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GoodNotes Max

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A minimal and high-performance drawing & note enhancement plugin for Obsidian.

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High-performance handwriting & canvas system for Obsidian.


✨ Overview

GoodNotes-Max is a high-performance handwriting and infinite canvas system built for Obsidian.

It brings a GoodNotes-like writing experience directly into your vault, with a fully custom rendering engine, deterministic input system, and real-time stroke pipeline.

Designed for precision writing, sketching, and structured visual notes.


✨ Features

✍️ Handwriting Engine

  • Smooth pen strokes with high-frequency pointer tracking
  • Pressure-aware rendering simulation (optional)
  • Anti-jitter smoothing system

🧽 Eraser System

  • Stroke-level precise erasing
  • Pixel-aware hit testing
  • Adaptive eraser radius (UI-driven)

🧭 Infinite Canvas

  • Pan / zoom with inertia support
  • Camera system optimized for large drawings
  • Stable coordinate transformation system

📄 Multi-page Notebook System

  • Page-based note structure (like GoodNotes)
  • Fast page switching
  • Thumbnail navigation mode

⚡ Rendering Engine

  • Path2D-based stroke caching
  • Incremental dirty-region rendering
  • Single RAF render scheduler
  • GPU-friendly batch drawing pipeline

🧠 Architecture Highlights

  • InputSnapshot deterministic model
  • Fully separated Tool / Engine / Renderer layers
  • Event-driven engine communication
  • Single-source-of-truth UI state design

🖊️ Usage

  1. Open any note in Obsidian

  2. Enable GoodNotes-Max canvas view

  3. Use toolbar to select tools:

    • ✍️ Pen — draw strokes
    • 🧽 Eraser — remove strokes
    • ✋ Hand — move canvas
  4. Use mouse / trackpad to:

    • Scroll → zoom
    • Drag → pan canvas

📦 Installation

Manual Install

  1. Download latest release from GitHub
  2. Extract into your vault:
VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/GoodNotes-Max/
  1. Restart Obsidian
  2. Enable plugin in Settings → Community Plugins

⚙️ Requirements

  • Obsidian v1.4+
  • Desktop recommended (optimized for canvas performance)

🧠 Architecture (Simplified View)

The system is designed with strict layered separation:

Input Layer
  Pointer → InputSnapshot (frozen deterministic state)

Simulation Layer
  ToolManager → Tool (Pen / Eraser / Hand)
  Engine → stroke state management
  Camera → pure data (x, y, zoom)

Render Layer
  RenderScheduler → single RAF loop
  RenderQueue → incremental stroke caching
  Renderer → Path2D batch drawing (only canvas access point)

Key Principles

  • ✔ Input is frozen before processing
  • ✔ Tools never read live DOM state
  • ✔ Engine never touches canvas directly
  • ✔ Renderer is the only canvas writer
  • ✔ Single RAF controls entire rendering pipeline

📊 Performance

  • Supports 10,000+ strokes smoothly
  • Path2D cache hit rate > 90%
  • Single RAF rendering loop (no redundant updates)
  • Incremental dirty-region optimization

📸 Screenshots

Add screenshots or GIFs here:

  • handwriting demo
  • eraser demo
  • page switching
  • canvas zoom/pan

🧩 Tech Stack

  • TypeScript
  • Obsidian Plugin API
  • Custom Canvas Engine
  • Path2D Rendering Pipeline

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.


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Bring a GoodNotes-like handwriting and infinite canvas into Obsidian. Draw smooth, pressure-aware strokes with anti-jitter smoothing and stroke-precise erasing; pan and zoom an infinite canvas with multi-page notebook navigation and GPU-friendly incremental rendering.
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Details
Current version
2.0.3
Last updated
3 months ago
Created
3 months ago
Updates
3 releases
Downloads
1k
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.7.2+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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