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Notebook Navigator

by Johan Sanneblad
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Description

The Notebook Navigator plugin replaces the default file explorer with a notes-style dual-pane interface that prioritises fast navigation and visual organisation. It presents a hierarchical folder and tag tree alongside a configurable file list, supports keyboard-first workflows, multi-selection, drag-and-drop, and pinning to streamline file operations. Visual features include note previews, feature-image thumbnails, date grouping and customizable appearances per folder or tag, plus extensive theming support and RTL layout handling. The plugin scales to very large vaults through virtualised rendering and IndexedDB caching, and exposes a public API for scripts and other plugins. Mobile and desktop interactions are considered equally, making it a full-featured alternate navigator for users who prefer a more structured, themeable file browser.

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  • Lior
    Reviewed on Mar 23rd, 2026
    ★★★★★
    No review text provided.
  • Prakash
    Reviewed on Dec 29th, 2025
    ★★★★★
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  • Uwe Wennmann
    Reviewed on Nov 25th, 2025
    ★★★★★
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  • Johan Sanneblad
    Reviewed on Nov 24th, 2025
    ★★★★★
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Stats
1888
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380,826
downloads
56
forks
190
days
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days
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total PRs
0
open PRs
16
closed PRs
58
merged PRs
915
total issues
6
open issues
909
closed issues
0
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Latest Version
2.5.3
3 days ago
Changelog

Improved

  • Calendar in the right pane now always shows 6 weeks.
  • Property pills in list pane now support custom URI schemes like "zotero://…" and "file://…".

Fixed

  • Boolean and number properties are now shown as property pills in the list pane.
  • Metadata cleanup now removes stale property-key selections.
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