# Meta **URL:** https://forum.obsidian.md/c/meta/16.md [Latest](https://forum.obsidian.md/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.obsidian.md/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.obsidian.md/tags.md) --- ## [About the Meta category](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/about-the-meta-category/2498)
**Author:** [@Silver](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Silver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/about-the-meta-category/2498 "2020-06-28T10:15:49Z")
Meta topics about Obsidian or the forum. --- ## [Obsidian Appreciation Thread - Let's show some love to the team - Thank you](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-appreciation-thread-lets-show-some-love-to-the-team-thank-you/34704)
**Author:** [@samhuang748](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/samhuang748)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-appreciation-thread-lets-show-some-love-to-the-team-thank-you/34704 "2026-08-01T18:26:02Z")
Hey everyone! In the midst of our note-taking frenzy (and other geeky things we do with Obsidian), I thought it’d be nice to take a moment to reflect on our experiences with the app and show Erica and Shida some much de… --- ## [Meta Post - Syncing between Devices](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/meta-post-syncing-between-devices/20983)
**Author:** [@EleanorKonik](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/EleanorKonik)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/meta-post-syncing-between-devices/20983 "2025-02-16T14:38:16Z")
The official documentation for syncing Obsidian across devices is a great place to start. If you have ideas to improve the Obsidian documentation, pull requests are welcome. You can contribute to the process of documenti… --- ## [Network Connections (Network Traffic)](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/network-connections-network-traffic/12294)
**Author:** [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/network-connections-network-traffic/12294 "2025-07-28T18:36:30Z")
All the instances where obsidian generates network traffic When you open one of your notes that embeds online content. For example, an image !\[cat\](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Cat\_poster\_1.jpg) P… --- ## [Open Sourcing of Obsidian](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/open-sourcing-of-obsidian/1515)
**Author:** [@okay](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/okay)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/open-sourcing-of-obsidian/1515 "2026-10-30T15:56:56Z")
Hi! Loving Obsidian so far, seriously great job. I’ve read some of the HackerNews comments and heard some of the basics about why not to open source Obsidian right now; I understand and don’t want to be a nag, but I did… --- ## [Forum request: use discourse form templates for bug reports](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/forum-request-use-discourse-form-templates-for-bug-reports/119086)
**Author:** [@superle3](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/superle3)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/forum-request-use-discourse-form-templates-for-bug-reports/119086 "2026-10-06T00:53:57Z")
discourse add form templates in 2023? Introducing Form Templates - Announcements - Discourse Meta and they are no longer in experimental state since the 4th of may of 2026. Form templates make it easier to differentiate… --- ## [There are 8,255 plugins as of 2026-09-30. Feeling sad and overwhelmed](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/there-are-8-255-plugins-as-of-2026-09-30-feeling-sad-and-overwhelmed/118891)
**Author:** [@luckman212](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/luckman212)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/there-are-8-255-plugins-as-of-2026-09-30-feeling-sad-and-overwhelmed/118891 "2026-10-04T16:18:32Z")
The AI boom has resulted an absolute explosion of plugins. I used to follow along with new ones, when there were just a few dozen, then a few hundred, then a couple thousand. Now it feels like chaos. It takes 9 entire se… --- ## [Discourse setting: increase time allowed to change reactions?](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/discourse-setting-increase-time-allowed-to-change-reactions/118927)
**Author:** [@dawni](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/dawni)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/discourse-setting-increase-time-allowed-to-change-reactions/118927 "2026-10-01T12:33:38Z")
Sadly, due to my poor employment of emojional context: I gave someone’s reply a heart, changed it to confetti, saw they left a second reply, replied back, and for the new context wanted to change the confetti back to… --- ## [YAML & Properties & API: processFrontMatter removes / alters string quotes, comments, types, formatting](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/yaml-properties-api-processfrontmatter-removes-alters-string-quotes-comments-types-formatting/65851)
**Author:** [@maverick](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/maverick)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/yaml-properties-api-processfrontmatter-removes-alters-string-quotes-comments-types-formatting/65851 "2026-09-30T17:18:17Z")
Calling processFrontMatter will destroy all previous formatting, and most YAML features/syntax. As you will see from the expected vs actual output, the behavior is quite odd. Steps to reproduce Modify the sample’s ‘sam… --- ## [Forum Request: Add a "Disagree" or "Not Helpful" Reaction Option](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/forum-request-add-a-disagree-or-not-helpful-reaction-option/108776)
**Author:** [@writtenfool](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/writtenfool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/forum-request-add-a-disagree-or-not-helpful-reaction-option/108776 "2026-08-21T04:33:16Z")
The current reaction system creates a significant feedback disparity; agreement takes a single press of the like emoji while a dissent requires a full post response. A feature request might have 50 likes but may have 20… --- ## [Discourse plugin: Bookmark Notes](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/discourse-plugin-bookmark-notes/117161)
**Author:** [@DRRO](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/DRRO)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/discourse-plugin-bookmark-notes/117161 "2026-08-10T16:56:03Z")
This is a feature request for the current Obsidian forum, if there’s a different process to do it please let me know. Install and enable Bookmark Notes - Plugin - Discourse Meta (or your own fork) to allow personal no… --- ## [Security of the plugins](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/security-of-the-plugins/7544)
**Author:** [@den](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/den)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/security-of-the-plugins/7544 "2026-06-17T18:00:49Z")
I don’t know if Obsidan dev have think about that, but when the Obsidian plugins will open to public there will be: many noble developers as well as many who want to take advantage of the user data. As the core ph… --- ## [Request: Have more detailed and updated Obsidian roadmap](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/request-have-more-detailed-and-updated-obsidian-roadmap/83974)
**Author:** [@nicolas.lienart](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/nicolas.lienart)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/request-have-more-detailed-and-updated-obsidian-roadmap/83974 "2026-06-08T19:56:35Z")
There’s an official roadmap for Obsidian available here Obsidian Roadmap - Obsidian But it’s quite frustrating because it’s pretty light and doesn’t get updated so often. You can check through Internet Archive’s Wayback… --- ## [Affiliate links/Referral program](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/affiliate-links-referral-program/23321)
**Author:** [@bdillahu](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/bdillahu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/affiliate-links-referral-program/23321 "2026-05-30T22:03:10Z")
Any thought of having some Affiliate links/program? Maybe earn free months of sync or something for every sale? Just a thought… I’ll keep trying to promote Obsidian regardless (not that I have an audience anyhow, but) --- ## [Digital meetup?](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/digital-meetup/113434)
**Author:** [@amit](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/amit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/digital-meetup/113434 "2026-04-16T15:23:36Z")
I was looking at opportunities to learn from people in this community, and I unbelievably don’t find a single digital meetup… has there never been one? Do you think it’s a good idea? --- ## [Why was Lucide Icons chosen as Obsidian's builtin icon pack?](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/why-was-lucide-icons-chosen-as-obsidians-builtin-icon-pack/113231)
**Author:** [@SuaveSteve](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/SuaveSteve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/why-was-lucide-icons-chosen-as-obsidians-builtin-icon-pack/113231 "2026-04-10T21:39:16Z")
I’m just curious what was special about Lucide over others :slight\_smile: --- ## [Description of end to end encryption scheme](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/description-of-end-to-end-encryption-scheme/112836)
**Author:** [@bsidhom](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/bsidhom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/description-of-end-to-end-encryption-scheme/112836 "2026-03-30T03:15:36Z")
Is there a complete description of the end-to-end encryption scheme used for Obsidian Sync? I’ve only found passing mentions to details, e.g., in update notes and on the security and privacy page. I have pieced together … --- ## [The open-source sponsor problem — Templater has 3.9M downloads and 6 active sponsors](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/the-open-source-sponsor-problem-templater-has-3-9m-downloads-and-6-active-sponsors/112828)
**Author:** [@C.Bjorn](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/C.Bjorn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/the-open-source-sponsor-problem-templater-has-3-9m-downloads-and-6-active-sponsors/112828 "2026-03-30T00:09:29Z")
I just wrote a piece about something that’s been bugging me, and I think this community should see the numbers. Templater — one of the most essential plugins in the Obsidian ecosystem — has 3,891,003 downloads. Nearly f… --- ## [Surface plugin solutions on feature request threadS](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/surface-plugin-solutions-on-feature-request-threads/112772)
**Author:** [@sWB](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/sWB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/surface-plugin-solutions-on-feature-request-threads/112772 "2026-03-28T17:20:52Z")
When searching for a feature, users often find existing request threads, upvote, and move on — never knowing a plugin already solves their problem. A simple “solved by plugin” tag or pinned reply linking to the relevant… --- ## [Enable Reply via E-mail](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/enable-reply-via-e-mail/111226)
**Author:** [@calloc](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/calloc)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/enable-reply-via-e-mail/111226 "2026-03-15T02:23:48Z")
Hi - I use the mailing list mode and it’s been nice to get notification of activity here via e-mail. However, it’s missing one critical feature: reply via e-mail. --- ## [\[Security\] Vault contents exposed outside the vault's directory](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/security-vault-contents-exposed-outside-the-vaults-directory/28886)
**Author:** [@MichaelH](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/MichaelH)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/security-vault-contents-exposed-outside-the-vaults-directory/28886 "2026-02-27T20:53:12Z")
Hello everyone! :wave: I’m very much enjoying using Obsidian :tada: However, I have a couple of questions about data security. I initially assumed that all vault content would be stored only within the vault’s directory… --- ## [Catalyst distribution for Android needs another look](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/catalyst-distribution-for-android-needs-another-look/109047)
**Author:** [@caleb-allen](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/caleb-allen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/catalyst-distribution-for-android-needs-another-look/109047 "2026-01-09T17:31:46Z")
Is there a threshold at which the obsidian developers might consider distributing the Android Catalyst version through other means? I get that using an insiders-only discord channel makes things really simple, but the mo… --- ## [If you can get a new Markdown flavor, what new features you wish it would have that you miss in regular Markdown?](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/if-you-can-get-a-new-markdown-flavor-what-new-features-you-wish-it-would-have-that-you-miss-in-regular-markdown/42883)
**Author:** [@Mustafa106](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Mustafa106)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/if-you-can-get-a-new-markdown-flavor-what-new-features-you-wish-it-would-have-that-you-miss-in-regular-markdown/42883 "2025-12-15T02:15:02Z")
For me, as I wish for a markdown version that work for blogs, notes and knowledge management, technical and academic writings and long form writing aka ebooks, I miss a lot in markdown that other formats offer. For me. … --- ## [What is the tech stack currently?](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/what-is-the-tech-stack-currently/833)
**Author:** [@anshbansal](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/anshbansal)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/what-is-the-tech-stack-currently/833 "2022-12-04T07:54:04Z")
What third party libraries are being used? That might give people some ideas. --- ## [Obsidian has entered my dreams after \<1 month](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-has-entered-my-dreams-after-1-month/24438)
**Author:** [@CawlinTeffid](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/CawlinTeffid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-has-entered-my-dreams-after-1-month/24438 "2025-11-16T12:32:55Z")
After using Obsidian for less than a month, I recently dreamed that I pulled out my phone and opened Obsidian to write down something someone was telling me. XD --- ## [About Pricing aka why does Obsidian Service X cost so much or any money at all](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/about-pricing-aka-why-does-obsidian-service-x-cost-so-much-or-any-money-at-all/26329)
**Author:** [@hjin](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/hjin)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/about-pricing-aka-why-does-obsidian-service-x-cost-so-much-or-any-money-at-all/26329 "2025-11-16T08:13:41Z")
Why does it cost $8/month just to sync notes, while Joplin and Standard Notes can do that for free? Genuinely interested. --- ## [Obsidian disabling community plugins](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-disabling-community-plugins/104779)
**Author:** [@gibraltar](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/gibraltar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-disabling-community-plugins/104779 "2025-08-27T06:49:50Z")
Hi guys, just read the changelog for the newly released Obsidian version 1.9.12. And I’m a little bit surprised. If I read the changelog correctly, the Obsidian team disables two community plugins because they’re ca… --- ## [Design talk about the Graph View](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/design-talk-about-the-graph-view/22594)
**Author:** [@danitrusca](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/danitrusca)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/design-talk-about-the-graph-view/22594 "2025-07-22T08:18:40Z")
When I look at the graph view in Obsidian I see possibility. I see huge untapped potential. I want this thread to be a discussion about what the graph view could be. The purpose is to eventually distill this thread in a… --- ## [Discourse error message re links in post](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/discourse-error-message-re-links-in-post/102970)
**Author:** [@krocnyc](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/krocnyc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/discourse-error-message-re-links-in-post/102970 "2025-07-17T17:12:33Z")
I’m trying to create a new topic in the Help section but I keep getting an error message about links in my post, even though there aren’t any. Do I need to avoid including thinks like actual domain names and the like? --- ## [Stackoverflow](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/stackoverflow/102474)
**Author:** [@geneorama](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/geneorama)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/stackoverflow/102474 "2025-07-01T17:35:14Z")
Just became a catalyst member and I have one thing to say: I really wish you had a stack exchange site I really hate relying on this forum because you never know if there’s been a better answer since the topic was close… [Next page](https://forum.obsidian.md/c/meta/16.md?page=1)