Overboard for Obsidian

Embed Overboard Studio AI whiteboards directly inside your Obsidian notes. Sketch, generate diagrams from a sentence with AI, and collaborate in real time — without leaving Obsidian.

What you can do

• Drop a board into any note with a code block
• Edit it inline, AI-generate flow charts and mind maps, drag stickies — all without context-switching to a browser tab
• Real-time collaboration with up to 500 teammates on the same canvas
• 100+ templates (brainstorming, SWOT, Kanban, retrospectives, etc.)

Usage

After installing, paste an Overboard board URL inside a fenced code block:

```overboard
https://overboard.studio/board/your-board-id
```

Or use the command palette: Insert Overboard board → paste URL.

To open a brand-new board: Open new Overboard board in browser.

Pricing

Overboard is free forever with full AI access. Pro is $0.99/mo, Enterprise $1.99/mo. No AI credit metering, no per-action caps.

How it works (security)

This plugin is intentionally a thin client:

• It loads Overboard boards inside an iframe pointing at https://overboard.studio/embed/board/<id>.
• The iframe is sandboxed (allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-popups) — no filesystem access, no top-level navigation away from your note.
• You authenticate inside the iframe (Overboard cookies). The plugin never sees your credentials, your tokens, or your board data.
• All proprietary logic — AI generation, the board rendering engine, collaboration, user storage — runs on Overboard's servers. The plugin source is fully open and contains zero proprietary code.

Install (manual, until accepted into the community plugins directory)

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css (if any) from the latest release.
2. Drop them into <your vault>/.obsidian/plugins/overboard/.
3. In Obsidian: Settings → Community plugins → enable Overboard.

Develop

npm install
npm run build

main.js is the compiled output. The plugin runs on Obsidian Desktop and Mobile.

License

MIT