Extension Hub

By Jan Sandström

PixeroJan · GitHub

An Obsidian plugin that allows you to browse GitHub, the Official Community Archive, and the Obsidian Forum to find and install plugins across multiple vaults simultaneously.

Features

• Official Archive Search: Access the list of ~1,000 approved community plugins instantly.
• GitHub Search: find repositories with keyword matching and author-specific searching (use @username).
• Forum Search: search the Obsidian Forum for plugin announcements.
• Check Updates + Selective Update: checks installed plugins against GitHub releases (official list + detected non-official repos), marks available updates, and lets you choose what to update.
• Plugin Sets: Save collections of plugins into "Sets" (e.g., "Daily Setup", "Developer Tools") and install the entire group with one click.
• Multi-Vault Installation:
  • All Vaults under parent folder: Enter a parent folder (like your iCloud Obsidian folder), and it will automatically find all vaults within it.
  • Selected Vaults: List specific vault folders.
  • Toggle Control: Choose whether to install to your current vault, all vaults or only to the selected vaults.
• Cross-Platform: Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux (Desktop) for multi-vault deployment. Browsing works on all platforms.

Installation

1. Create a folder named extension-hub inside your vault's .obsidian/plugins/ directory.
2. Copy main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css into that folder.
3. Enable the plugin in Obsidian settings.

Settings Configuration

• Install location: Active Vault, All Vaults, Selected Vaults.
• GitHub API Token (optional): Adds authenticated GitHub API requests for higher quota and fewer 403 rate-limit errors.
• Check Updates button: In the browser view, compares installed version vs latest release manifest.json version and shows selectable updates.
• All Vaults under parent folder: Set paths to master folders (e.g. C:\Users\You\iCloudDrive\iCloud~md~obsidian). It will scan every subfolder containing a .obsidian folder. One path per line if many. I.e. One folder on your Mac/PC and one on Icloud.
• Selected Vaults: List specific vaults.
• Manage Sets: Create, name, and manage your custom plugin sets.

Development

1. Install dependencies: npm install
2. Build the plugin: npm run build

Settings Panel.

Search Official Obsidian Plugin archive.

Search on Github.

Search the Obsidian Forum.