Will Performance Be Impacted if I Install A Lot of Plugins but Only Enable a Few

What I’m trying to do

When I read about recommended Obsidian plugins, I install the plugins for future use. Most of the plugins are disabled. I have only just started creating notes. I have not noticed any performance issues. I just want to make sure my approach is not going to cause issues as my vault size increases.

Things I have tried

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No, that shouldn’t affect it.

To clarify, plug-ins that are installed but not activated shouldn’t affect performance. Once you activate them they will have some effect (how much depends on which plugins and how they’re used).

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Yeah, if the plugins aren’t activated and you restart Obsidian, they will be off.

The only “performance” hit I see is when checking for plugin updates under Settings > Community plugins:

  • My test vault with two plugins: 1 second
  • My main vault with ~40 plugins (not all enabled): 7 seconds
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