This is a plugin for Obsidian to manage your frequently used links.
To install this plugin, you will need:
- Git installed on your local machine.
- A GitHub account.
- A local development environment for Node.js and the Node.js version should be above 14.17.0.
- The Obsidian App.
Download the source code into the plugins folder.
git clone [email protected]:luhaifeng666/obsidian-link-keeper.git
- Navigate into the plugins folder:
cd path/to/vault/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-link-keeper
- Install dependencies:
pnpm run install
- Build the plugin:
pnpm run build
To load the plugin in Obsidian, you first need to enable it.
- Open Preferences in Obsidain.
- In the side menu, click Community plugins.
- Under Installed plugins, enable the Link keeper plugin by clicking the toggle button next to it.
You are now running the obsidian-link-keeper plugin! Nice~🎉
You can set the file path where the links are stored by following steps.
- Open Preferences in Obsidian.
- In the side menu, click Link keeper.
- Fill in the file path into the text box. The default file path is
${process.env.HOME}/etl.json
You can manage the links through this plugin.
You can add a link by following steps.
- Click the command icon in the left side menu.
- Select a command named Link keeper: Add link.
- Fill in the link name and the link url and save them by clicking the add button.
💡 By the way
If you find it troublesome or you wanna add the link selected in the Obsidian editor, you can try following steps.
- Select the link you wanna add.
- Open modal by the above three steps or the hotkey.
- Fill in the link name and click the add button to save.
You can delete a link by following steps.
- Click the command icon in the left side menu.
- Select a command named Link keeper: Delete link.
- Select a link name and click the delete button.
You can search a link by following steps.
- Click the command icon in the left side menu.
- Select a command named Link keeper: List link.
- Fill in the link name.
You can set hotkeys for the above commands.
- Open Preferences in Obsidian.
- Click the Community plugins in the side menu.
- Click the Hotkeys icon next to the information of the Link keeper plugin.