Reading Time Status

Show an estimated reading time for the current note in Obsidian's status bar. Obsidian already shows a word/character count, so this stays out of the way and just adds the minutes. Updates live as you switch notes or type.

Features

• Live status bar — estimated reading time for the active note, next to Obsidian's built-in word count
• CJK-aware counting — each Chinese / Japanese / Korean character counts as one word, so mixed-language notes are estimated correctly
• Configurable reading speed — set your words-per-minute (default 200)
• Optional word count — turn it on if you also want N words shown

Settings

Setting	Default	What it does
Reading speed	200 wpm	Divisor used to estimate minutes
Show word count	off	Also show N words next to ~M min

Install

From the community plugin browser (once approved)

Settings → Community plugins → Browse → search "Reading Time Status".

Manual

Download main.js, manifest.json, styles.css from the latest release into your vault's .obsidian/plugins/reading-time-status/ folder, then enable the plugin.

Development

npm install
npm run dev      # watch build
npm run build    # production build → main.js

License

MIT