BLbluechar·Aug 20, 2025
The popular Obsidian Dataview plugin enables that and much more (instead of using Bases)
https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview
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obsidian-dataview
TypeScript2021–2025
blacksmithgu / obsidian-dataview
obsidian-dataview
A data index and query language over Markdown files, for https://obsidian.md/.
18Distinct people
19Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
9.4KGitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
A data index and query language over Markdown files, for https://obsidian.md/.
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Where it is used
No documented product use was verified in the last source check.
What people are saying
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Also in these discussions
- silentvoid13/templater · linked in 3 of the same discussions
- chhoumann/quickadd · linked in 2 of the same discussions
- vinzent03/obsidian-git · linked in 2 of the same discussions
Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
This week on Hacker News
Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 12:03:30 PM UTC.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by year19 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2021-07-12 07:09:41 UTC to 2025-08-20 18:08:49 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
View mention counts and date ranges
| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesBases seem like a great alternative to Dataview [0] but better supported and with simpler syntax than literally writing inline JavaScript for more complicated stuff.
You can also export your table as CVS and they plan to properly support Obsidian Publish which was never supported in Dataview.
[0]: https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview, I was a big fan but it seems the author has stopped actively developing it at some point which is a shame.
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