Pebble

A minimal Obsidian companion that lives in your menu bar for quick note-taking.

Pebble adds a small, always-accessible writing window from your system tray/menu bar. Point it at any markdown file in your vault and start writing without keeping the full Obsidian window front and center.

Features

• Minimal — small and distraction-free writing window.
• Menu-bar toggle — click the Pebble icon to open/close the note window.
• Anchored window — opens near the tray/menu bar icon for quick access.
• Auto-close on blur — closes when you click outside the pop-out window.
• Single-file focus — choose one markdown note from your vault; Pebble reads and writes only that file.
• Fast autosave — edits are written back to disk automatically.
• Tray icon style — choose between color and monochrome menu bar icons.
• Color mode — choose a light or dark editor background.

Demo

Installation

From the Obsidian website

Install Pebble directly from its community plugin page.

From community plugins

1. Open Settings → Community plugins → Browse.
2. Search for Pebble.
3. Select Install, then Enable.

Manual installation

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release.
2. Create a folder at <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/pebble/.
3. Copy the downloaded files into that folder.
4. Reload Obsidian and enable Pebble in Settings → Community plugins.

Usage

1. Open Settings → Pebble and choose a note from your vault.
2. Click the Pebble menu bar / system tray icon to show or hide the window.
3. Write away.

Settings