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Breadcrumbs

skepticmysticskepticmystic177k downloads

Visualise the hierarchy of your vault using a breadcrumb trail or matrix view.

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[!IMPORTANT] Breadcrumbs is now at v4, after being rewritten from scratch. See here for more info on the changes: https://github.com/SkepticMystic/breadcrumbs/blob/master/V4.md

Breadcrumbs is an Obsidian plugin that lets you add typed links to your notes, then view/traverse them in various ways. Internally, Breadcrumbs uses a graph to represent this structure (much like the regular Obsidian graph, except now, links have types to them). You tell Breadcrumbs about the structure of your notes, then it lets you visualise and navigate the graph.

Documentation

Breadcrumbs now has its own Obsidian Publish docs site!✨ Going forward, that's where you can find all detailed documentation on the plugin. Check it out here: https://publish.obsidian.md/breadcrumbs-docs

Media

Media related to Breacrumbs. Thanks to everyone for sharing!

Videos

  • @SkepticMystic: Breadcrumbs - Everything you need to know (Outdated)
  • @SkepticMystic: Breadcrumbs - Obsidian Community Showcase (Outdated)
  • @Zen Productivist: Threading Mode with the Breadcrumbs Plugin in Obsidian (2022-01-01)

Written

  • @Rhoadey: How a Hierarchy Note sharpened my thinking in 20 minutes
  • Obsidian Hub - Breadcrumbs Quickstart Guide
  • Obsidian Hub - Breadcrumbs for Comparative Law
  • Obsidian Hub - How to get the most out of Breadcrumbs

Credits

  • mProjectsCode: For their PRs, insightful suggestions, and efficiency improvements.
  • HEmile: For their PRs, and helpful discussions on graph-theory.
  • michaelpporter: For their PRs and issue support

Donations

If you like Breadcrumbs and want to show your support, there are a few ways you can do so:

  • Make a donation to your local animal shelter or charity. To support the animals in my country, you can donate to the SPCA. If you do, please let me know! I'd love to hear about it :)
  • I have a coffee problem, which you can indulge here: https://ko-fi.com/skepticmystic

Contributing

Release process

Prod

TODO

Beta

  1. Push all previous changes to the actual project
  2. Bump version in package.json
  3. bun run version:beta to update manifest-beta.json and versions.json accordingly
  4. git tag -a x.x.x-beta -m 'x.x.x-beta' to tag the build
  5. git push origin x.x.x-beta to push the release and trigger the action

Or, do steps 3-5 in one go with bun run release:beta

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Add typed links to notes to build a graph of hierarchies, threads, and custom relations. Visualize and traverse the typed graph with multiple views to explore and navigate your note structure.
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Details
Current version
4.9.0
Last updated
2 days ago
Created
5 years ago
Updates
520 releases
Downloads
177k
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.12.0+
License
MIT
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skepticmysticskepticmystic
github.com/SkepticMystic/adjacency-matrix-maker
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  4. Breadcrumbs

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