New Plugin: Mini Notes - Google Keep-Style Cards View

rknastenka · January 26, 2026, 9:03pm

I’ve developed a plugin that addresses several community requests (including myself) for Google Keep style note viewing in Obsidian:

What Makes Mini Notes Special?

i found similar plugins that display your notes in this card view but none have fullfilled all of my personal needs, so i develped this to solve my own problem, and appearntly a lot of people’s as well!

view your notes in a google keep-notes similar layout
change the bg color of your notes!
pin your most important notes
filter your notes based on their tags

How the plugin displays your notes!

The plugin supports dark theme as well!
and mobile support.

please read the README.md for more details.

Hover on any notes to change its color or pin it!

Community Threads This Solves

@arro asked in How do i view my notes like google keep? (May 2023) - “Dataview is difficult for me. Is there any plugin for this feature?”
@Prokee requested in Instant Note-Taking: Lightweight Sticky Note App (Dec 2025) - “I constantly use sticky notes on Windows because they are very quick to open”
@churnish - Grid Layout / Card View / Masonry Gallery (Aug 2025) - “Implementation could follow the successful patterns seen in apps like Craft and Google Keep”
Note Comments / Evernote-like layout / Note thumbnails (Mar 2021) - Requesting card/gallery view to jump between notes faster
@sunnypeter - Quick Note Taker (like a Sticky Note) (Nov 2020) - “Would it be possible to have something similar for Obsidian enabling us to take quick notes”

All these threads emphasize the same core need: quick capture with visual organization for review later.

Installation

Currently awaiting Community Plugins approval.

Meanwhile, you can try it manually:

GitHub: Release 1.0.0 · rknastenka/Mini-Notes
Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
Place in .obsidian/plugins/mini-notes/ folder
Enable in Settings → Community Plugins

ti3 · January 27, 2026, 4:59am

This looks amazing! The Google Keep layout is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Love the colors, great work!

rknastenka · January 27, 2026, 3:32pm

thank you!
would love to hear if you have any feedback or recommendations

arenliel · March 29, 2026, 2:33am

Ahhh, this is the plugin I needed to start using Obsidian again. Great great work!

If you’re looking for feedback I would say that you should add a search bar, just were the “view title” it’s placed. And maybe some quick actions under each note like delete, duplicate (?) sure in the future you could add the posibility to select multiple notes and manipulate them, other than that, it’s perfect and I’m so greatful that someone thought about this specific feature, I hope you keep it up!

arenliel · March 30, 2026, 6:11pm

Edit: I didn’t realize that I first downloaded the first release of your plugin, and you already added the search bar and did plenty of improvements!

rknastenka · April 6, 2026, 7:15pm

oh hi, really sorry for the late reply
i’m so happy you liked it, if you still need the features, you mentioned please list all of what you want or raise an issue on github :))