The Owen stack

Pick the tool for the part of the workflow you want to improve. These projects work together, but you do not need to install everything.

Project	Its role in your workflow
Owen Graphite	Theme, typography, workspace styling, and PDF polish.
Owen Editor	Markdown authoring, editing commands, tables, and report helpers.
Owen Exporter	SVG-to-image export and Markdown/HTML handoff workflows.
Owen Mermaid	Mermaid viewing, visual editing, and image export.
Owen Wiki	A repository template for LLM-assisted knowledge operations.

Owen Graphite

A quiet Obsidian theme for technical notes, knowledge work, and report-ready PDFs.

Give your writing, tables, code, settings, and exported documents one calm graphite surface—without making every part of your workspace compete for attention.

Obsidian theme · Light & dark · Desktop & mobile · English & Korean typography

Quick start · Features · Preview · Documentation

Preview

Light workspace	Dark workspace

The screenshots show Owen Graphite with Owen Editor. The theme styles the workspace; the editing toolbar is provided by Owen Editor.

More workspace and report previews

Use the visual comparison guide when capturing new comparisons.

Features

For your workflow	What Owen Graphite brings
Write and review	Balanced Korean/English typography, document spacing, code blocks, callouts, and dense tables across Live Preview and Reading View.
Navigate your vault	Restrained tabs, file-explorer treatments, wrapped title/metadata tooltips, search, settings, and workspace controls.
Prepare reports	PDF header/footer labels, page numbering, selected-paper readability presets, and page-break guards.
Tune your workspace	Style Settings options for typography, spacing, PDF layout, workspace chrome, and accessibility.
Work in either mode	A consistent light/dark theme for desktop and mobile Obsidian.

Theme first. Plugins when you need them. Owen Graphite owns the visual theme. Persistent code-title editing, code copying, and canonical Frosted ScrollArea controls are provided by Owen Editor—not by installing the theme alone.

Quick start

Install from Obsidian

1. Open Settings → Appearance → Themes → Manage.
2. Search for Owen Graphite and install it.
3. Enable the theme and choose your preferred light or dark mode.

Install the optional Style Settings plugin to adjust report, typography, spacing, and workspace options.

Manual installation from GitHub Releases

1. Open the latest release.
2. Download the installable theme package. Owen Graphite v3.1.106 (Release 3.1.106) provides Owen-Graphite-3.1.106.zip.
3. Extract it into <YourVault>/.obsidian/themes/Owen Graphite/ with manifest.json and theme.css directly inside.
4. Select Owen Graphite under Settings → Appearance → Themes.

GitHub's generated Source code (zip) is the repository archive, not the installable theme package.

Optional plugins: what each one adds

Add-on	Install it when you need
Style Settings	Access to typography, layout, PDF, and workspace settings.
Owen Graphite Companion	Korean Style Settings locale fallback, accessible custom dropdown lists, or structured title/metadata tooltips.
Owen Editor	Persistent code-title editing, copying, editing commands, and Frosted ScrollArea controls.

The Graphite 3.1.105 release includes Owen-Graphite-Companion-1.3.2.zip. Extract its owen-graphite-style-settings-l10n folder into .obsidian/plugins/, reload Obsidian, and enable Owen Graphite Companion. Version 1.3.2 extends accessible custom dropdown lists and missing section headers to native settings and settings popouts while preserving the underlying setting values and descriptions.

The theme styles all preferences pages even without Style Settings or the companion. Native scrollbars use the UI Portal Frosted ScrollArea material while retaining proportional native thumbs. Owen Editor 0.6.39 or newer supplies the full fixed-length glass grip across workspace and settings windows; its settings-sidebar rail follows the panel's outer right edge.

Actual settings captures: native preferences, dark interface and zoom slider, and search and active filter contrast.

Choose Settings → Style Settings → Owen Graphite → Interface → Language for the locale preference. The companion does not change Style Settings data.json or edit Markdown. Owen Editor stores code titles in fenced Markdown as title="...".

Everyday workflow

1. Write naturally. Use Markdown, tables, callouts, and code blocks in Live Preview or Reading View.
2. Adjust once. Choose typography, spacing, and report settings from Settings → Style Settings → Owen Graphite.
3. Review the output. Export a PDF and check the selected paper size, labels, and page breaks before sharing.

Start with the Style Settings presets rather than rebuilding recurring layouts.

Compatibility and boundaries

• The theme is not an editing plugin. The screenshots include optional Owen Editor tools.
• The companion does not edit Markdown. It provides locale fallback and tooltip structure.
• Settings are optional. Style Settings exposes advanced controls, but the theme must still be enabled.
• Review before delivery. Screen appearance and PDF output are separate surfaces.

See the plugin compatibility matrix.

Documentation

Start here	What you will find
Latest release	Installable theme and companion packages.
Changelog	Version-by-version changes.
Feature history	Older feature and release notes.
Settings presets	Reusable workspace and report configurations.
Compatibility	Theme/plugin ownership and integration details.
Design specification	Design and validation contracts.
Release plan	Bundle freshness, Style Settings, Live Preview, and PDF checks.
Contributing	Source layout, developer tools, and contribution guidance.

Contributing and license

After a successful release workflow, only the latest published release and its matching tag are retained. Older release downloads and tag-based rollback links are removed; source commit history is preserved. The retention workflow also supports a guarded dry run.

Open an issue with the Obsidian version, theme version, platform, and reproduction steps. Remove private note content from screenshots and examples.

Read the contribution guide before sending a change.

License: MIT — see LICENSE.

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Support

Owen Graphite is free and open source. If it helps your report, wiki, or documentation workflow, you can support maintenance through GitHub Sponsors.