The Minimalist Editor

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by litegral

Distraction-free writing with inline outline, focus mode, and clean UI options. Features a Notion-style hover-to-expand table of contents, line-by-line focus dimming, and the ability to hide properties and scrollbars.

★ 19 starsUpdated 11d agoMIT
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The Minimalist Editor

A distraction-free writing plugin for Obsidian with an inline outline, focus mode, and clean UI tweaks.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6f2ec7a8-0ae8-4822-b453-025792335775

Features

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Notion-style Side Table of Contents

A lightweight table of contents on the right side.

  • Collapsed view shows simple hierarchy lines
  • Hover to expand headings
  • Click to jump to sections
  • Highlights current section
  • Two styles: Standard and Minimal

Distraction-free Mode

Keeps attention on what you're writing.

  • Auto-hide UI when you start writing
  • Optional auto-hide exclusions for specific notes or folders
  • Focus mode that dims content except the current line/paragraph

Clean UI Options

  • Hide frontmatter (properties)
  • Hide scrollbars

Installation

Community Plugins

  1. Settings → Community Plugins
  2. Disable Safe Mode
  3. Search “The Minimalist Editor”
  4. Install & enable

if it’s not on the official list yet, use the BRAT method below.

BRAT (alternative)

  1. Install the BRAT plugin from: https://github.com/TfTHacker/obsidian42-brat
  2. Open BRAT settings in Obsidian
  3. Click “Add Beta Plugin”
  4. Paste the repository URL for The Minimalist Editor
  5. Install & enable

Manual

  1. Download latest release
  2. Extract to .obsidian/plugins/the-minimalist-editor/
  3. Reload Obsidian
  4. Enable plugin

Usage

Settings

Settings → The Minimalist Editor

  • Toggle outline
  • Switch minimal style
  • Enable focus mode
  • Adjust dim opacity
  • Add auto-hide exclusions for notes/folders
  • Hide properties / scrollbar

Commands (Cmd/Ctrl + P)

  • Toggle Inline Outline
  • Toggle Focus Mode

Hotkeys can be customized in Settings → Hotkeys.

Compatibility

  • Requires Obsidian v1.9.3 or higher
  • Desktop only (Windows, macOS, Linux)
  • Works with both Edit and Reading modes

Support

  • Report issues on GitHub
  • Contributions welcome via pull requests

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details

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