Gantt Calendar

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by Sugar

This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff. A powerful visual task management plugin. Visualize and manage tasks created by the Tasks plugin, supporting both emoji and Dataview task formats. Support Feishu Task syncing.

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Obsidian Gantt Calendar

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A powerful visual task management plugin for Obsidian.

Multi-View Calendar — Task / Year / Month / Week / Day / Gantt — six views with seamless switching

Festival Display — Solar festivals, lunar festivals, and 24 solar terms

Data Visualization — Task heatmap, daily task counts, 8 gradient palettes

Smart Task Management — Global filter, priority tags, 6 date fields, time precision (HH:mm)

Timeline View — Day/Week views with 24-hour timeline layout, drag & drop, quick create

Daily Note Integration — Embedded editor with edit/preview mode toggle

Sidebar View — Task search, filter & sort + daily timeline

Highly Customizable — Festival colors, heatmap palettes, task display count, and more

Dual Format — Full support for Tasks plugin (emoji) and Dataview plugin (inline field) formats

Recurring Tasks — daily/weekly/monthly/yearly repeat with virtual instance display

Feishu Sync — Bidirectional task sync with Feishu (Lark) via OAuth 2.0


Screenshots

Year View YearView

Gantt View GanttView

Week Timeline View WeekTimeline

Sidebar View (Task List + Daily Timeline) SidebarView

Day View with Embedded Editor DayViewEditor

Installation

Via BRAT

  1. Install and enable the community plugin BRAT
  2. Run the command BRAT: Add a beta plugin for testing
  3. Enter the repository URL: https://github.com/sustcsugar/obsidian-gantt-calendar

Manual

  1. Download the latest Release
  2. Extract and copy the folder to <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/
  3. Restart Obsidian and enable the plugin in Settings

Quick Start

Open the View

  • Click the sidebar icon to open the main calendar view
  • Use the view switcher in the toolbar to switch between views

Create Tasks

Use the Add Task button in the toolbar, or manually write tasks in any Markdown file:

- [ ] 🎯 Complete project documentation 📅 2025-12-20

Refresh the plugin and the task will appear in the calendar and task list.

Features

Layout

The plugin uses a toolbar + content area layout:

  • Toolbar Left — View switcher (6 views)
  • Toolbar Center — Current date range / title
  • Toolbar Right — Functional buttons (navigation, sort, filter, add task, etc.)

Task Formats

Tasks Plugin Format (Emoji)

- [ ] 🎯 Complete project documentation ⏫ ➕ 2025-01-10 📅 2025-01-15
EmojiMeaningEmojiMeaning
🎯Global filter marker🔺Highest priority
High priority🔼Medium priority
🔽Low priorityLowest priority
Created date🛫Start date
Scheduled date📅Due date
Completion dateCancelled date
🔁Recurring task--

Dataview Plugin Format (Inline Fields)

- [ ] 🎯 Complete project documentation [priority:: high] [created:: 2025-01-10] [due:: 2025-01-15]
FieldMeaningFieldMeaning
priority::Prioritycreated::Created date
start::Start datescheduled::Scheduled date
due::Due datecompletion::Completion date
cancelled::Cancelled daterepeat::Recurrence rule

Time Precision

  • Date: YYYY-MM-DD (e.g., 2026-04-27)
  • Time: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm (e.g., 2026-04-27 14:00)
  • Tasks with time automatically display in timeline layout

Recurring Task Syntax

🔁 every day              # Every day
🔁 every 3 days           # Every 3 days
🔁 every week on Monday   # Every Monday
🔁 every month on 15      # Every month on the 15th
🔁 every year on 01-01    # Every year on Jan 1
🔁 every weekday          # Every weekday
🔁 when done              # Restart after completion

Year View

  • Year Overview — 12 month cards showing full-year task distribution
  • Task Heatmap — 5-level color gradient for task density
    • 8 palette options: blue / green / red / purple / orange / cyan / pink / yellow
    • 3D heatmap effect (off / slight / prominent)
  • Responsive Layout — Auto-switches between 4×3 / 3×4 / 2×6 / 1×12 grids
  • Task Count — Optional per-day task total display
  • Lunar Calendar — Chinese lunar dates in month cards
  • Click Navigation — Click a date to switch to Day View

Month View

  • Monthly Calendar — Standard month grid layout with daily tasks
  • Week Numbers — ISO week numbers shown in the first column
  • Task Display Limit — Configurable per-day task count (1–10) with "+N more" overflow
  • Task Popup — Click a date to view all tasks for that day
  • Festival Display — Solar/lunar/solar-term festivals with distinct colors
  • Drag & Drop — Drag task cards between days to reschedule
  • Recurring Tasks — Virtual instances for repeating tasks
  • Week Start — Configurable Monday or Sunday start

Week View

  • Dual Mode Layout
    • List Mode — When no timed tasks exist, displays 7-column card layout
    • Timeline Mode — When timed tasks are detected, shows 24-hour vertical time grid with 7 days side by side
  • Today Highlight — Current day is visually emphasized
  • Navigation — Previous week / This week / Next week
  • Drag & Drop — Drag tasks to any day or hour slot
  • Quick Create — Hover over empty time slots to reveal "+" button for fast task creation
  • Current Time Indicator — Red line marking the current time
  • Lunar Info — Lunar dates and festivals in day headers

Day View

  • Task List — Detailed view of all tasks for the selected day
  • Timeline Layout — When timed tasks exist, renders 0:00–23:00 time grid with tasks positioned at their hours
  • Drag & Drop — Drag tasks to any hour slot to adjust time
  • Quick Create — Hover over empty slots for "+" quick-create button
  • Current Time Indicator — Red line at the current time
  • Daily Note Integration
    • Embedded full editor (WorkspaceSplit mode)
    • Edit / Preview mode toggle
    • Auto-loads daily note for the selected date
    • Supports Obsidian core daily notes, Periodic Notes plugin, and custom paths
  • Resizable Split — Draggable divider between task and note panes (horizontal or vertical layout)
  • Lunar Info Bar — Lunar date, festivals, and solar terms

Task View

  • Task List — Centralized display of all tasks
  • Date Range Filter — All / Today / This Week / This Month / Custom range
  • Time Field Selector — Filter by any of 6 date fields
  • Multi-dimensional Filtering — Status, priority, and tags (AND/OR/NOT operators)
  • Sorting — 7 sort fields with asc/desc toggle
  • Persistent State — Filter and sort settings persist across refreshes

Gantt View

  • Interactive Gantt Bars — Custom SVG rendering engine
    • Drag entire bar to shift dates
    • Drag endpoints to adjust start/end dates
    • Drag to change progress percentage
    • Click to open task edit modal
  • Navigation — Jump to today / scroll left / scroll right
  • Incremental Refresh — Smart update strategy to avoid full redraws
  • Tag & Status Filtering — Filter gantt bars by tags and status
  • Configurable Fields — Choose which date fields map to gantt start/end

Sidebar View

Two-tab sidebar for quick task access:

Task List Tab

  • Keyword search (debounced)
  • Multi-dimensional filters: status, priority, tags (OR/AND), date range
  • Sort by: priority / due date / start date
  • Click task to navigate to source file

Daily Timeline Tab

  • 24-hour timeline for today's timed tasks
  • All-day task section
  • Current time indicator line
  • Drag & drop to adjust time
  • Quick create on empty slots

Context Menu

Right-click any task for:

  • Edit Task — Full edit modal (description, priority, dates, repeat, tags)
  • Create Note — Generate a wiki-linked note from the task (same name or alias)
  • Set Priority — 6 levels: highest / high / medium / normal / low / lowest
  • Set Status — Custom statuses (important, question)
  • Postpone — Delay 1/3/7 days (from due date or from today)
  • Cancel / Restore — Toggle cancelled state
  • Delete — Remove task from markdown file

Feishu (Lark) Sync

  • Bidirectional Sync — Push local tasks to Feishu and pull Feishu tasks to Obsidian
  • OAuth 2.0 — Secure authentication with automatic token refresh
  • Push Filters — Filter by file paths, completion status, and date
  • Conflict Resolution — Multiple strategies: local-wins, remote-wins, newest-wins, manual
  • Auto Sync — Configurable automatic sync interval
  • Sync Result Modal — Detailed per-task sync results with statistics

Roadmap

Task Parsing

  • Tasks and Dataview dual-format parsing
  • Global filter markers
  • Task tags
  • Task description
  • 6 priority levels
  • 6 date fields with time precision (HH:mm)
  • Recurring task recognition and display
  • Nested tag recognition
  • Multi-line task recognition
  • Sub-task recognition
  • Task dependency relationships

Views

  • Day View with Daily Note integration (embedded editor)
  • Day View timeline layout
  • Week View dual mode (list + timeline)
  • Week/Month View drag & drop
  • Year View heatmap and task count
  • Task View (multi-dimensional filter + date range)
  • Gantt View (drag + incremental refresh + navigation)
  • Sidebar View (task list + daily timeline)

Toolbar

  • View switcher
  • Tag / status / priority filtering
  • Date navigation buttons
  • Time field selector
  • Add task button

Interactions

  • Task cards (description, tags, priority)
  • Context menu (edit, create note, priority, status, postpone, cancel, delete)
  • Hover tooltips
  • Quick create on empty time slots

Future Plans (v2.0.0)

  • Third-party calendar subscription (Feishu Calendar, Outlook Calendar)
  • Microsoft To Do sync
  • Google / Apple Calendar via CalDAV

Contributing

Issues and Pull Requests are welcome!

License

MIT


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