.any

map any file extension to any obsidian view.

install

manual

1. download latest release
2. extract to .obsidian/plugins/dot-any/
3. enable in settings → community plugins

brat

1. install BRAT
2. add bdsqqq/obsd.any

usage

open settings → .any. you'll see a text input for each view type (markdown, image, audio, video, pdf, canvas). add comma-separated extensions to map them.

changes apply immediately—no restart needed.

what it does

uses obsidian's registerExtensions() to route file types to built-in views. no custom views created; just unlocks existing obsidian functionality for more extensions.

ships with defaults for common cases:

• code/config → markdown view: .py, .rs, .go, .sh, .toml, .c, .cpp, etc.
• extra audio → audio view: .aiff, .wma (obsidian misses these)
• extra video → video view: .avi, .wmv, .m4v, .flv
• extra image → image view: .ico, .tiff

obsidian already handles .txt, .js, .ts, .json, .yaml, .md, .png, .mp3, etc.—the plugin skips these by default. you can override this in settings if you want.

how it works

view discovery: pulls available view types from app.viewRegistry.viewByType, filtering out panel views (graph, backlinks, etc.). works with views from other plugins too.

protected extensions: maintains a list of extensions obsidian handles natively. warns you if you remove one from the list (you're opting out of obsidian's behavior).

clean unload: uses the undocumented but stable app.viewRegistry.unregisterExtensions() to properly deregister when disabled. without this, extensions stay registered until obsidian restarts.

prior art

inspired by custom-file-extensions-plugin. that plugin does the same thing and has view discovery too. main difference: we use per-view-type text inputs instead of a single json blob, and ship with defaults so it works out of the box. they have mobile-specific settings we don't.

development

npm install
npm run dev
npm run build

license

MIT