Daily Activity

Obsidian Activity Plugin

This is a plugin for Obsidian (https://obsidian.md).

This plugin is very young and written quickly, but can be used effectively with daily notes to keep a record of the work done and which files you continue to come back to.

Please open an issue for any bugs, feature requests, or feedback at https://github.com/trydalch/obsidian-daily-activity/issues/new

Commands

Settings

The plugin now includes settings to customize its behavior:

General Settings

Filter Settings

Activity Tracking Settings

Batch Modification Settings

Export Settings

Dashboard Settings

Logging Settings

Examples

• Stats for date

  • No selection: Outputs stats for today
  • yesterday: Stats for yesterday
  • 2021-02-20: Stats for 2021-02-20
  • 2021-02-15 to 2021-02-20: Stats between those dates, inclusive range.
  • 5 days ago to today: Stats for that range

  For more examples of natural language date formats, see here: https://github.com/wanasit/chrono

Roadmap

• Add Activity Stats Command (# files created, # modified)
• Add option to insert stats for dates
• Add stats for date range
• Add support for natural language dates
• Add settings page
• Add filtering options
• Add templating
• Add filtering stats by tag
• Add background file monitoring with detailed stats
• Implement memory optimizations for large vaults

Future Features

Enhanced Statistics Tracking (Coming in 1.0.0+)

The plugin will soon support advanced statistics tracking including:

1. Writing Velocity Metrics

   • Track words written per hour/day
   • Monitor your most productive times
   • Compare performance across different time periods

2. File Interaction Analytics

   • Identify your most frequently edited files
   • Track files with most additions/deletions
   • Analyze which files receive continuous attention vs. occasional edits

3. Time Pattern Analysis

   • Discover your most productive hours
   • Identify weekly activity patterns
   • Track long-term productivity trends

4. Content Evolution Tracking

   • Monitor how files grow and mature over time
   • Analyze editing vs. adding content patterns
   • Track when files stabilize (editing decreases)

Memory Optimizations for Large Vaults

For users with large vaults, we're planning several optimizations:

1. Smart Content Tracking

   • Configurable file size limits for detailed tracking
   • Metadata-only tracking for very large files
   • Efficient storage of file differences

2. Adaptive Memory Management

   • Automatically unload inactive files from memory
   • Prioritize actively edited files
   • Balance between tracking accuracy and memory usage

For Developers

Releasing a New Version

This plugin uses GitHub Actions to automate the release process. To release a new version:

1. Make sure your changes are committed to the feature branch
2. Merge your feature branch to master
3. Check out the master branch locally
4. Make sure you have no uncommitted changes
5. Run the release command:

   npm run release
   

This will:

• Build the plugin
• Bump the version number in package.json
• Update manifest.json and versions.json via the version script
• Create a git commit with all version changes
• Create a git tag
• Push the commit and tag to GitHub

The GitHub Action will automatically:

• Create a new release on GitHub
• Generate release notes
• Attach the necessary plugin files

For a major or minor version instead of a patch:

npm run release-minor
# or
npm run release-major

Manual Version Process

If you need more control over the process:

1. Make sure all your changes are committed
2. Build the plugin:

   npm run build
   

3. Bump the version (creates a commit and tag):

   npm version patch  # or minor/major
   

4. Push changes and tags:

   git push --follow-tags