Version 1.5.5 released with bugfixes and new features.
Scene Details Sidebar (new feature)
Additional Source Folders (new feature, experimental)
Internal links in scene cards (improvement)
Navigator Scene Details button (improvement)
Sequence renumbering fix (bug fix)
Corkboard double-click fix (bug fix)
@writtenfool Sequence is just a number that controls the reading order of scenes within a project. It’s not part of a hierarchy — it’s a flat ordering field. The hierarchy is:
Act → Chapter → Sequence (within a chapter)
So Act 2, Chapter 3 might have scenes with sequence 1, 2, 3, 4. The sequence determines the order scenes appear when you read the book page-by-page. It’s separate from chronologicalOrder, which tracks when events happen in the story’s internal timeline (useful for flashbacks, non-linear narratives, etc).
Ill take your scrivenings request into consideration.
I think you’ll like 1.5.5. Ordering bugs fixed. Scene details sidebar available from the top of the navigation sidebar.
Version 1.6.0
Manuscript View — A Scrivenings-style continuous document view that displays all scenes as a single scrollable manuscript in reading order (act → chapter → sequence). Each scene is an embedded Live Preview editor — full editing with all Obsidian formatting (bold, italic, links, etc.) works inline. Scenes are separated by subtle dividers with title and status badge. Includes act and chapter headings, filter support, word count footer, and clickable scene titles to open individual files. Access via the new Manuscript tab in the view switcher between Plotlines and Codex.
Manuscript: Plain Text toggle — A toolbar toggle that hides wiki-link underlines/colors, tag # prefixes, and other markup decorations so the manuscript reads like clean prose. Both links and tags appear as ordinary text while the toggle is active.
Manuscript: Lock Links toggle — A toolbar toggle that makes wiki-links and tags non-editable (atomic). The cursor skips over link/tag text so you can’t accidentally break link targets while editing. Both toggles are on by default.
Scene Details Sidebar — A standalone sidebar panel that shows the full Inspector for the currently active scene file. Open it from the Scene Details button in the Navigator, or via the command palette (Open Scene Details Sidebar). Auto-updates when you switch between scene files in the editor, so you can view and edit metadata side-by-side with your writing.
Stats View Rewrite — The Stats dashboard has been completely rebuilt with eight collapsible sections for a cleaner, more organized layout. Click any section header to expand or collapse it.
Overview — Project word count with goal progress bar, estimated reading time, pace-to-deadline projection, and estimated completion date.
Writing Sprint — Session word count, duration, speed (wpm), streak, daily goal progress bar, and a 7-day sparkline.
Writing History — Daily bar chart with range selector (7d / 30d / 90d / All) showing words written per day.
Progress Breakdown — Word counts by status, by chapter (with outlier highlighting), and act balance stacked bars.
Characters & World — POV distribution, character scene coverage heatmap, and location frequency chart.
Pacing & Tension — Average scene length by act, word count distribution histogram, scene length outlier detection, dialogue vs. narrative ratio per scene, and tension curve.
Prose Analysis — Lazy-loaded section with Flesch-Kincaid readability scores, average sentence/word length, top 20 word frequency chart, and overused word warnings.
Warnings — Plot hole detection and validation warnings (unchanged).
Image Sticky Notes — Corkboard notes can now hold images (maps, charts, reference art) instead of text. Click the + New Image Note button in the corkboard toolbar, or drag an image from the vault file explorer or your desktop directly onto the canvas. Each image note supports an optional caption with full markdown and [[wikilink]] support — captions are included in link scanning. Right-click an image note to set, change, or remove the image. Click the image to open a fullscreen lightbox. Image notes can be resized and repositioned like regular sticky notes.
Hi - this looks incredible - literally exactly what I’ve been looking for. Thank you so mich for sharing this. My question is how would I get this working on the iOS app. Do you have a recommended process? I’ve been able to install it on the Windows app no problem, but I do most of my writing n my iPad … and I seem to be getting stuck with getting this plugin to work properly. Thanks
The easiest way would probably to use my PluginHub on your Windows PC and point it to your icloud drive. Then you can install and update to several Vaults at once. You’ll need iCloud drive on the PC. In PluginHubs settings you would use a path something like this: C:\Users\your_user_name\iCloudDrive\iCloud~md~obsidian
It will then find all Vaults there and install to them.
Hope this helps.
Ho do you sync data between windows and iPad? Without the availability on obsidian official plugin repository, I install a new version on desktop and sync it using GitHub in order to have the same configuration files on mobile (the one under .obsidian/plugins). It works for me but I need to open the desktop to update it.
The same should work for the official Obsidian Sync service since it synchronise (if you enable the corresponding settings) plugin data.
Another way that you could use on iPad is to use working copy (a git client) that accesses hidden folders so you can replace the previous files with the new ones with some drawbacks: one file per time and before you have to remove the older one since working copy create a copy of files with the same name. I tried just one time to do that so probably there could a better way.
Edit:
P.S. There is a-shell that allow to copy data using terminal between folders on iPad/iphone you have to use pickFolder to bookmark a download folder where new files have been downloaded and the you current obsidian folder. After that is sufficient to do a cp command.
I use Remotely Save plugin to synchronizes vaults between Windows and cloud storage (e.g., Dropbox). So on Dropbox I have all my folders in a remotely save folder which syncs to my IOS devices via icloud. I dont use Icloud for windows for my Vaults. Using iCloud via Windows can be buggy and result in duplicate files.
If you work on a Windows computer but want access to all Vaults on your iOS devices, you must create your Vault on your iOS device and save it in iCloud. Then use Remotely Save to sync between iCloud and your PC via e.g. Dropbox. Works great for me.
Then you can use my PluginHub Releases · PixeroJan/obsidian-pluginhub · GitHub
And set it to install to all Vaults under a parent folder. So installing to your IOS devices is done throught your Windows PC. With it you can also search for updates and update all Vaults at once.
Version 1.7.0
I asked Claude to compare features of some writing apps.
StoryLine is at the end. I think it did quite well.
This is a fantastic plugin. I’m currently testing it out in my new novel project. Suggestion: Wouldn’t it be even better if mind maps could be integrated into the outline planning process, thereby maximizing Obsidian’s potential?
Thanks for this - I was using Obsidian Sync but didn’t realise (until you prompted me to check) that I hadn’t enabled Plugin Sync on the iPad settings - now it works!
Thanks for this - I was able to get it working with Obsidian Sync (eventually) but I’m going to try your Remotely Save suggestion too 
Version 1.7.1
Cross-Entity References (“Referenced By” panel) — Characters, Locations, and Codex entries now show a Referenced By section in their side panel. StoryLine scans all entity descriptions and scene text for [[wikilinks]], #tags, and plain-text name mentions, then builds a reverse index so you can see at a glance which other characters, locations, codex entries, and scenes mention the entity you’re viewing. References are grouped by type (characters, locations, codex category, scenes) and each is a clickable link that opens the source file.
Use standard Obsidian [[wikilinks]], #tags, or just write entity names as plain text in any text field — scene prose, character backstory, location descriptions, codex entry notes — and StoryLine will automatically detect the cross-entity connection.
Hide / Show Built-in Fields — Declutter your character, location, and codex editors by hiding built-in fields you don’t use. Every built-in field (except Name) now has a small eye icon that appears when you hover over the field label.
Hide a field — hover over any field label and click the eye-off (👁🗨) icon. The field disappears from the form.
Show hidden fields — a “Show N hidden fields” link appears at the bottom of each category section. Click it to expand the hidden fields in a dimmed container.
Unhide a field — inside the hidden-fields container, hover over the field label and click the eye icon to restore it permanently.
Hidden fields are grouped per view: character, location, or the codex category ID (e.g., items, creatures). Hiding a field in one category does not affect other categories.
Data is never deleted — hiding a field only affects the UI. The value remains safely stored in your frontmatter and will reappear if you unhide the field later.
Universal Fields scoped per category — Custom universal fields (created with the + button in section headers) are now scoped to their entity type: character fields only appear on characters, location fields on locations, and codex fields on their specific codex category. Previously all universal fields were shared across all entity types.
Board: Quick-add inherits column context — Creating a new scene from a Kanban column now pre-fills the field for that column’s grouping. For example, adding a scene to the “Act 2” column pre-fills Act = 2; adding to the “Sarah” POV column pre-fills POV = Sarah.
Board: View mode remembered — The Board view now remembers your last-used sub-mode (Corkboard or Kanban) and Kanban grouping (act, chapter, status, or POV) across sessions.
MetadataParser: Clear act field — Setting a scene’s act to “None” now correctly removes the act field from frontmatter instead of leaving it as an empty value.
Dark mode: Dropdown styling — Select dropdowns in character and location editors now render correctly in dark themes (proper background and text colors via color-scheme: dark).
Locations: Universal fields — Locations and worlds now support universal (template-defined) fields, matching the existing support in characters and codex entries.
Version 1.7.2
Formatting Toolbar (Manuscript View) — A built-in formatting toolbar appears above the manuscript when you click into any scene editor. Provides one-click access to common formatting commands without needing the third-party Editing Toolbar plugin (which cannot hook into embedded editors). The toolbar auto-hides when you click away from the editor.
Formatting Toolbar in Scene Editors — When the Editing Toolbar plugin is not installed, StoryLine now automatically opens a formatting toolbar into standard scene editor tabs (any markdown file inside the active project). This gives you formatting buttons everywhere without needing a third-party plugin. A new Settings → Display Options → Formatting toolbar toggle lets you turn this off if you prefer.