Tracker
Track anything in your notes: habits, moods, weight, exercise: and visualize it with line charts, bar charts, and summaries. Collects data from tags, frontmatter, and text patterns.
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Overview
Track anything in your notes: habits, moods, weight, exercise: and visualize it with line charts, bar charts, and summaries. Collects data from tags, frontmatter, and text patterns. It helps aggregate repeated values from daily notes into summaries and trend views. The practical value is a repeatable workflow that remains visible in ordinary Markdown or Obsidian's own interface, rather than an isolated feature added without a plan.
How to Install Tracker
- 1Open Obsidian Settings, select Community plugins, and confirm Restricted mode is disabled.
- 2Search the community catalog for Tracker, install it, and enable it.
- 3Open the plugin settings and review its defaults before using it on existing notes.
- 4Test the workflow in a copied note or disposable vault, then inspect the resulting files.
How to Use Tracker
Track one consistently formatted field or tag across a small date range, verify every matched note, and only then add charts or broader date windows.
When Tracker Helps
It helps aggregate repeated values from daily notes into summaries and trend views.
A Safe First Workflow
Track one consistently formatted field or tag across a small date range, verify every matched note, and only then add charts or broader date windows.
Limits and Checks
- Inconsistent dates and field formats silently weaken results. A chart cannot correct gaps or changes in how the underlying habit was recorded.
- Keep a recoverable vault backup before enabling automation or bulk changes.
Details
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Sources and Documentation
This guide was checked against the creator's repository and primary documentation.
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