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Chronotyper

bambuscontrolbambuscontrol702 downloads

Track how long you edit notes directly in the note properties

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Track the total time of your edits directly inside your notes.

This is a plugin for Obsidian: chronotyper.

The plugin automatically tracks the time you spend editing a note. It will automatically save the total edit time, and the modification timestamp in the notes properties:

updated: 2024-12-28T19:14:33.599+01:00
edited_seconds: 8

Features

  • Tracks time spent editing notes
  • Updates frontmatter with timestamps and duration
  • Runs in the background without disrupting workflow

Customization Options

  • Directory Exclusion: Exclude specific folders from time tracking in settings
  • Custom Property Names: Change frontmatter property names for timestamps (updated) and edit time (edited_seconds)
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Track total time spent editing notes and write the edit timestamp and total seconds into each note's frontmatter. Run continuously in the background and support excluding folders and customizing frontmatter property names.
EditingPropertiesDates
Details
Current version
2.1.0
Last updated
9 months ago
Created
Last year
Updates
4 releases
Downloads
702
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.8.7+
License
Apache-2.0
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Author
bambuscontrolbambuscontrol
github.com/BambusControl
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  1. Community
  2. Plugins
  3. Editing
  4. Chronotyper

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