Disclaimer
Is this project open source? Yes (MIT)
Is this project completely free? Yes
Is this project vibe-coded beyond the author’s ability to comprehend how it works? No
Community Directory: https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/pinax
Hi everyone,
Pinax (πίναξ, an ancient Greek board or panel) is a dashboard framework for Obsidian: you describe the dashboard you want in a single profile.json, and Pinax renders it on top of the notes you already have. No queries inside notes, no code in your vault.
What it does
- 11 built-in widgets: tables (notes as records via frontmatter), kanban boards with drag-and-drop write-back and one-click Undo, GitHub-style heatmaps with streaks, stat tiles with sparklines and warn thresholds, quick-capture forms, markdown embeds, and more
- Live re-rendering: edit, create, rename or delete a note a pane shows and the dashboard updates automatically
- Multi-tab layouts, 18 themes (press t), command palette (⌘K), deep links (obsidian://pinax?profile=)
- Profile sharing: export/import as JSON bundles, by paste or URL; community bundles at pinax-profiles
- LLM-friendly by design: paste profile.schema.json + the authoring guide into any model, describe your dashboard in plain language, get a valid profile back
Security model
Web embeds, command buttons and note writing are three per-profile toggles, all OFF by default, and an imported profile never inherits trust you granted another one. The plugin never executes code from your vault; custom widgets come from tiny companion plugins via a public API (copy-paste template included).
Bundled examples: an SRE command center, a personal multi-tab dashboard, and a reading tracker, all from the same engine with zero code difference.
Repo: sphragis-oss/pinax
Happy to answer questions and hear what widgets you would want next. I will keep all future updates for Pinax in this thread.