# Create a graph based on the folder structure **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature requests\ **Tags:** valuable\ **Created:** [February 13, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411 "2022-02-13T18:47:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/1 "2022-02-13T18:47:51Z")
Generate a graph based on folder structure/path (as opposed to the wikilinks). Once this graph is generated, the wikilinks can be superimposed on top of it (without affecting the nodes’ positions). ---
**Author:** ![TheChiefMeat](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheChiefMeat](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/TheChiefMeat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/2 "2020-08-21T20:12:52Z")
Hi there, I’ve been trying out Obsidian for the past week, and I’d like to suggest the idea of a toggle-able view between the already existing Graph View and a Folder Graph View. To show a simple example, here’s a second brain folder I started this week viewed through Gource, which shows git commits through an animation. This view shows each folder as a line, and shows the files located in that folder as a dot: ![image](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/2X/4/440fb3c6c0c6a060adadb45904c101256c949062.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![lizardmenfromspace](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/lizardmenfromspace/32/19233_2.png) [@lizardmenfromspace](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/lizardmenfromspace)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/3 "2020-08-22T03:15:47Z")
You should post this in plugins or feature request ---
**Author:** ![TheChiefMeat](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheChiefMeat](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/TheChiefMeat)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/4 "2020-08-22T12:31:58Z")
@lizardmenfromspace Done, honestly thought I had, thanks for pointing that out 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ryanjamurphy](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/ryanjamurphy/32/334_2.png) [@ryanjamurphy](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/ryanjamurphy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/5 "2020-08-22T14:26:33Z")
Thanks! Since this one already had some momentum in the form of 💜’s I moved it to #feature-requests and deleted the new one. ---
**Author:** ![TheChiefMeat](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheChiefMeat](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/TheChiefMeat)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/6 "2020-08-22T15:55:28Z")
@ryanjamurphy Thank you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![connorhodes](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/connorhodes/32/4557_2.png) [@connorhodes](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/connorhodes)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/7 "2020-09-18T21:15:10Z")
I think this would be really useful for those of us who use folders to organize our markdown notes. ---
**Author:** ![ajparkme](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@ajparkme](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/ajparkme)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/8 "2020-09-28T23:01:01Z")
Totally agree with you there, it is the missing feature for me and sometimes I like to know files by association in folder structure / context without having to create links or tags in the markdown itself. ---
**Author:** ![wudanyang](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@wudanyang](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/wudanyang)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/9 "2020-11-14T15:18:43Z")
How about this request? ---
**Author:** ![MOGI](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/mogi/32/6630_2.png) [@MOGI](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/MOGI)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/10 "2020-11-15T18:49:33Z")
this would be really cool, espcially together with the [foldernotes](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/folder-as-markdown-note/2902/52) request. ---
**Author:** ![akos0215](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/akos0215/32/55_2.png) [@akos0215](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/akos0215)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/11 "2020-11-18T23:16:27Z")
Hi! I had the same problem, therefore I developed a kind-a-workaround solution: All of my folders and subfolders has an index file, which just contains links to the notes of the given folder. And I developed a tiny program that works as a daemon and keeps these index files updated if I create a new file, delete one, or move a file to another folder. I plan to reimplement it as an Obsidian plugin, but until that time, feel free the give it a try, here it is: [https://github.com/akosbalasko/zoottelkeeper](https://github.com/akosbalasko/zoottelkeeper) ---
**Author:** ![jtmusky](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/jtmusky/32/6588_2.png) [@jtmusky](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/jtmusky)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/12 "2020-11-22T01:06:20Z")
I second this and would like to see this as an option under the graph setting. Something like “Display Folder/child links” option. ---
**Author:** ![Phenomenonx](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@Phenomenonx](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Phenomenonx)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/13 "2020-12-15T10:41:27Z")
Would love to have this!. Right now I miss it so badly ---
**Author:** ![EleanorKonik](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/eleanorkonik/32/6180_2.png) [@EleanorKonik](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/EleanorKonik)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/14 "2021-05-14T12:27:49Z")
Has there been any progress on turning this into a plugin? I had come here to request a similar feature, allowing folders to get treated as nodes on the graph, similar to how tags can be toggled to become nodes. ---
**Author:** ![akos0215](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/akos0215/32/55_2.png) [@akos0215](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/akos0215)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/15 "2021-05-18T23:09:10Z")
Hi @EleanorKonik , yes, I’ve almost done it, so hopefully it can be installed within a couple of days. Regards, akos ---
**Author:** ![EleanorKonik](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/eleanorkonik/32/6180_2.png) [@EleanorKonik](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/EleanorKonik)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/16 "2021-05-19T00:01:03Z")
Incredible news, thanks for the update!! ---
**Author:** ![akos0215](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/akos0215/32/55_2.png) [@akos0215](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/akos0215)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/17 "2021-06-10T08:22:48Z")
Hi All! It’s ready to be used and can be downloaded from the catalog! ---
**Author:** ![garddun](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@garddun](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/garddun)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/18 "2021-12-17T00:59:55Z")
Is there any more development on this?😊 It seems like @akos0215 plug-in isn’t updated in a while. For me, it’s really important to not use significant time on just “organizing”. I want to spend as much time as possible on the actual knowledge. Knowledge comes in different forms (pdfs, vídeos etc etc) witch lives a more happy life in just the normal file system on my Mac. But I take notes from them in obsidian. These things live in the same folders, where I use obsidians links to connect ideas. But it’s frustrating to not see all the other files in graph view. I would love to seefolders as a node in graph view😊 ---
**Author:** ![akos0215](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/akos0215/32/55_2.png) [@akos0215](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/akos0215)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/19 "2021-12-17T11:13:14Z")
Hi! Yes, I’m sorry, I know I’m in delay with zoottelkeeper, but my other projects ( + my official job, family etc) take more time currently. I don’t want to leave the plugin as it is, but currently, I’m in rush with many other things. I’m sorry for the inconvenience. ---
**Author:** ![garddun](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@garddun](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/garddun)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411/20 "2021-12-17T16:48:02Z")
Nono, I totally understand! It was not a message to guilt trip you (who use your own time to make something for all of us, for free) to do more 🙂 I just wanted to forward that as Obsidians user base grows, we are more and more people wanting to integrate folders to the workflow 🙂 Your plugin is really good, my only problem is that it don’t generate files for folders I created outside of Obsidian, and have in my vault. So 80% of files don’t get linked to a folder, unfortunately. 🙂 [Next page](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-a-graph-based-on-the-folder-structure/32411.md?page=2)