Chronica – Life in Frames

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by Neovasky Labs

Visualize your life as a grid of weeks with color-coded events, markers, and linked notes.

★ 71 starsUpdated 26d agoMITDiscovered via Obsidian Unofficial Plugins
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Chronica: Life in Frames

Visualize your life as a grid of weeks with color-coded events, markers, and linked notes.

Chronica transforms your Obsidian vault into a life timeline — each cell in the grid represents one week of your life, letting you see the big picture at a glance.

Features

  • Life grid visualization — see your entire life as a grid of week-cells, from birth to your configured lifespan
  • Color-coded events — create events with custom types and colors (Major Life, Travel, Relationship, Education/Career, or your own)
  • Date ranges — events can span single weeks or entire date ranges
  • Linked notes — create Obsidian notes directly from events with configurable templates and folder paths
  • Vault scanning — automatically detects events from frontmatter in your markdown files
  • Visual markers — toggle decade, year, month, and birthday dividers on the grid
  • Multiple display modes — square, circle, or diamond cells in landscape or portrait orientation
  • Statistics panel — view event breakdowns, seasonal analysis, and timeline charts
  • Manual week filling — click cells to mark weeks as memorable
  • Sidebar navigation — collapsible sidebar with legend and event list
  • Mobile support — works on both desktop and mobile Obsidian

Getting started

  1. Install from Settings > Community plugins > Browse and search for "Chronica"
  2. Enable the plugin
  3. Open Chronica from the ribbon icon or the command palette (Open Chronica timeline)
  4. Set your birthday in the welcome dialog or settings
  5. Start adding events to your timeline

Creating events

From the timeline

Click any cell on the grid and select Create event to add a new event at that week.

From notes (vault scanning)

Add frontmatter to any markdown file in your configured events folder:

---
event: Graduation
type: "Major Life"
description: Finished university
startDate: 2025-06-15
endDate: 2025-06-22
---

Chronica will automatically detect and display these events on the grid.

Commands

CommandDescription
Open Chronica timelineOpens the life grid view
Create weekly noteCreates or opens a note for the current week
Rescan Chronica eventsManually re-scans your vault for event notes

Settings

Configure Chronica under Settings > Community plugins > Chronica: Life in Frames:

  • Core setup — birthday, expected lifespan
  • Folders & note naming — where event notes and weekly notes are stored
  • File naming templates — customize how note files are named
  • Appearance — cell shape, orientation, colors
  • Marker visibility — toggle decade/year/month/birthday markers
  • Event types — create and manage custom event categories
  • Week filling — configure manual fill color
  • Statistics panel — resize and position the stats panel

Manual installation

  1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
  2. Create a folder: <your vault>/.obsidian/plugins/chronica-life-in-frames/
  3. Copy the three files into that folder
  4. Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin under Settings > Community plugins

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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