Monthly Notes

An Obsidian plugin to create or open this month's note with a single click. This project attempts to replicate the features of the core Daily Notes plugin without adding additional features. Many other similar plugins add tons of complexity: we're trying for small and simple.

Usage

• Click the calendar ribbon icon, or
• Run the Open monthly note command from the command palette.

If this month's note already exists, it opens. Otherwise it's created (along with its folder, if needed) and opened.

Settings

• Date format — how notes are named. Pick a preset or a custom moment.js format (default: YYYY-MM).
• New file location — the folder new notes are placed in.
• Template file location — a note to use as a template for new monthly notes.

Template variables

Templates support the following placeholders:

Variable	Replaced with
{{title}}	the note's name
{{date}}	current date (YYYY-MM-DD)
{{time}}	current time (HH:mm)

{{date}} and {{time}} accept an optional moment.js format after a colon — e.g. {{date:dddd}} → Tuesday, {{time:h:mm A}} → 2:30 PM.

Development

bun install
bun run dev    # build and watch
bun test       # run tests
bun run build  # production build