# Shimmering Obsidian
Official website: https://github.com/chrisgrieser/shimmering-obsidian
Documentation: https://github.com/chrisgrieser/shimmering-obsidian#readme
Cost: free
Available for: [[Alfred]] (macOS only)
Developed by: [[chrisgrieser|pseudometa]]
## Feature Overview
### Alfred-based Quick Switcher
- Search Notes
- Open Notes in new pane, append to notes, copy Markdown links, …
- Includes Aliases
- Search Headings (included heading levels configurable)
- Search Starred Notes
- Search Recent Notes
- Browse folders (move to parent folders, create notes in folders)
- Search Notes via Tags
- Browse a note's links (outgoing, backlinks, external)
- Open External Links of a Note (without switching to the document or opening Obsidian)
- Graph Traversal via Alfred
- Smart Search: A query like `o foobar #moc starred` displays only files named "foobar" with the tag "#moc" that are also starred.
### Note-related Features
- Create new Notes (based on Template or via QuickAdd)
- Move Note to a different folder
- Daily Notes
### Screenshot Features
- OCR Screenshots
- Image Screenshot
- Both work for screenshots taken in quick succession, e.g. during a live presentation or lecture.
### Utility Features
- Backup your Vault
- Paste URL into selection
- Dual Mode (Edit + Preview)
- Conveniently access various folders like `.obsidian` or `.trash`
- Carl Auto-Responses 🐢
### Plugin & Theme Search
- Search Community Plugins and Themes
- Open in Obsidian or GitHub
- Access Plugin Settings
- Search & Create GitHub Issues
### Workspace Switcher
- Quickly switch workspaces
- 🆕 Save workspaces
- Manage workspaces
- Automatically toggle spellchecking when switching to certain workspaces
### 🆕 Settings Search
- Search & quickly open specific Settings Tabs, the Theme Browser, or the Community Browser.
- Quickly update all plugins.
- Open Plugin Settings.
- Open local plugin folders in `.obsidian/plugins/`
### Documentation Search
- Search the Official Obsidian Documentation
- Simultaneously search the Obsidian Hub (this site you are on right now)
- Search the Forum
### Vault Switcher
- Switch the Vault controlled by this Alfred workflow.
- Open vaults in Obsidian, Finder, or the Terminal.
### CSS-related Features
- Access themes & CSS Snippets via Alfred
- Create new Snippets from Clipboard content
- Quick Access to cheat sheets for theme development, e.g. default variables
- Download a theme's CSS file via Theme Search
- Convert a font file base64-encoded CSS
### Features for Developers
- Quickly open various development-related folders
- Open a local plugin's folder in Finder or the Terminal
- Quick Copy of a plugin's ID
- `git clone` a plugin repository via the Plugin Search
- `git pull` a local plugin repository via the Plugin Search
- Open the Vault's root in the default Terminal or in Finder
- Add & Update Beta Plugins via [[obsidian42-brat|Obsidian42 - BRAT]]
- Quick Access to cheat sheets for Plugin Development, e.g. the Obsidian API
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