Name: Omnisearch – Obsidian Plugin · Obsidian Stats
Rating: 85 (2058 reviews)
Author: Simon Cambier

by Simon Cambier

Score: 85/100

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Description

Category: Note Enhancements

#search #pdf #ocr

The Omnisearch plugin is a powerful search engine for Obsidian that instantly provides relevant results. Its smart weighting algorithm ensures that the most relevant files are displayed first, making it easy to quickly find notes, documents, PDFs, and images. With features like automatic document scoring, keyboard navigation, and support for quotes and exclusions, Omnisearch is a valuable tool for anyone who needs to quickly locate specific information in their Obsidian vault. Additionally, its workflow is similar to the "Quick Switcher" core plugin, making it easy to integrate into your existing workflow.

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Dmitriy Savelyev
Reviewed on Jan 9th, 2026
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Latest Version

1.28.2

2 months ago

Changelog

Fixed version in manifest file

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Omnisearch for Obsidian

Obsidian plugin GitHub release (latest by date and asset)

🏆 Winner of the 2023 Gems of the Year in the "Existing plugin" category 🏆

Omnisearch is a search engine that "just works".
It always instantly shows you the most relevant results, thanks to its smart weighting algorithm.

Under the hood, it uses the excellent MiniSearch library. This free plugin is totally unrelated to the omnisearch.ai paid product.

Documentation

https://publish.obsidian.md/omnisearch/Index

Installation

Omnisearch is available on the official Community Plugins repository.
Beta releases can be installed through BRAT. Be advised that those versions can be buggy and break things.

You can check the CHANGELOG for more information on the different versions.

Features

Omnisearch's first goal is to locate files instantly. You can see it as a Quick Switcher on steroids.

Find your 📝notes, 📄Office documents, 📄PDFs, and 🖼images faster than ever
- Images, documents, and PDF indexing is available through Text Extractor
Automatic document scoring using the BM25 algorithm
- The relevance of a document against a query depends on the number of times the query terms appear in the document, its filename, and its headings
Keyboard first: you never have to use your mouse
Workflow similar to the "Quick Switcher" core plugin
Opt-in local HTTP server to query Omnisearch from outside of Obsidian
Resistance to typos
Switch between Vault and In-file search to quickly skim multiple results in a single note
Supports "expressions in quotes" and -exclusions
Filters file types with .jpg or .md
Directly Insert a [[link]] from the search results
Supports Vim navigation keys

Note: support of Chinese depends on this additional plugin (also you may need to clear search cache data to apply new Chinese index). Please read its documentation for more information.