ovm (Obsidian Vaults Manager) is a CLI application designed to streamline the management of vaults in Obsidian. This tool aims to overcome the limitations associated with performing bulk tasks on specific vaults and plugins. It enables users to install, uninstall, prune, and generate reports for a set of favorite plugins across multiple vaults, enhancing productivity and efficiency.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Usage
• Config file
• Commands
  • ovm config init
  • ovm plugins install
  • ovm plugins prune
  • ovm plugins uninstall
  • ovm reports stats
  • ovm vaults run
    • Reserved placeholders
• License

Features

• Manage Obsidian plugins: Install/Uninstall/Prune plugins in multiple vaults at one go.
• Perform actions on Obsidian or custom vaults: By default, Obsidian vaults are supported and detected. The vault-related commands support -p flag to define a custom vault/s from a path or Glob pattern. e.g. ~/Documents/obsidian/*.
• Generate reports: Generate statistics of vaults and installed plugins with Table/JSON output format.
• Interactive CLI: User-friendly interface to select vaults and plugins for each command.
• Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Requirements

• Node.js 18.x or higher

Usage

$ npm install -g ovm
$ ovm version
ovm/0.1.0 darwin-x64 node-v20.11.0 # Output may vary
$ ovm COMMAND
running command...
$ ovm --help [COMMAND]
USAGE
  $ ovm COMMAND
...

Common flags

  -c, --config=<value>  [default: ~/ovm.json] Path to the config file.
  -d, --debug           Enable debugging mode.
  -t, --timestamp       Enable timestamp in logs.

Config file

The config file is created in the user's home directory by ovm ci and is named ovm.json. It contains an array of plugins that are to be installed across single/multiple vault.

{
  "plugins": []
}

Example config file for following Commands section is as follows:

{
  "plugins": [
    {
      "id": "colored-tags",
      "version": "latest"
    },
    {
      "id": "copilot",
      "version": "latest"
    },
    {
      "id": "dataview",
      "version": "latest"
    }
  ]
}

Commands

The content used in the examples below is for illustrative purposes only. e.g. In the output sections, the vaults are stored in ~/Documents/ directory. The actual output may vary.

ovm config init

Aliases: ovm ci

Configure an ovm.json config file in user's home directory.

• Usage: ovm help config init
• See code: src/commands/config/init.ts

Output

$ ovm config init
info: Config file created {"path":"~/ovm.json"}

$ cat ~/ovm.json
{
  "plugins": []
}

ovm plugins install

Aliases: ovm pi

Install plugin(s) in specified vaults.

• Usage: ovm help plugins install
• See code: src/commands/plugins/install.ts

Output

$ ovm plugins install
? Select the vaults: Career, Financial, Goals
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"colored-tags","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"copilot","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"dataview","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}
info: Installed 3 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"colored-tags","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Financial","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"copilot","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Financial","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"dataview","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Financial","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}}
info: Installed 3 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Financial","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"colored-tags","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Goals","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"copilot","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Goals","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"dataview","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Goals","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}}
info: Installed 3 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Goals","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}}

ovm plugins prune

Aliases: ovm pp

Prune existing plugin(s) from vaults that are unspecified in the config file.

• Usage: ovm help plugins prune
• See code: src/commands/plugins/prune.ts

Output

$ ovm plugins prune
? Select the vaults: Test
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"obsidian-tasks-plugin","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Test"}
info: Pruned 1 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Test","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Test"}}

ovm plugins uninstall

Aliases: ovm pu

Uninstall plugin(s) from vaults.

• Usage: ovm help plugins uninstall
• See code: src/commands/plugins/uninstall.ts

Output

$ ovm plugins uninstall
? Select the vaults: Career, Financial, Goals
? Select the plugins: colored-tags, copilot, dataview
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"colored-tags","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"copilot","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"dataview","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}
info: Uninstalled 3 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"colored-tags","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"copilot","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"dataview","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}
info: Uninstalled 3 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Financial","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"colored-tags","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"copilot","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"dataview","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}
info: Uninstalled 3 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Goals","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}}

ovm reports stats

Aliases: ovm rs

Statistics of vaults and installed plugins.

• Usage: ovm help reports stats
• See code: src/commands/reports/stats.ts

Output: Table (default) / JSON

$ ovm reports stats
? Select the vaults: Career, Financial, Goals
┌──────────────┬────────┐
│ (index)      │ Values │
├──────────────┼────────┤
│ totalVaults  │ 3      │
│ totalPlugins │ 3      │
└──────────────┴────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬─────────┐
│ (index)                                          │ 0           │ 1           │ 2       │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼─────────┤
│ colored-tags@5.0.0 (118.78 kB)                   │ 'Career'    │ 'Financial' │ 'Goals' │
│ copilot@2.5.2 (4.02 MB)                          │ 'Career'    │             │         │
│ dataview@0.5.67 (2.38 MB)                        │ 'Career'    │ 'Financial' │         │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────┴─────────────┴─────────┘

ovm vaults run

Aliases: ovm vr / ovm r / ovm run

Run a shell command on selected vaults (using Node.js child_process).

Disclaimer: Any input containing shell metacharacters may be used to trigger arbitrary command execution, using of this command is at risk of command's caller.

• Usage: ovm help vaults run
• See code: src/commands/vaults/run.ts

Output: Table (default) / JSON

$ ovm vaults run -s "tar -cf '{0}.tar' '{0}'" -o=json
? Select the vaults: Career, Financial, Goals
info: Run command {"command":"tar -cf '~/Documents/obsidian/Career.tar' '~/Documents/obsidian/Career'","vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}

info: Run operation finished! {"custom_commands_log_path":"/var/folders/_v/j4w6kv1s27b6xjfzvl5k6lqm0000gn/T/ovm-custom-command.json"}
{
  "Career": {
    "success": true,
    "duration": "2 seconds",
    "error": null
  },
  "Financial": {
    "success": true,
    "duration": "1 second",
    "error": null
  },
  "Goals": {
    "success": true,
    "duration": "1 second",
    "error": null
  }
}

$ ovm r "echo 'Path: {0}'"
info: Run command {"command":"echo 'Path: ~/Documents/obsidian/Career'","vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}

Path: ~/Documents/obsidian/Career

info: Run operation finished! {"custom_commands_log_path":"/var/folders/_v/j4w6kv1s27b6xjfzvl5k6lqm0000gn/T/ovm-custom-command.json"}
┌─────────┬─────────┬──────────┬───────┐
│ (index) │ success │ duration │ error │
├─────────┼─────────┼──────────┼───────┤
│ Career  │ true    │ '10 ms'  │ null  │
└─────────┴─────────┴──────────┴───────┘

Reserved placeholders

A custom command can be executed on vault(s) by using reserved placeholders as string value within the shell command. The placeholders are replaced with the actual values during the execution.

List of placeholders:

• {0}: Vault path
• {1}: Vault name

Examples:

• Echo vault(s) path
  • ovm run "echo 'Path: {0}'"
• Echo vault(s) path and name
  • ovm run "echo 'Path: {0}, Name: {1}'"
• Echo vault(s) name and silent the command's result
  • ovm run -s "echo 'Path: {0}'"
• Create an archive of vault(s) by tar command
  • ovm run "tar -cf '{0}.tar' '{0}'"
• Encrypt vault(s) directory by gpg command [algo: AES256, passphrase password]
  • ovm run "tar -cf '{0}.tar' '{0}' && gpg --batch --symmetric --cipher-algo AES256 --passphrase 'password' '{0}.tar'"
• Decrypt the archive of vault(s) by gpg command [passphrase: password]
  • ovm run "gpg -q --batch --decrypt --passphrase 'password' -o '{0}.tar' '{0}.tar.gpg'"

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.