Obsidian 1.9.0 Desktop (Early access)
By Steven Van ·
Introducing Bases, a new core plugin that lets you turn any set of notes into a powerful database.
Obsidian's 1.9.0 desktop early access introduces Obsidian's new Bases core plugin, which turns any set of notes into a database. Bases adds custom table views for visualising and interacting with vault data, lets you filter notes by properties, and supports formulas for deriving your own dynamic properties. The data stays backed by local Markdown files and YAML properties, and Obsidian is introducing a new .base file format and syntax to support it.
Obsidian describes Bases as an early beta with a longer than usual early access phase, and expects many changes ahead, including more view types, a plugin API, and Publish support.
- A new Footnotes view core plugin adds a sidebar tab for managing footnotes in the current file without losing your place in the note.
- Breaking change: the tag, alias, and cssclass properties are no longer supported, replaced by tags, aliases, and cssclasses. Their values must now be lists; a text property in that spot will no longer be recognised.
The full 1.9.0 changelog also lists smaller improvements and fixes, including fuzzy search in settings suggestions, alphabetical sorting in the command palette, and updated Sync history and File Recovery views.
