🦴 five plugins · one herd · zero nonsense

The Dinosaur Family

Five ferocious little plugins that make Obsidian roar.
Free, open source, 100% offline.

Meet the herd GitHub

Linkosaurus

the connector

Your notes, linked before you finish typing.

Automatically links keywords to notes and turns URLs into Markdown links as you type, paste, or dictate.

Install in Obsidian GitHub ↗

daily-note.md

11## Field journal, day 47

12Flew to [[Tokyo]] to talk [[Machine Learning|ML]] · [github.com](https://www.github.com)

14Tomorrow: check the nest cams before sunrise.

links itself while you keep typing · works when pasting & dictating too

Scalosaurus

the shapeshifter

Grab an image. Drag. Done.

Resize embedded images right in the editor: drag handles, aspect-lock, and magnetic snap to your column width, with the new size written straight back into the link.

Install in Obsidian GitHub ↗

trip-report.md

column width

![[valley-shot.png|100%]]

drag · aspect-lock · magnetic snap · the markdown updates itself

Searchosaurus

the tracker

The note you meant. First.

Spotlight-style search: exact-title matches always on top, type filters, live previews, and offline OCR that makes text inside images and PDFs findable.

Install in Obsidian GitHub ↗

meeting notes esc

Meeting NotesHerd sync: hunt roadmap, watering-hole budget… exact title
Meeting Notes 2026-07-14…decided to migrate the nest to a new vault… note
quarterly-roar.pdf…meeting notes attached on page 12… pdf
whiteboard-photo.png…meeting notes: ship the herd by Friday… image

exact titles first · OCR reads your screenshots & PDFs · fully offline

Slashosaurus

the summoner

See the block before you insert it.

A Notion-style slash menu with live previews: type "/" and pick headings, tables, code blocks, and all 13 callout types shown as real colored boxes with their icons, before you hit Enter. Wraps selected text, two-stage code-language picker, your own snippets.

Install in Obsidian GitHub ↗

dig-site-log.md

7## Dig site log

Text
Heading 1The big roar
Callouts
Tip1 of 13 callout types
WarningCareful, sharp teeth
Insert
TableRows × columns
Code blockThen pick a language

live previews for every block · wraps selections · custom snippets

Barosaurus NEW!

the commander

Find it. Then actually do it.

One bar for notes, commands, open tabs, headings, bookmarks, folders and tags, ranked by what you are doing right now. Every result has an action panel behind it: rename, move, bookmark, append to today's note. Select text and type b for bold.

Install in Obsidian GitHub ↗

field-journal.md

22## Dig site log

23The nest cams need a firmware pass.

25Swap the SD cards

26Re-seat the west camera

27Log the hatchling count

meeting esc

Recent
mdDig site logopened 2 minutes ago↵
⧉field-journal.mdthis tab
⌘Open today's daily notePeriodic notes

Actions for selection
BBoldwrap the selection in **selection
Notes
mdBackup routineField notes/
mdBurrow maintenanceField notes/

Insert
☑Todo listthree unchecked items↵
Commands
⌘Toggle checkboxEditor
mdTodos.mdvault root

Notes
mdMeeting NotesHerd sync: hunt roadmap, watering-hole budget…⌘K
Open tabs
⧉Meeting Notesalready open, second tab
Headings
#Decisionsin Meeting Notes

Actions
✎Renameprimary, Enter does this
→Move to…pick a folder↵
⇥Open to the right⌘⌥↵
🔗Copy linkas a wikilink

Folders
📁Archive/142 notes↵
📁Field notes/38 notes
📁Vault rootthe-nest

finds and acts in one field · ⌘K opens the actions on any result · also > commands, @headings and :42 lines

Why the herd exists

Radically clean

UI that appears, delivers, disappears.

100% offline

Zero network requests, zero tracking, ever.

Open source

MIT, tested, built to be read.

Got a bug? A wish? A fossil to report?

The herd is friendly and reads everything. Toss a message into the tar pit below: feature ideas, bug sightings and fossilized edge cases all welcome.