Table Beautifier

An Obsidian plugin that converts ASCII and Unicode box-drawing tables into Markdown tables.

Useful when pasting terminal output from CLI tools like Claude Code, Docker, psql, MySQL, and others that render tables with box-drawing characters.

Before

┌──────────────────┬───────────────────────┐
│       Code       │      Description      │
├──────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│ MyClass          │ This is my class      │
├──────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│ YourClass        │ This is your class    │
└──────────────────┴───────────────────────┘

After

Code	Description
MyClass	This is my class
YourClass	This is your class

Usage

1. Select the table text in the editor
2. Right-click and choose Convert table to Markdown, or
3. Open the command palette (Cmd+P) and run Table Beautifier: Convert table to Markdown

The context menu item only appears when the selection contains table-like characters.

Supported Formats

• Unicode box-drawing tables (┌ ─ ┬ ┐ │ ├ ┼ ┤ └ ┴ ┘)
• ASCII tables (+ - | =)

Features

• Columns are padded for visual alignment
• Values that look like code identifiers (PascalCase, snake_case, dot.notation) are wrapped in backticks

Development

npm install
npm run build
npm test

To develop with live reload, run npm run dev and symlink the plugin directory into your vault:

ln -s /path/to/obsidian-table-beautifier /path/to/vault/.obsidian/plugins/table-beautifier

Installation

Copy main.js and manifest.json into your vault's .obsidian/plugins/table-beautifier/ directory, then enable the plugin in Settings.

Releasing

1. Bump version in manifest.json and package.json (semver, e.g. 1.0.1).

2. Commit the bump:

   git commit -am "chore: release 1.0.1"
   

3. Build and tag. The tag must match manifest.json version exactly — no v prefix:

   npm run build
   git tag 1.0.1
   git push origin main 1.0.1
   

4. Create a GitHub release at the tag and attach main.js and manifest.json as individual asset files (not zipped).