Excalidraw Obsidian Parser

Extract raw Excalidraw JSON from Obsidian Excalidraw plugin markdown files.

What It Does

The Obsidian Excalidraw plugin stores drawings as LZ-String compressed Base64 data within markdown files. This tool:

1. Extracts the compressed data from the ## Drawing section
2. Decompresses using LZ-String Base64 decompression
3. Outputs valid Excalidraw JSON that works with excalidraw.com

The output can be:

• Saved to a .excalidraw file and opened in Excalidraw
• Piped to tools like jq for analysis
• Used as input for other processing tools

Quick Start