Instant Diary for Obsidian

日本語版 (Japanese Version)

Create and manage diary entries instantly with zero clicks. It provides an environment where you can focus on writing by offering automatic folder/file creation, automatic handling of day-rollovers, and a convenient management view.

Key Features

• Automatic Diary Creation & Display: Automatically creates and displays the diary for the current day. With the default settings, it automatically opens when Obsidian starts, allowing you to start writing with zero clicks!
• Management View: Provides a dedicated view to browse past diaries. Easily accessible from the ribbon icon. When opened in the sidebar, the display is optimized for the sidebar!
• Automatic File & Folder Organization: Automatically organizes files within a specified folder in a "Year/Month/Day" structure (see "File Management Specifications" for details).
• Template Support: Can automatically apply a specified template file when creating a diary.
• Multilingual Support: The management and settings UI supports both English and Japanese.

File Management Specifications

This plugin manages and organizes files based on the Root Folder specified by the user (default: diary) according to the following rules:

1. File Name and Creation Location
   • Diary files are created in the format YYYY-MM-DD.md within the corresponding month's folder YYYY-MM.
   • Example: diary/2026-04/2026-04-15.md (You can freely add a title after the date.)
2. Support for Multiple Files on the Same Day
   • If you manually create a new diary on the same day, a sequential number is automatically added.
   • Example: 2026-04-15 (2).md
3. Automatic Archiving of Past Years
   • When the year changes, the previous year's YYYY-MM folders are automatically moved and organized under a YYYY (Year) folder.
   • Example: diary/2025-12/ → automatically moved to diary/2025/2025-12/.
   • This prevents the root folder from being cluttered with several years' worth of month folders.

Commands

The following commands are available from the Command Palette:

• Open Diary Management: Opens a dedicated view where you can check the diary calendar and list.
• Create Today's Diary: Creates today's diary (if it already exists, it opens it).

Settings

• Language: Display language for the plugin (English/Japanese).
• Auto Create Diary: Automatically creates and opens today's diary when Obsidian starts (and when the day rolls over).
• Auto Open Today's Diary: Automatically opens today's diary file on startup.
• Auto Open Management View: Automatically opens the diary management view on startup.
• Open Style: Select the style for opening the diary (Current tab, New tab, Split right, Split down, New window).
• Root Folder: Specify the path to the parent folder where diary files will be saved.
• Template File: Path to the template file to use when creating a new diary (e.g., templates/diary-template.md).
• Font Size: Adjusts the display font size of the management view.

Author

uniunigoduni

https://github.com/uniunigoduni

License

MIT License