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Mini Notes

BanaBana6k downloads

Your quick thoughts, beautifully displayed, with a Google Keep-style colorful card-based view.

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Your quick thoughts, beautifully displayed, without worrying about organization. Review them later in a colorful Google Keep-style card-based view, where you can pin, tag, and arrange what matters.

  • view your notes in a google keep-notes similar layout
  • change the bg color of your notes!
  • pin your most important notes
  • filter your notes based on their tags, folder, color, type.
    • Example: folder:projects color:yellow tag:cs

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Hover Editing Overlay!

  • Left Click the note to edit!.
  • Right Click the note to open it in a seprate full screen tab.

Hover editing Hover editing

Coloring Notes: Hover on a note >> select the color you want.

Coloring Notes Steps


Creating a New Mini Note

  • Click on the icon in the cards view
  • Search for "Mini Notes: Create new mini note"
  • Notes are created in the "Mini Notes" folder by default (configurable in settings)
  • Recommended Hotkey: Ctrl + [

Opening the Cards View

  • Click the grid icon in the left ribbon, or
  • Search for "Mini Notes: Open view"
  • The view will intially load all notes (configurable in settings)
  • Recommended Hotkey: Ctrl + ]

Customizing the View

  • Edit the title by clicking on it directly
  • Drag cards to reorder them
  • Settings → Mini Notes to configure:
    • Source folder (where notes are fetched from)
    • Create folder (where new mini notes will be saved)
    • Maximum notes to display (default: 150)
    • Theme color preferences

Filtering: within the search bar

  • search for normal text, using the smart search or
  • filter by: (folder:, tag:, color:, type:, is:, has:)
    • folder: and see all available folders
    • tag: and see all available tags
    • color: and see all color options
    • type: and see all content type options
    • is: is:pinned or is:unpinned

Don't forget to give it a ⭐ on GitHub to help others discover it!


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Capture quick thoughts and display them in a Google Keep-style card view for fast review. Pin, tag, color, and reorder cards; filter by tag, folder, color, or type; work with your theme and on iOS & Android.
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Current version
1.4.0
Last updated
21 hours ago
Created
6 months ago
Updates
8 releases
Downloads
6k
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.7.2+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Sponsor
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Author
BanaBanarknastenka
github.com/rknastenka
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rknastenka.com
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