VirtFolder

approved

by gr0grig

Creating a hierarchical structure like Luhmann's Zettelkasten

72 stars5,857 downloadsUpdated 11d agoMIT

VirtFolder plugin

A plugin for creating a hierarchical structure in Obsidian.

Allows you to quickly find notes by navigating the knowledge base like a book table of contents.

virt_folder_example

Articles

Features

  • The ability to perform all operations using hot keys
  • Dragging and dropping notes with the mouse, including custom sort order
  • Creating and deleting notes via the right-click menu
  • Add files to virtual folders from the file explorer context menu
  • Emoji icon picker with categorized groups for notes
  • Tag-based note highlighting with configurable colors
  • Frontmatter as HTML data attributes for CSS styling
  • Optional string format for single-parent folder links
  • Create notes via Unique note creator
  • Front Matter Title plugin support
  • Database optimization

Documentation

The current documentation is available in the docs folder.

The old documentation is located on GitBook.

Example

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a4990b31-c8ea-48c8-815a-98521d81fc7d

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