Encrypted Datasafe Notes

A fork of obsidian-protected-note with enhanced features.

Features

Core encryption

• AES encryption — encrypts markdown files on disk using CryptoJS.AES with a SHA-256 hashed passphrase
• Dynamic ribbon icon — lock/unlock toggle with a Lucide-style SVG that changes visually when vault is locked vs unlocked
• Status bar indicator — shows 🔒 Locked / 🔓 Unlocked in the status bar
• Lock on window blur — automatically locks the vault when the Obsidian window loses focus
• Auto-lock (seconds) — locks after a configurable number of seconds of inactivity

File operations

• Right-click encrypt/decrypt — encrypt or decrypt any single .md file via the file explorer context menu (password prompt shown if vault is locked)
• Bulk lock/unlock — encrypt/decrypt all files in the configured folder at once via ribbon click or commands
• Protected folder — restrict bulk operations to a specific folder, or leave empty to protect the entire vault

Settings

• Enable/Disable password — toggle encryption on/off with password confirmation
• Change password — update your vault password (re-encrypts all files with the new key)
• Protected folder — choose which folder to protect
• Auto-lock (seconds) — idle timeout before automatic lock
• Lock on window blur — lock when window loses focus
• Decrypt on unlock for search — keeps files decrypted after unlock so Obsidian's search can index them
• Show animations — toggle modal and background blur animations
• High files protection (beta) — always-at-rest file encryption

File explorer integration

• Encryption indicators — files in the protected folder show a colored left border and lock icon when the vault is locked (updates dynamically as you expand/collapse folders)

Recovery & diagnostics

• Scan encryption status — shows encrypted vs plaintext file count with double-encryption warnings
• Fix double-encrypted files — detects and recovers files encrypted twice (corrupted state)
• lockctl.py — terminal-based recovery script with lock/unlock/recover/status functions
• Auto-migration — seamlessly imports settings from the original protected-note plugin on first run

Hotkeys (set in Obsidian Settings → Hotkeys)

• Lock vault
• Unlock vault
• Show encryption status
• Recover corrupted files
• Encrypt this file
• Decrypt this file

Commands

Command	Description
Lock vault	Encrypt all files in the protected folder
Unlock vault	Decrypt all files (password required)
Show encryption status	Quick summary of file encryption state
Recover corrupted files	Detect and fix double-encrypted files

Emergency Recovery Script

If files get corrupted (e.g., double-encrypted), run the Python recovery script:

cd /path/to/your/vault
python3 scripts/lockctl.py

The script auto-detects the vault and provides lock/unlock/recover/status functions. It uses the same AES encryption as the plugin.

Installation

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
2. Copy them to <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/encrypted-datasafe-notes/
3. Enable the plugin in Obsidian settings → Community plugins

Building from source

npm install
npm run build

License

MIT — based on obsidian-protected-note (MIT) by Mikail Gadzhikhanov.