Journal Creater

An Obsidian plugin that creates a timestamped journal page in a folder of your choice.

Usage

Open the command palette (Ctrl/Cmd + P) and run Create journal page.

The plugin creates an empty Markdown file named journal_YYYYMMDDHHmmss.md — where the timestamp is the local date and time of creation — then opens it in the active pane.

Example: running the command at 2026-08-25 21:36:05 creates journal_20260825213605.md.

You can assign a hotkey to the command in Settings → Hotkeys.

Settings

Settings → Community plugins → Journal Creater

• Journal folder — the vault folder new journal pages go into, for example journal/2026. Leave it empty to use the vault root. The folder, including any missing parent folders, is created automatically the first time a page is written there.

Development

npm install
npm run dev    # watch build
npm run build  # type-check + production build
npm test       # unit tests (vitest)
npm run lint

Manual install

Copy main.js and manifest.json into <Vault>/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-journal-creater-plugin/, then enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins.