Obsidian Vault Builder: generate your perfect vault.
Let's build your vault
Answer a few quick questions. Takes about two minutes, you can go back anytime, and your progress is saved.
What is the Obsidian Vault Builder?
It's a free, interactive online generator that designs a complete Obsidian vault blueprint for you. Instead of copying someone else's setup, you answer a short set of questions about your goals, preferred methodology, and how much structure you want. The vault generator then produces a recommended folder structure, workflows, plugins, templates, properties, tags, a homepage, and matching themes, all deterministic and instantly exportable. No sign-up, no install, everything runs in your browser.
How the vault generator works
- Describe how you work. Pick your profile (student, developer, researcher, writer…) and your main goals.
- Choose a methodology. PARA, Zettelkasten, LYT, or a simpler freeform structure, plus how much complexity you want.
- Generate your vault. Get a personalized folder structure, plugin list, note templates, and theme suggestions.
- Export and build it. Copy the folder tree, download the Markdown blueprint, and recreate it in Obsidian in minutes.
Who is it for?
- → Students organizing classes and study notes
- → Developers keeping docs, snippets, and projects together
- → Researchers managing sources and literature notes
- → Writers and creators planning and publishing work
- → Anyone building a second brain from scratch
Supported methodologies
Why use it
Structure that fits you
Folders, note types, and naming conventions generated from your profile, methodology, and complexity, not a one-size-fits-all template.
Only the plugins you need
Recommendations are rule-based, so a minimal setup stays minimal. Every suggestion links back to our plugin catalog.
Ready-to-use templates
Daily notes, projects, meetings, literature notes and more, pre-filled with sensible YAML properties you can copy in one click.
Export and keep it
Copy the folder tree, download a Markdown blueprint, or export JSON. Your progress is saved locally as you go.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Obsidian Vault Builder?
It's a free online Obsidian vault generator. You answer a short set of questions about your goals, preferred methodology, and how much structure you want, and it instantly generates a complete vault blueprint: folder structure, workflows, plugins, templates, properties, tags, and matching themes.
Is the Obsidian vault generator free?
Yes. The vault builder is 100% free, runs entirely in your browser, and requires no sign-up. Your progress is saved locally on your device.
How do I generate an Obsidian vault online?
Open the vault builder, answer a few questions about how you work (student, developer, researcher, writer, etc.), pick a methodology like PARA or Zettelkasten, and choose a complexity level. The generator then produces a personalized folder structure, plugin list, and ready-to-use templates you can copy or export.
Which note-taking methodologies does it support?
The builder supports popular knowledge management methodologies including PARA, Zettelkasten, CODE, Johnny Decimal, Maps of Content (MOC), LYT (Linking Your Thinking), and simpler folder- or tag-based structures, and adapts the generated vault to the one you pick.
Can I export the generated vault structure?
Yes. You can copy the folder tree, download a Markdown blueprint of your entire setup, or export it as JSON, then recreate the structure in Obsidian in minutes.
Do I need to install anything to use it?
No. The vault builder works online in any modern browser on desktop or mobile. You only need Obsidian itself when you're ready to apply the generated structure.