Encrypted Datasafe Notes

A fork of obsidian-protected-note with enhanced features.

Features

Core encryption

• AES encryption — encrypts markdown files on disk using CryptoJS.AES with a SHA-256 hashed passphrase
• Dynamic ribbon icon — lock/unlock toggle with a Lucide-style SVG that changes visually when vault is locked vs unlocked
• Status bar indicator — shows 🔒 Locked / 🔓 Unlocked in the status bar
• Lock on window blur — automatically locks the vault when the Obsidian window loses focus
• Auto-lock (seconds) — locks after a configurable number of seconds of inactivity

File operations

• Right-click encrypt/decrypt — encrypt or decrypt any single .md file via the file explorer context menu (password prompt shown if vault is locked)
• Bulk lock/unlock — encrypt/decrypt all files in the configured folder at once via ribbon click or commands
• Protected folder — restrict bulk operations to a specific folder, or leave empty to protect the entire vault

Settings

• Enable/Disable password — toggle encryption on/off with password confirmation
• Change password — update your vault password (re-encrypts all files with the new key)
• Protected folder — choose which folder to protect
• Auto-lock (seconds) — idle timeout before automatic lock
• Lock on window blur — lock when window loses focus
• Decrypt on unlock for search — keeps files decrypted after unlock so Obsidian's search can index them
• Show animations — toggle modal and background blur animations
• High files protection (beta) — always-at-rest file encryption

File explorer integration

• Encryption indicators — files in the protected folder show a colored left border and lock icon when the vault is locked (updates dynamically as you expand/collapse folders)

Recovery & diagnostics

• Scan encryption status — shows encrypted vs plaintext file count with double-encryption warnings
• Fix double-encrypted files — detects and recovers files encrypted twice (corrupted state)
• lockctl.py — terminal-based recovery script with lock/unlock/recover/status functions
• Auto-migration — seamlessly imports settings from the original protected-note plugin on first run

Hotkeys (set in Obsidian Settings → Hotkeys)

• Lock vault
• Unlock vault
• Show encryption status
• Recover corrupted files
• Encrypt this file
• Decrypt this file

Commands

Emergency Recovery Script

If files get corrupted (e.g., double-encrypted), run the Python recovery script:

cd /path/to/your/vault
python3 scripts/lockctl.py

The script auto-detects the vault and provides lock/unlock/recover/status functions. It uses the same AES encryption as the plugin.

Installation

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
2. Copy them to <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/encrypted-datasafe-notes/
3. Enable the plugin in Obsidian settings → Community plugins

Building from source

npm install
npm run build

License

MIT — based on obsidian-protected-note (MIT) by Mikail Gadzhikhanov.