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In short:
Calendar is a visual calendar inside Obsidian that shows your activity in daily notes and lets you quickly move between days.
Main features
Quick jump to any date
Highlighting days with notes
Working with templates for daily notes
Compatible with Templater, Periodic Notes and Dataview
Why do you need it?
If you keep a diary, a journal, logs or plan your day in Obsidian — Calendar makes it more convenient:
- It’s easy to find the date you need
- You visually see your activity by day
- It combines with other plugins for automation
How to use it?
- You install it via Community Plugins
- You configure the path to your daily notes (or use it together with Periodic Notes)
- You click a date — the right note opens or a new one is created
- You can use a template via Templater
Tricks
It supports hotkeys for moving forward/back
It pairs with weekly/monthly notes
You can display tasks and events alongside it via other plugins
What the community thinks
- “I can’t do without Calendar — it’s like a personal diary over time.”
- “Each day is like a separate folder, handy for tracking habits.”
- “Works well with Dataview — I pull tasks and events from the days.”
Alternatives and additions
| Plugin | Role |
|---|---|
| Periodic Notes | Manages templates for daily/weekly/monthly notes |
| Templater | Adds template automation |
| Fantasy Calendar | A more complex calendar with events and custom dates |
| Tasks | Managing tasks inside daily notes |
Conclusion
Calendar is a must-have for those who keep daily notes or want to see their progress by day.
Minimalist, fast, flexible — and works in almost any system: Zettelkasten, journaling, GTD, the PARA method.