Tategaki

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by cat-left-paw

Edit and read Markdown in vertical writing mode.

★ 4 starsUpdated 2d agoApache-2.0Discovered via Obsidian Unofficial Plugins
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Tategaki (vertical writing editor for Obsidian)

English | 日本語

Tategaki is a desktop-first Obsidian plugin that lets you edit and view Markdown in a vertical (tategaki) layout. Desktop only. Mobile is not supported.

Status:

  • Submitted to Obsidian Community Plugins (currently under review).

What it can do

  • Writing & Reference mode
    • Edits Obsidian Markdown directly (no conversion / no sync step)
    • Vertical / horizontal writing layout
    • Paragraph-level source text editing
    • Keyboard navigation tuned for vertical writing, including Home / End / PageUp / PageDown
    • Ruby (furigana) support (Aozora Bunko style), e.g. ｜漢字《かんじ》
    • TCY support
      • Explicit TCY: ｟A｠ / ｟12｠ for 1-4 characters
      • Automatic TCY with configurable minimum / maximum alphanumeric digit length
    • Images (standard Markdown images and Obsidian embeds)
    • Outline navigation and heading folding
    • Selection mode options for Writing & Reference mode (fast-click / native-drag)
    • Outliner-style list editing: move items, change nesting with Tab / Shift+Tab, and keep ordered lists renumbered
    • Improved Enter / Shift+Enter behavior in list items and blockquotes
      • Enter continues or exits naturally, and Shift+Enter can be used for in-item line breaks and continuing blank lines
  • Book mode
    • Measured pagination for reading
    • Frontmatter can be shown on a separate cover page
    • Page breaks or title pages can be inserted before headings
    • Ruby display support
    • Outline navigation and page transition effects
  • Compatibility mode (TipTap-based editor) for older workflows
    • Search / replace
    • Inline source text editing
    • Checklist editing and heading folding
    • Automatic TCY digit-range settings are also applied here
    • Sync backups (can be disabled in settings)
    • Planned for removal in a future update; migration to Writing & Reference mode is recommended
  • Theme and display settings
    • Fonts, spacing, heading layout, IME offsets, and related display options

Installation (current)

Until it is available in Community Plugins, the recommended installation method is BRAT. Manual installation from GitHub Releases is still available as an alternative.

See INSTALL.md for detailed steps: INSTALL.md If you are upgrading from <=1.2.1, check the ID migration notes in both README and INSTALL.md.

Migration Note (ID change)

As of 1.2.2, the plugin ID changed from tategaki-plugin to tategaki (submission requirement alignment).

If you are updating from older versions, Obsidian may treat this as a different plugin.

  • Disable old plugin: tategaki-plugin
  • Install/enable new plugin: tategaki
  • If needed, copy settings manually:
    • from .obsidian/plugins/tategaki-plugin/data.json
    • to .obsidian/plugins/tategaki/data.json
  • Re-check custom hotkeys for plugin commands
  • After confirming everything works, remove old folder tategaki-plugin

Reviewer Notes

  • Platform: Desktop only (Windows / macOS / Linux). Mobile is not supported.
  • Telemetry: No telemetry or analytics of any kind.
  • Network access: The only outbound request is the manual update check (Settings → "Check for updates" button). No automatic network calls occur.
  • Local storage: Compatibility mode writes sync backups to <vault config folder>/tategaki-sync-backups/ (typically .obsidian/tategaki-sync-backups/). Writing & Reference mode does not create backup files.

Documentation

  • Quick start: QUICKSTART.md
  • Manual: MANUAL.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Japanese README: README.ja.md

License

Apache-2.0 (see LICENSE)

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