Local images plus

by catalysm, aleksey-rezvov, Sergei Korneev
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Description

Category: Note Enhancements

The Local images plus plugin is a powerful tool for Obsidian users who want to easily manage and organize local images in their notes. With this plugin, you can download media files from web pages, localize attachments from Word/Open Office documents, save attachments next to notes in folders named after the note, and more. The plugin also features attachment deduplication using MD5 hashing, conversion of PNG images to JPEG with various quality settings, and removal of orphaned attachments. With its user-friendly interface and customizable settings, this plugin is a must-have for anyone who wants to streamline their image management process in Obsidian.

Reviews

  • Theodor Heiselberg
    Reviewed on May 6th, 2026
    Perfection - thank you!
  • Yu Bai
    Reviewed on Dec 22nd, 2025
    No review text provided.

Stats

516
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137,222
downloads
48
forks
1,227
days
53
days
247
days
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total PRs
2
open PRs
4
closed PRs
1
merged PRs
119
total issues
51
open issues
68
closed issues
2
commits

Latest Version

8 months ago

Changelog

Add: Excluded folders Add: WEBP compression

README file from

Github

Obsidian Local Images Plus

Obsidian Local Images Plus is a plugin for Obsidian


By using this software, you accept all terms and agree to the license agreement.

The author of this software is not obligated to provide any form of support and assumes no liability.


Main features of the plugin include:

  • Downloading media files from copied/pasted content of web pages
  • Localizing media files from copied/pasted content of word / Open Office documents
  • Downloading any filetypes from web
  • Saving attachments next to note in folder named after note
  • Downloading files embedded in markdown tags from web to vault
  • Saving base64 embedded images to vault
  • Converting PNG images to JPEG images with various quality
  • Attachments de-dulication by using MD5 hashing algorithm
  • Removing orphaned attachments from vault

Installation

  • Download the latest version from GitHub / GitHub page. Read release notes.
  • Remove obsidian-local-images plugin to avoid any conflicts.
  • Extract the archive into your Obsidian vault (e.g. Myvault/.obsidian/plugins)
  • Restart Obsidian.
  • Or install from "Obsidian Community Plugins"
  • Open "Community plugins" dialog and change plugin settings at will.
  • Enjoy

Updating

  • Update the plugin from Obsidian settings and restart Obsidian

This plugin has known compatibility issues with the following plugins:

* Paste Image Rename

* Pretty BibTex

Usage

Just copy any web content, Word/Open Office content and paste it into your regular note or a note in canvas.

This plugin also handles all attachments (screenshots/drag-and-drop for files/audio records).

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Use it in the command/menu mode or in automatic mode (toggle "Automatic processing" option in the settings):

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Localize attachments for the current note (plugin folder) - your active note will be processed and attachments will be saved in the folder preconfigured in the plugin settings.

or

Localize attachments for the current note (Obsidian folder) - your active note will be processed and attachments will be saved in the folder preconfigured in the Obsidian settings.

or

Localize attachments for all your notes (plugin folder) - will be processed all the pages in your vault, that corresponds to Include parameter in the plugin's settings and attachments will be saved in the folder(s) preconfigured in the plugin settings.

NOTE: This plugin can change all your notes at once, so you should consider doing backups of your files periodically.

You can also insert any file e.g:

![mypdf](http://mysite/mypdf.pdf)

![mylocalfile](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sergei-Korneev/obsidian-local-images-plus/HEAD/file:///mylinuxdisk/mysong.mp3)

Files will be copied or downloaded to your attachments folder.

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NOTE: I would not recommend to use this plugin for copying really big files, since buffered reading from disk not implemented yet.

This plugin also allows you to remove unused attachments by running commands:

Remove all orphaned attachments (Plugin folder)

and

Remove all orphaned attachments (Obsidian folder)

The first one searches orphans in the folder next to the active note, while the second one searches all unused attachments for all your notes. (this requires you to set some root subfolder in Obsidian settings)

All attachment names are generated according to MD5, therefore they are pretty unique within the vault.

This means you can place an attachment file anywhere within your vault, replace the absolute path in a tag with the file name and Obsidian will still show it in your note.

Donations

Share your wishes and ideas about this software or buy me a coffee (or hot chocolate)

Credits

niekcandaele's

aleksey-rezvov

Build from source

npm run build
npm run dev

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