csvzall

Open, edit, create, and chart CSV files directly inside Obsidian.

This plugin relies on the csvzall command line application, which can be downloaded through the plugin via GitHub Releases.

What It Does

• Opens .csv files in an editable table view inside Obsidian.
• Adds a New CSV action to folder context menus.
• Adds an Open with csvzall action to CSV file menus.
• Can generate bar, line, and heatmap charts.
• Can regenerate configured charts when CSV files change.
• Can run SQLite queries over CSV files.
• Supports generated Markdown table notes from chart config entries.

Requirements

• Obsidian desktop. Mobile is not supported.
• A local filesystem vault.
• The csvzall helper binary. The plugin can download this for you from its settings tab, or from the missing-binary screen when opening a CSV.

Downloaded binaries are verified with SHA-256 before they are installed under the plugin-managed directory.

Privacy and Network Use

The plugin does not collect telemetry. It contacts GitHub Releases only when you choose to install or update the managed csvzall helper. CSV viewing and charting run through the local helper process on your machine.

Limitations

• Currently CSVs larger than 200MB are read-only and not editable. This is to prevent materializing large CSVs entirely in memory.
• Multi-value graphs configured through Obsidian are limited to two value columns.

Chart Automation

Create .csvzall/charts.json in your vault, or inside a folder, to define chart jobs. Entries with runOnSave: true are regenerated after their input CSV is saved.

Besides chart image outputs, type: "markdown-table" can write generated Markdown notes that you embed with Obsidian's ![[path/to/output]] syntax.

Development

npm install
npm run dev
npm test

For local testing, copy or link this folder to:

<Vault>/.obsidian/plugins/csvzall/

Then reload Obsidian and enable the plugin.