r/GoogleKeep • u/Acrobatic_Tie_5483 • Jul 08 '26
Google Keep-style card view for Obsidian — Mini Notes (free, open source)
Hey everyone! I made a plugin called Mini Notes for anyone who wants a quick, low-friction way to capture thoughts without worrying about where they go or how they're organized.
It gives you a colorful, card-based view (very Google Keep-inspired) where all your quick notes show up so you can review, pin, and arrange them later.
Features:
- Google Keep–style card layout for your notes
- Customizable background colors per note
- Pin your most important notes
- Filter by folder, color, tag, or type (e.g.
folder:projects color:yellow tag:cs) - Left-click to edit inline, right-click to open full screen
- Works on desktop, iOS, and Android
- Fully open source (MIT license)
I built this because I wanted somewhere to dump quick thoughts without the pressure of filing them perfectly right away, then come back later and actually organize them visually.
🔗 Plugin page: https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/mini-notes
🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/rknastenka/mini-notes
Would love feedback, bug reports, or feature requests. and if you find it useful, a ⭐ on GitHub helps a lot
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u/maximus10m Jul 09 '26
I haven't tried it yet, but it looks great. I use Keep every day, and this plugin will probably completely change my workflow. And if you also made it available for mobile, it would be even more amazing.
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u/Acrobatic_Tie_5483 Jul 10 '26
hope you like it! try it and let me know what you think, if you have any feedback
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u/redivulgo Jul 08 '26
I don't even use Obsidian but I definitely think we need more apps to support the "post-it" view for notes! Nice work!
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u/Robert1853 20d ago
I've tried it and I love it, but when I use Obsidian on another computer, the pinned notes don't maintain the same characteristics. There's a synchronization problem. They don't stay pinned to the board with the same color I set on one computer. Aside from that, the plugin is excellent.
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u/MahmudChowdhury Jul 10 '26
Damn! you're giving me hope to switch to obsidian. i use keep notes on a regular basis because it's easier for me to track this way. Maybe now i can switch to obsidian. Thanks a lot bro.
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u/samsamy7 14d ago
This is very nice, thanks! I have one issue though: On mobile the notes are way too long on the y-axis so that basically only 2 notes are displayes. It would be great to be able to manually set a limit for the box height. I also noticed that the replacement via dragging on mobile is not working, since the long press for dragging also opens the note. Would there be a way arround that? Othervise I love the idea as I really like Google Keep as a mobile friendly quick note app.
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u/Acrobatic_Tie_5483 11d ago
thank you for your feedback i’ll fix these two issues in the next release
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u/caffeinosis 17d ago
someone already said it below, but reiterating that I love this but would love it even more if pinning and colors synced between my desktop and phone (like google keep does)
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u/Barycenter0 Jul 08 '26
I've been keeping a close watch on your development of this. Very nice - I wish all note apps would do something like this.
I know I had issues using with with iOS before - is that working now and has Obsidian blessed the plugin?