Quickly create cards in your Obsidian sidebar; color, tag, and drag them straight into your notes.
Create and choose an empty folder in your vault to create new cards from notes instead of importing them!
Type directly into the sidebar input box to create cards instantly. Cards can also be created from the homepage or via the quick-add command.
Edit card content directly: no modals, no interruptions.
Drag any card into your markdown editor to insert its content.
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Real-time Auto-save: Changes are saved automatically as you type.
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Note Conversion: Convert any card to a full markdown note with one click.
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Bidirectional Sync: Changes made in notes automatically update the cards and vice versa.
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Folder Integration: Auto-import markdown files from a specified storage folder.
Color-code your cards for visual organization. Enable two row color swatches in two rows for a more compact layout.
Automatically assign colors based on text content or tag matches.
Choose from 3 visual styles and adjust border radius, opacity, and border thickness to customize it to your liking!
By default, SideCards includes Today, Tomorrow, and Archived categories.
- Today shows cards created or modified today.
- Tomorrow is for cards you want to postpone as they’ll automatically move to Today when the day changes.
- Archived stores all archived cards.
Build your own categories with custom labels, colors, and icons.
Icons currently appear only in the context menu and category list, not on the button itself.
Assign statuses with custom names, colors, and text colors.
Optionally inherit the status color into the card background.
Set expiry times with optional auto-archive and a time-left pill display.
A full-page view with a card editor, pinned notes, and recent notes.
You can replace your default new tab with this homepage.
Notes can be pinned by right-clicking a tab and selecting “Pin tab to SideCards Homepage,” or by using a command. Icons are supported via the Iconic plugin.
Automatically pairs (, [, {, `, =, %, and " while typing.
Bold, italic, highlight, and comment wrapping work inside card editors.
SideCards is not yet available in Obsidian Community Plugins or BRAT.
- Clone the repository and place the plugin folder in your vault’s
.obsidian/plugins/directory. The folder structure should look like this:
sidecards
├─ main.js
├─ styles.css
└─ manifest.json
Inside your vault, it should end up like:
.your-vault
└─ .obsidian
└─ plugins
└─ sidecards
├─ main.js
├─ styles.css
└─ manifest.json
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Enable the plugin in Obsidian.
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Set a storage folder on first launch. This is where your cards will be saved as notes.
Create a new issue here to report bugs or request features!