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This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff. An alternative file explorer with custom sorting, grouping, filtering, and lightweight previews.

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Smart Explorer

A side-pane file explorer for Obsidian with flexible sorting, grouping, filtering, and inline previews.

Built for vaults with hundreds or thousands of notes where the default file tree falls short.

Features

Category Options
Sort Name (A-Z / Z-A), modified date, created date, extension, file size, manual (drag-and-drop)
Group Folder, extension, modified month, top-level folder
Filter Search by name/path, markdown-only, attachments-only, date range (1d / 7d / 30d)
Preview Headings & tags for markdown, thumbnails for images, metadata for other files
Settings Default sort/group mode, preview panel toggle, hidden extensions, reset manual order

Installation

Community Plugins (recommended)

  1. Open Settings → Community Plugins → Browse
  2. Search for Smart Explorer
  3. Click Install, then Enable

Manual

  1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
  2. Create .obsidian/plugins/smart-explorer/ in your vault
  3. Copy the three files into that folder
  4. Enable in Settings → Community Plugins

Usage

  1. Open via ribbon icon or Command Palette → Smart Explorer: Open
  2. Toolbar controls sorting, grouping, and filtering
  3. Click a file to open; preview panel shows context alongside the file list
  4. Defaults persist in Settings → Community Plugins → Smart Explorer

Compatibility

  • Obsidian ≥ 1.7.2
  • Desktop and mobile

Privacy

No network requests. All data stays local in your vault.

Development

npm install       # install dependencies
npm run dev       # watch mode
npm run build     # type-check + production build
npm test          # unit tests

License

MIT

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