Bases Kanban View
unlistedby Silso
Adds a Kanban board view type to Obsidian Bases for task and project management.
Bases Kanban View
A Kanban board view for Obsidian Bases.
[!WARNING] This plugin is provided as-is for personal use. The repository is public for anyone who wants to fork and adapt it. Please do not open issues for support or feature requests.
Features
📋 Kanban visualization — Groups notes into columns based on a property (default: status)
🖱️ Drag & drop — Move cards between columns to update their status
➕ Quick add — Create new cards directly from column headers
📎 Subtasks — Create related notes from any card (requires Link property name config)
📝 Template support — Full integration with Obsidian's templates folder
✂️ Title cleaning — Strip prefixes/suffixes from card titles
Usage
- Create a new Base in Obsidian
- Switch to Kanban view
- Cards are grouped by the
statusproperty by default
Configuration
📊 Columns
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Column property | Frontmatter property to group by (default: status) |
| Columns | Comma-separated order, e.g. Todo, In Progress, Done |
| Show empty columns | Toggle visibility of empty columns |
🃏 Cards
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Strip from title start | Text to remove from beginning of titles |
| Strip from title end | Text to remove from end of titles |
📝 Templates & Creation
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Default new note title | Suggested name for new cards |
| Default new note template | Template file for new cards |
| Default subnote title | Suggested name for subtasks |
| Subnote template | Template file for subtasks |
⚙️ Behavior
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Quick add cards | Show + button in column headers |
| Enable drag and drop | Allow moving cards between columns |
| Show subnote button | Show + on cards for subtasks |
| Link property name | Property for linking subnotes (e.g. parent) |
Installation
Manual
- Download
main.js,manifest.json, andstyles.cssfrom the Releases page - Create
.obsidian/plugins/bases-kanban-view/in your vault - Place the files in that folder
- Enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins
BRAT
- Install Obsidian42 - BRAT
- Run
BRAT: Add a beta plugin for testing - Enter this repository URL
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