Tag Folder Plugin

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Hey guys!!

I just made the first official release of my first official Obsidian plugin!!

I’ve been working on this concept for a very long time, and only recently was I able to actually build the whole project.

I mainly built this plugin because it was something that I needed and realised that it wasn’t available anywhere else. The main goal of the plugin was to provide a clean and smooth file explorer UI for the users. However, tbh, almost all operating systems already come with a great file explorer. Unlike traditional file explorers, which use the physical path to the file to organize and render the files, the Tag Folder Explorer uses Obsidian’s nested tag feature to determine the location of a file. For example, if a file named “René Descartes” has the tag “Book/NonFic/Maths” to it, then it is located under the “Virtual Tag Folder” path of:

  • Book
    • NonFic
      • Chemistry
        • René Descartes.

This way, by assigning multiple tags to a single file, the same file can exist in multiple places at the same time, e.g., “René Descartes” under the path “Book/NonFic/Maths” as well as “Book/NonFic/Philosophy”.

The way I like to use this is by sorting all my files in Obsidian in the order of creation time without any (or at least very limited) physical folders. This way, the most recent files are at the top and easily accessible, and by assigning nested tags to the files, I can find corresponding files altogether inside the same parent folder.

I hope you guys like it and find it as useful as I do!

Link: [semisenioritis/Tag-Folder-Explorer](https://github.com/semisenioritis/Tag-Folder-Explorer)

P.S. The plugin is still under development, so ensure that you have all your files backed up before experimenting. There is a very high chance that nothing will happen and all your data will be safe, since files are not being directly manipulated in any way, but precaution is better than a cure.

Disclaimer

Is this project open source? Yes
Is this project completely free? Yes
Is this project vibe-coded beyond the author’s ability to comprehend how it works? No
Community Directory: [Tag Folder Explorer - Obsidian Plugin]( https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/tag-folder-explorer )

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