File Recency Star

approved

by Keeho Song

This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff. Adds a green star to files created within 1 day, and a yellow star to files modified within 1 day.

Updated todayMIT

File Recency Star

An Obsidian plugin that marks recently created and modified files in the file explorer with customizable markers.

Features

  • Marker icons — configurable shape (★, ❗, ●, 🔥, ✦), color, and position (before/after filename)
  • Title styling — bold, color change, or highlight on recent file titles
  • Separate durations — independent thresholds for new and modified files
  • Marker toggle — option to hide icons and use title styling only
  • i18n — automatic Korean/English labels based on Obsidian language setting

Settings

SettingDescriptionDefault
New file colorMarker color for recently created files#22c55e
Modified file colorMarker color for recently modified files#eab308
Marker shapeIcon character
Marker positionBefore or after filenameAfter
New file durationHours to mark as new24
Modified file durationHours to mark as modified24
Refresh intervalSeconds between rescans60
Title stylenone / bold / color / highlight / bold+colornone
New file title colorTitle color for created files#22c55e
Modified file title colorTitle color for modified files#eab308
Show marker iconToggle marker icon on/offOn

Installation

From Obsidian Community Plugins

  1. Open Settings → Community Plugins → Browse
  2. Search for File Recency Star
  3. Click Install, then Enable

Manual Installation

  1. Download main.js and manifest.json from the latest release
  2. Create folder: <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/file-recency-star/
  3. Copy both files into the folder
  4. Enable the plugin in Settings → Community Plugins

License

MIT © Keeho Song

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