SoftMatcha Search

Find the passage—even when you forget the exact words.

Fast, powerful local vector search for Obsidian. English & Japanese · Desktop & mobile · No API key or server.

Powered by SoftMatcha 2: match similar words and phrase variations, highlight the passage, and jump straight to it.

Install from Community Plugins

Find. Open. Keep writing.

• Built for speed. Rust + WebAssembly, with search running in a background worker.
• Search beyond exact words. Combine exact matching with similarity-based phrase search.
• See the match. Highlighted excerpts with direct navigation to the source line.
• Stay in flow. Open results in a new tab or insert a [[link]] from the keyboard.
• Choose your footprint. Enable English and Japanese models independently; exact search works without either.

Open SoftMatcha Search: Search vault from the command palette or tap the search ribbon icon. Set your shortcut in Settings → Hotkeys; try Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + O.

Local vector search. Your notes stay yours.

Search runs on your device. Missing models for enabled languages download automatically from GitHub Releases in the background; opt out in settings. After setup, search works offline. Notes and search queries are never uploaded. Privacy details

License

Original code and documentation: MIT. SoftMatcha 2 port: Apache-2.0 with MIT portions. fastText models: CC BY-SA 3.0. Japanese dictionary: upstream terms. Third-party notices · License texts