Vault Changelog

Maintain a changelog of recently edited notes in Obsidian.

Originally created by Badr Bouslikhin.

The changelog note is entirely overwritten on each update. Use a dedicated note and embed it elsewhere if you need historical tracking.

Installation

1. Open Settings in Obsidian.
2. Navigate to Community plugins > Browse.
3. Search for "Changelog".
4. Install and enable the plugin.

Usage

• Manual: Command palette > Vault Changelog: Update
• Automatic: Enable in settings; the changelog updates whenever a file is modified.

Example Output

- 2025-01-28T1430 · [[Note Title]]
- 2025-01-28T1425 · [[Another Note]]

With wiki-links disabled, [[Note Title]] becomes Note Title. With a heading configured, the heading appears above the list.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Auto update	false	Update changelog on vault changes
Changelog path	Changelog.md	File location for the changelog
Datetime format	YYYY-MM-DD[T]HHmm	Moment.js format string
Max recent files	25	Number of tracked files
Use wiki-links	true	Format filenames as [[note]]
Changelog heading	(empty)	Optional heading to prepend (e.g. # Changelog)
Excluded folders	(empty)	Folders to exclude from the changelog

Alternatives

• Bases — built-in Obsidian feature for querying and displaying vault data
• Recent Files — sidebar pane of recently opened files
• List Modified — links modified files to daily, weekly, or monthly notes
• Dataview — dynamic query: TABLE dateformat(file.mtime, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm") SORT file.mtime DESC LIMIT 25