# Obsidian ## Docs - [Create a base](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/bases/create-base.md): Learn how to create a base file, embed a base in a Markdown note, and configure filters to control which notes appear in your views. - [Formulas](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/bases/formulas.md): Formulas are computed columns in Bases. Use them to calculate values, combine fields, work with dates, and apply conditional logic — all from your note properties. - [Introduction to Bases](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/bases/introduction.md): Bases is a core plugin that lets you create database-like views of your notes. View, edit, sort, and filter files and their properties in tables, cards, lists, and maps. - [Bases syntax](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/bases/syntax.md): Reference for the .base file format. Learn the structure of filters, formulas, properties, summaries, and views in a base configuration file. - [Views](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/bases/views.md): Views control how Bases displays your notes. Each base can have multiple views with different layouts, filters, sort orders, and visible properties. - [Advanced formatting syntax](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/editing/advanced-formatting.md): Add tables, math expressions, and Mermaid diagrams to your Obsidian notes. - [Basic formatting syntax](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/editing/basic-formatting.md): Learn how to apply basic formatting to your notes in Obsidian using Markdown — headings, bold, italic, lists, links, images, and more. - [Callouts](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/editing/callouts.md): Use callouts to highlight information, warnings, tips, and other content without breaking the flow of your notes. - [Properties](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/editing/properties.md): Use properties (YAML frontmatter) to attach structured metadata — dates, tags, numbers, links — to your Obsidian notes. - [Tags](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/editing/tags.md): Use tags to label and organize your notes in Obsidian, and find related notes quickly using the Tags view and search. - [Community plugins](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/extending/community-plugins.md): Browse, install, enable, and manage community plugins to extend Obsidian with new features built by the Obsidian community. - [CSS snippets](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/extending/css-snippets.md): Add CSS snippets to customize parts of the Obsidian interface without building a full theme. Learn where to put snippets, how to enable them, and see working examples. - [Obsidian CLI & Headless](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/extending/obsidian-cli.md): Control Obsidian from your terminal with the Obsidian CLI, and sync vaults without the desktop app using Obsidian Headless. - [Obsidian URI](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/extending/obsidian-uri.md): Use the obsidian:// URI protocol to open notes, create notes, search your vault, and trigger other actions from external apps and scripts. - [Themes](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/extending/themes.md): Browse, install, switch, and update community themes to change the visual style of Obsidian. Learn how to combine themes with CSS snippets for further customization. - [Accepted file formats](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/files/accepted-formats.md): The file types Obsidian can open, display, and embed, including Markdown, images, audio, video, and PDF. - [How Obsidian stores data](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/files/how-obsidian-stores-data.md): Obsidian stores all your notes as plain text files in a local vault folder, giving you full ownership and portability of your data. - [Manage notes](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/files/manage-notes.md): Create, rename, move, and delete notes in Obsidian using the file explorer, keyboard shortcuts, and the command palette. - [Manage vaults](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/files/manage-vaults.md): Create, open, rename, move, and switch between Obsidian vaults using the vault switcher. - [Create a vault](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/getting-started/create-vault.md): Understand what an Obsidian vault is and learn how to create a new one, open an existing folder, or manage multiple vaults. - [Create your first note](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/getting-started/first-note.md): Learn how to create a note, format text with Markdown, and understand how Obsidian saves your work automatically. - [Import notes](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/getting-started/import-notes.md): Bring your notes into Obsidian from Notion, Roam, Bear, Apple Notes, Evernote, and many other apps and file formats. - [Download and install Obsidian](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/getting-started/install.md): Install Obsidian on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, or Android. Get up and running in minutes on any platform. - [Link notes](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/getting-started/link-notes.md): Learn how to create internal links between notes, navigate using backlinks, and visualise your knowledge graph in Obsidian. - [Welcome to Obsidian](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/introduction.md): A powerful, local-first knowledge management app that stores your notes as plain Markdown files — with optional sync and publishing services. - [Aliases](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/linking/aliases.md): Give a note alternative names to make it easier to link and search for it across your vault. - [Embed files](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/linking/embed-files.md): Embed notes, images, audio, video, PDFs, and other supported files directly into your notes. - [Internal links](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/linking/internal-links.md): Link to notes, headings, blocks, and attachments within your vault using Obsidian's wikilink and Markdown link formats. - [Backlinks](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/plugins/backlinks.md): The Backlinks plugin shows all notes that link to the current note, and surfaces unlinked mentions of its name across your vault. - [Canvas](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/plugins/canvas.md): Canvas is a core plugin for visual note-taking. It gives you infinite space to lay out notes, connect them with arrows, and group related ideas. - [Daily notes](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/plugins/daily-notes.md): The Daily notes plugin creates and opens a note for today's date. Use it for journaling, to-do lists, and day-by-day logs. - [Graph view](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/plugins/graph-view.md): Graph view visualizes the relationships between notes in your vault as an interactive node graph, with notes as circles and links as lines. - [Core plugins](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/plugins/overview.md): Core plugins are officially built and supported by the Obsidian team. Learn how to enable them and what each one does. - [Search](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/plugins/search.md): The Search plugin lets you find notes and content across your vault using keywords, search operators, boolean logic, and regular expressions. - [Templates](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/plugins/templates.md): The Templates plugin lets you insert pre-defined content into your notes, with dynamic variables for the note title, current date, and current time. - [Custom domains](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/publish/custom-domains.md): Serve your Obsidian Publish site from your own domain or subdomain using Cloudflare or a reverse proxy. - [Customize your site](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/publish/customize-site.md): Configure your site's appearance, navigation, custom CSS and JavaScript, social media previews, SEO, and analytics. - [Obsidian Publish](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/publish/introduction.md): Host your notes as a public website — a wiki, knowledge base, documentation site, or digital garden — directly from your Obsidian vault. - [Publish content](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/publish/publish-content.md): Select notes to publish, update existing content, manage attachments, and control which notes appear on your site. - [Security and privacy](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/publish/security.md): Password-protect your Publish site, manage collaborator access, and understand how your data is stored and kept private. - [Set up Obsidian Publish](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/publish/setup.md): Enable Obsidian Publish, create a site, and publish your first notes — step by step. - [Obsidian Sync](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/sync/introduction.md): Privately sync your notes across all your devices with end-to-end encryption, version history, and selective sync. - [Security and privacy](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/sync/security.md): How Obsidian Sync uses end-to-end encryption to keep your notes private — and what that means for you. - [Sync settings and selective sync](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/sync/settings.md): Choose which files, folders, and vault settings to sync. Configure your sync region and collaborate on shared vaults. - [Set up Obsidian Sync](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/sync/setup.md): Create a remote vault, connect your first device, and add Obsidian Sync to additional devices. - [Troubleshoot Obsidian Sync](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/sync/troubleshoot.md): Understand sync status icons, diagnose common sync issues, and find solutions to conflicts, errors, and connectivity problems. - [Version history](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/sync/version-history.md): View, restore, and recover previous versions of your notes and deleted files using Obsidian Sync's version history. - [Appearance](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/ui/appearance.md): Customize how Obsidian looks, including color scheme, fonts, themes, CSS snippets, zoom level, and the translucent window effect. - [Hotkeys](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/ui/hotkeys.md): View, assign, and customize keyboard shortcuts for any Obsidian command, and learn the most important default hotkeys. - [Workspace](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/ui/workspace.md): Understand the Obsidian workspace layout, including sidebars, tabs, split panes, pop-out windows, the ribbon, and the status bar. ## OpenAPI Specs - [openapi](https://mintlify.wiki/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/api-reference/openapi.json)