Dynamic Home

A visually rich, dynamic homepage plugin for Obsidian with multiple visual modes.

Visual Modes

• Clock & Greeting — Large clock with time-of-day greeting on a gradient background
• Random Image — Full-bleed photo from any image URL (configurable, supports localhost)
• Image Gallery — Scrolling masonry grid of images
• Matrix Rain — Classic falling characters animation (katakana + latin)
• Ambient Particles — Floating connected particle network with customizable colors

Features

• Per-mode overlay settings — Each mode has independent toggles for clock, greeting, search bar, recent files, quick links, and background dimming
• Vault search — Search bar that filters your vault files with live results
• Quick links — Configurable shortcut buttons to your favorite notes
• Recent files — Shows your most recently opened files
• .home file extension — Appears in the file explorer like any other file, works with the Homepage plugin

Installation

From Community Plugins (pending approval)

1. Open Settings → Community Plugins → Browse
2. Search for "Dynamic Home"
3. Click Install, then Enable

Manual

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
2. Create a folder called dynamic-home in your vault's .obsidian/plugins/ directory
3. Place the three files inside it
4. Enable the plugin in Settings → Community Plugins

Usage

1. Click the home icon in the ribbon, or run "Dynamic Home: Open Dynamic Home" from the command palette
2. To create a .home file (for Homepage plugin integration), run "Dynamic Home: Create Home file"
3. Configure visual modes and overlay settings in Settings → Dynamic Home

Homepage Plugin Integration

1. Run the command "Dynamic Home: Create Home file" to create Home.home in your vault
2. In the Homepage plugin settings, set the filename to Home
3. Obsidian will now open your Dynamic Home on startup