Disclaimer
Is this project open source? Yes — MIT licensed
Is this project completely free? Yes
Is this project vibe-coded beyond the author’s ability to comprehend how it works? No
Community Directory: [AutoIcons](https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/autoicons)
AutoIcons — automatic icons for every file and folder
AutoIcons gives every file and folder in your file explorer an icon — automatically. Describe what you want once, and every current and future file gets the right icon on its own. No decorating items one by one.
Icons are resolved in priority order:
- Frontmatter — add
icon: lucide-rocketto a note, or use the Set icon for current file command with a searchable picker that writes it for you - Custom rules — match by path, extension, name, or regex; target files, folders, or both; first match wins, drag to reorder
- File-type icons — images, audio, video, PDF, canvas, code, and Excalidraw drawings, out of the box
- Default icons — configurable fallbacks for notes and folders, so the whole vault is iconed the moment you enable it
All icons come from Obsidian’s built-in Lucide set, so they match your theme in light and dark mode. No network requests, no telemetry — nothing leaves your vault.
How is this different from Iconize? Iconize is great for hand-picking icons per item. AutoIcons is the opposite philosophy: rule-driven and zero-effort — set it once and future files icon themselves.
GitHub: https://github.com/anuzdhk/autoicon
This is my first plugin — feedback and feature ideas are very welcome! I’ll post all future updates in this thread.