Obsidian graph view as Community plugin

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Hi,

I am very grateful that developers create such a nice program but for a long time all requests asking to allow users to manipulate graph in different way are ignored for some reasons. By “manipulate graph” I mean allow static graph, filter nodes, etc.

I saw some topics that users are willing to spend their money for this features. I also am willing to hire developers and to create requested features. What I don’t to do is to reinvent the wheel.

That’s why I want to ask authors of Obsidian to consider possibility to open the code for “graph view”. It can be done in a form of Community plugin. Git can be created, source code can be published and everyone or a team of users can develop this feature. I think it is win-win case. Owners of Obsidian will keep main code and use their time to develop what they think is more important. Community will develop the feature which is on big demand and it will attract more users.

Please comment on this topic or like it if you agree with me.
Thanks

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You might want to try the Juggl plugin:

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I did but there are some limitations:

Juggl is not designed for larger vaults, and opening the global graph will very likely freeze Obsidian! This functionality is only provided as a convenience option for smaller vaults (like the one you’re looking at).

That’s why I asked to open Obsidian graph view which has no such limitation.

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I second @AlexR’s request. Specially customizations for the “local graph”.

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Hi guys. I created a plugin to augment font size. It’s hacky, but it might give you ideas on how to modify other stuff on the Graph View.

It’s an alpha version so you’ll have to install it manually.

Feel free to create PRs, fork the repo, and provide feedback in the Issues tab on github.

Demo:
https://github.com/libasoles/graph-view-text-size/raw/master/demo.gif

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You might like this plugin that is fully interactive, 3D, most importantly — you can delete nodes to uncover what’s hiding behind them.

It can also analyze not only the links between the pages, but also the content inside the pages themselves, which is pretty amazing for finding gaps and generating new ideas.

Also, you can apply it to search results, bookmark groups, and selected files, so you can choose the content to be analyzed.

You can try it on https://infranodus.com/obsidian-plugin

infranodus-obsidian-plugin-pagesh

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I’m honestly not thrilled about you promoting Nodus Labs’ bid to use Obsidian users as an extra revenue source for their opaque and highly limited product; Charging up to $1000USD/year. (while gate keeping every little feature: they don’t even have pricing page, which seems extremely disingenuous)

Network analysis in 2024 is mature and well known, MIT even has an open course for it. infraNodus essentially boils down to:

  1. Porting a few algorithms from one of the many open source R packages. (originally made by academics for no charge)
  2. Distracting the user with a fancy UI.
  3. Then, replacing network properties with meaningless jargon like “balanced structure”, “diversified representation”.
  4. Finally, wrapping off the shelf AI language models to top off the distraction with AI hallucinations.

Nodus Labs has no business charging up to $1000/year when 20 year old algorithms staple to network analysis are nowhere to be found (see: Girvan-Newman clustering method).

Obsidian’s philosophy for plugins is about openness, not opaqueness; novel ideas, not charging >$1000/year for 20+ year old code you didn’t write; lastly, being funded off of generosity, not gate keeping every little feature behind subscription tiers.