, access files outside the vault, show advertisements, or collect analytics or telemetry.

Installation

Install GEDCOM from Obsidian's Community Plugins directory. To test beta releases, use BRAT with this repository URL:

https://github.com/lavich/domorium-obsidian

For a manual installation, copy main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release into:

<vault>/.obsidian/plugins/domorium/

Reload Community Plugins and enable GEDCOM.

Development

npm install
npm run check

The packaged plugin is written to dist/.

The shared GEDCOM parser and editor-independent language service are maintained in the main Domorium repository and consumed as versioned public npm packages.

License

MIT © 2026 Andrei Lobanov

Domorium is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by FamilySearch or Intellectual Reserve, Inc. FAMILYSEARCH GEDCOM™ and FAMILYSEARCH® are trademarks of Intellectual Reserve, Inc.

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