Plugin Inventar

Automatically maintain an inventory of all installed plugins for each of your devices and Obsidian vaults.

Features

• 🔄 Automatic Updates – Inventory updates when Obsidian starts or plugins are installed/enabled/disabled
• 📱 Multi-Device Tracking – Each device maintains its own inventory file (<VaultName>_<DeviceName>.md)
• 🔀 Sync Friendly – Works seamlessly with Obsidian Sync by keeping device-specific files separate (no conflicts)
• ⚙️ Configurable – Choose where inventory notes are stored
• 📊 Clean Format – Organized Markdown table with plugin status, versions, and IDs

Why You Need This

If you use Obsidian Sync across multiple devices, tracking which plugins are installed and enabled on each device is important. This plugin solves that by automatically maintaining a device-specific inventory:

System/Plugin-Inventar/
├── MyVault_macbook.md       # Plugins on your Mac
├── MyVault_windows-desktop.md # Plugins on your Windows PC
└── MyVault_ipad.md          # Plugins on your iPad

Each file is named <VaultName>_<DeviceName>.md so they don't conflict with Obsidian Sync.

Installation

From Obsidian Community Plugins

1. Open Obsidian Settings → Community Plugins
2. Disable Safe Mode (if enabled)
3. Click Browse and search for "Plugin Inventar"
4. Click Install
5. Click Enable

Manual Installation

1. Open GitHub Releases and download the asset wpis-plugin-inventar-vX.Y.Z.zip from the latest release
2. Do not use Source code (zip) because that archive contains the full repository
3. Extract the zip so that this structure exists in your vault: .obsidian/plugins/wpis-plugin-inventar/main.js and .obsidian/plugins/wpis-plugin-inventar/manifest.json
4. Reload Obsidian (or enable in Community Plugins panel)

Mini screenshot (which zip to use):

Configuration

Inventory Folder

By default, inventory files are stored in System/Plugin-Inventar/. You can customize this in the plugin settings:

1. Open Obsidian Settings → Plugin Inventar
2. Change the Inventory Folder setting
3. Save changes

Recommendation: Use a folder that's included in Obsidian Sync so your inventory is available on all devices.

Usage

Automatic Updates

The inventory automatically updates:

• When Obsidian starts (trigger: "Startup")
• When you install, uninstall, enable, or disable a plugin (trigger: "Plugin change")

Manual Update

You can manually trigger an update:

• Use Command Palette: Plugin Inventar: Manual Update
• Access settings: Plugin Inventar: Open Configuration

Viewing Your Inventory

Navigate to your configured inventory folder and open the markdown file for your device. You'll see:

# Plugin Inventory – My Vault

- **Device:** My-MacBook
- **Updated:** 2026-04-08T22:56:00.000Z
- **Trigger:** Plugin change

## Installed Plugins (42/45 enabled)

| Status | Name | ID | Version |
|--------|------|----|----|
| ✅ | Obsidian Git | obsidian-git | 1.0.0 |
| ✅ | Dataview | dataview | 0.5.50 |
| ⭕ | Daily Notes | daily-notes | 1.1.0 |

Status indicators:

• ✅ = Plugin is enabled
• ⭕ = Plugin is disabled

Known Issues

Mobile Support

On iOS and Android, the device name will show as "Unknown" because the plugin cannot detect the device name using standard APIs. If this is important for your workflow, please file an issue.

Obsidian Version Compatibility

This plugin requires Obsidian 1.0.0 or later. Earlier versions may not have full event handler support.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit issues or pull requests on GitHub.

License

This plugin is released under the MIT License.

Support

For bug reports, feature requests, or questions, please open an issue on GitHub.

Contributing

Found a bug or want a feature? Please open an issue on GitHub.

License

MIT License – See LICENSE for details.

Author

Alexander Waller
WebPoint Internet Solutions, Lauterach, Austria
https://webpoint.at

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Credits

This plugin is built with:

• Obsidian API
• TypeScript
• Esbuild

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for version history.