TreeGen — Obsidian Plugin

Generate and copy ASCII folder/file trees directly from your Obsidian vault.

Inspired by the JetBrains TreeGen plugin.

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Preview

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Features

• Side panel — interactive tree view in the right sidebar, opened via ribbon icon
• Right-click menu — "Copy as tree" on any folder in the file explorer
• Live search — filter the tree by name, matching files are highlighted
• Expand / Collapse all — one click to open or close the entire tree
• Copy formats — switch between Tree, Paths, and JSON before copying
• 5 tree styles — Lines, Rounded, ASCII, Minimal, Compact
• File count badges — see how many files each folder contains at a glance
• Click to open — click any file in the panel to open it; Ctrl+click opens in a new tab
• Per-folder copy — copy button appears on hover for any folder
• Configurable — max depth, exclude patterns, tree style, root label, show/hide files

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Tree styles

Lines (default)

my-project/
├── src/
│   ├── main.ts
│   └── TreeView.ts
├── styles.css
└── manifest.json

Rounded

my-project/
├── src/
│   ├── main.ts
│   ╰── TreeView.ts
├── styles.css
╰── manifest.json

ASCII

my-project/
+-- src/
|   +-- main.ts
|   \-- TreeView.ts
+-- styles.css
\-- manifest.json

Minimal

my-project/
· src/
·   · main.ts
·   · TreeView.ts
· styles.css
· manifest.json

Compact

my-project/
  src/
    main.ts
    TreeView.ts
  styles.css
  manifest.json

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Copy formats

Paths

my-project/src/main.ts
my-project/src/TreeView.ts
my-project/styles.css
my-project/manifest.json

JSON

{
  "src/": {
    "main.ts": null,
    "TreeView.ts": null
  },
  "styles.css": null,
  "manifest.json": null
}

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Installation

Manual

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
2. Copy them into .obsidian/plugins/obsidian-treegen/ in your vault
3. Enable the plugin in Settings → Community Plugins

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Usage

Action	How
Open panel	Click the tree icon in the left ribbon
Copy vault tree	"Copy all" button in the panel
Copy folder tree	Hover a folder → click copy icon
Copy file path	Hover a file → click copy icon
Open file	Click any file in the panel
Open in new tab	Ctrl+click (Cmd+click on Mac)
Filter	Type in the search box
Change format	Click Tree / Paths / JSON in the panel
Copy from file explorer	Right-click any folder → "Copy as tree"
Command palette	TreeGen: Open TreeGen panel / TreeGen: Copy vault root as tree

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Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Max depth	10	How many folder levels deep to traverse
Show files	On	Include files in the tree; disable for folders only
Exclude patterns	.obsidian,.git	Comma-separated names to skip
Tree style	Lines	Lines, Rounded, ASCII, Minimal, or Compact
Root label	Folder name	Top-level label: folder name, full path, or none

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Development

git clone https://github.com/30jannik06/Obsidian-TreeGen
cd Obsidian-TreeGen
pnpm install
pnpm dev        # watch mode
pnpm build      # production build
pnpm lint       # ESLint
pnpm lint:fix   # ESLint + auto-fix

Stack: TypeScript · esbuild · ESLint · Obsidian API

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License

MIT — see LICENSE