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Re-supercharged Links

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Description

A modern, high-performance, and completely re-architected fork of Supercharged Links for Obsidian. Rebuilt from the ground up for instantaneous rendering, zero layout thrashing, and an ultra-light memory footprint.

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Latest Version

1.0.49
4 days ago

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Re-Supercharged Links

Obsidian Community Plugin Release Downloads License: MIT myBrain Integration Stars

A fast, modern fork of Supercharged Links for Obsidian.
Style internal links based on tags, frontmatter attributes, inline fields (Dataview), and note paths — across reading mode, live preview, and supported UI views.

Why this fork?

This project focuses on practical performance and predictable behavior in larger vaults.

What’s different from older styling approaches:

  • Rules are evaluated in memory (no generated CSS files required).
  • DOM updates are batched to reduce UI stutter.
  • Metadata attributes are cached and invalidated by path/prefix.
  • Observer setup is designed to avoid duplicate bindings across layout changes.

No magic — just a lot of engineering around keeping link styling responsive and stable.

Features

  • Tag rules
    Match links by tags (e.g. #project, #todo).

  • Attribute rules
    Match frontmatter keys/values (and optionally Dataview inline fields).

  • Path rules
    Match note paths/folders for structural styling.

  • Style controls

    • Text color (light/dark mode)
    • Background color (light/dark mode)
    • Font weight / style
    • Prefix/suffix icons

  • UI coverage

    • Reading mode links
    • Live Preview / CodeMirror rendering
    • Explorer / backlinks / search and other supported panes

Install

From Obsidian Community Plugins

  1. Open Settings → Community plugins
  2. Disable Safe mode (if needed)
  3. Browse for Re-Supercharged Links
  4. Install and enable

Manual

  1. Download latest release files from Releases
  2. Copy to:
    .obsidian/plugins/re-supercharged-links/
  3. Reload Obsidian and enable plugin

Quick start

  1. Open plugin settings.
  2. Create a new styling rule.
  3. Choose rule type:
    • tag
    • attribute
    • path
  4. Set match value and styling options.
  5. Navigate your vault — matching links update automatically.

Typical Settings panel

Performance notes (honest version)

This plugin is built to be efficient, but performance always depends on vault size, active plugins, theme, and layout complexity.

What to expect:

  • Good responsiveness in normal/large vaults.
  • Better behavior than full-refresh styling loops.
  • Still possible to hit bottlenecks in very mutation-heavy setups.

If something feels slow, open an issue with:

  • vault size (roughly)
  • active plugins (especially UI-heavy ones)
  • reproduction steps
  • profiler screenshots if possible

Compatibility

  • Obsidian desktop (primary target)
  • Dataview integration is optional
  • Designed to coexist with other UI plugins, but edge cases can happen

If a specific plugin/view conflicts, please report it.

Known limitations

  • Some third-party panes may need explicit observer selectors.
  • Very aggressive layout/event churn can still cause extra work.
  • Rule-heavy setups may require tuning over time.

Contributing

PRs and issues are welcome.

Helpful contributions:

  • Reproducible bug reports
  • Performance traces
  • View compatibility fixes
  • Refactors that improve readability without changing behavior

Please include before/after behavior when proposing changes.

Credits

  • Original Supercharged Links concept and community groundwork
  • Obsidian plugin ecosystem maintainers and testers

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

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