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Plugins from GitHub, kept up to date.

Install any Obsidian plugin straight from its repository, track it, and update it from inside the app — including plugins that never shipped to the community store.

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❯ Settings / GitHub Updater last checked · 2 min ago
Tracked repositories Update All (2)
blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview 0.5.68 → 0.5.69
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SilentVoid13/Templater 2.3.0 → 2.4.1
Update
mgmeyers/obsidian-style-settings ✓ up to date · 1.0.8
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zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin status unknown · check
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4 tracked · 2 updates ready · github releases

Capabilities

Everything between "found a repo" and "plugin installed".

One modal to install, one list to manage. GitHub Updater talks to the GitHub releases API through Obsidian's own networking — nothing else touches your vault.

Install from any repository

Type username/repo or paste a GitHub URL. The latest release is fetched, unpacked into your vault, and tracked automatically.

Vault scanner

Compares installed plugins against the official community list, flags unofficial ones, and guesses their repositories so tracking starts in one click.

Semantic update checks

Versions are compared segment by segment, so 1.10.0 correctly beats 1.9.2. Background checks run after startup; a notice tells you what's new.

Raw-repository fallback

No release assets attached? The files are pulled from the tagged source tree instead, so plugins install even when binaries were never uploaded.

Release notes viewer

Read the changelog rendered as Markdown in a native modal before updating — or ignore a specific version without losing tracking.

Update all, in one click

Every tracked plugin with an available update installs in sequence from a single button — with a "last checked" timestamp so you know where you stand.

Workflow

Add a repo. The rest is a button.

1

Add or scan

Enter a username/repo in the install modal — or run Scan Vault and let the scanner find the unofficial plugins you already have.

2

Check

GitHub Updater fetches each repository's latest release and compares it against what's installed. Updates surface in settings and as a startup notice.

3

Review and update

Read the release notes, then update one plugin — or all of them. Not ready? Ignore that version and keep tracking the next one.

Get started

Install GitHub Updater

Community plugins

  1. Open Settings → Community plugins → Browse.
  2. Search for GitHub Updater.
  3. Install and enable it.

Via BRAT

Install BRAT, then add this repository as a beta plugin:

Real-Fruit-Snacks/obsidian-github-updater

Manual

  1. Download main.js and manifest.json from the latest release.
  2. Place them in <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/github-updater/.
  3. Reload Obsidian and enable GitHub Updater under Community plugins.