Obsidian Plugin Development

Comprehensive guidance for building Obsidian community plugins using TypeScript.

Plugin Architecture

Obsidian plugins are TypeScript bundles that extend the app's functionality. Every plugin:

• Extends the Plugin class from obsidian
• Implements onload() for initialization
• Implements onunload() for cleanup
• Bundles to a single main.js file via esbuild

Plugin Lifecycle

import { Plugin } from 'obsidian';