Project Manager for Obsidian

Full-featured project management, natively in your vault.

Table views, Gantt charts, Kanban boards — all stored as plain Markdown with YAML frontmatter. No external services. No sync subscriptions. Your data stays yours.

Views

Table — Sortable, filterable task grid with inline editing. Save custom filter/sort combinations as named views. Add subtasks inline from any row.

Gantt — Timeline view with draggable bars, dependency visualization, and configurable granularity (day / week / month / quarter). See the full project at a glance.

Kanban — Card-based board grouped by status. Drag cards between columns to update status in one move.

What you can track

Each task stored in your vault as a .md file and supports: title, description, status, priority, start date, due date, progress (0–100%), time estimate, time logs, assignees, tags, subtasks, dependencies, and recurrence rules.

Projects support custom fields (text, number, date, select, multi-select, checkbox, URL, person), a shared team roster, and saved views per project.

Statuses: todo · in-progress · blocked · review · done · cancelled Priorities: critical · high · medium · low

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Installation

Via BRAT (recommended for early access)

1. Install the BRAT plugin from the Obsidian community store.
2. Open BRAT settings → Add Beta Plugin.
3. Enter: StepanKropachev/obsidian-project-manager
4. Enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins.

Manual

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

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Quick start

1. Click the dashboard icon in the ribbon (or run Open Projects pane from the command palette).
2. Click New project to create your first project. Give it a name, color, and optional icon.
3. Open the project — it opens in Table view by default.
4. Press + Add task to create your first task.
5. Switch views using the Table / Gantt / Kanban tabs at the top.

Commands available:

• Open Projects pane
• Create new project
• Create new task
• Create new subtask

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Data format

Projects and tasks are stored as Markdown files with YAML frontmatter in a configurable vault folder (default: Projects/). They're plain text — readable, portable, and version-controllable.

---
pm-task: true
title: "Ship v1.0"
status: in-progress
priority: high
due: "2026-04-01"
progress: 60
---

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Settings

Setting	Description
Projects folder	Vault folder where project files are stored
Default view	Table, Gantt, or Kanban
Gantt granularity	Default timeline scale
Due date notifications	Get reminders N days before due dates
Team members	Global roster for task assignment

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Requirements

• Obsidian 1.4.0 or later
• Desktop or mobile (no desktop-only APIs used)

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License

MIT © Stepan Kropachev