Nested Vaults treats any folder as a temporary vault of its own. File explorer, search, graph, tags, and backlinks all respect the boundary — and nothing about your files ever changes.
Capabilities
The scope is a view-level convenience — leave the Sub-Vault or disable the plugin and your vault is exactly as it always was.
Everything outside the active Sub-Vault disappears from the tree, while parents of allowed items stay visible so nothing becomes unreachable.
A path: token is added to core Search and Graph queries — and removed again when you leave. Your own query text is never touched.
The tag pane shows only tags used inside the scope — nested tags matched by full path — and out-of-scope backlinks are hidden everywhere.
Following a link that leads outside the Sub-Vault shows a notice and quietly turns the tab into an empty tab instead of opening the file.
Whitelist Attachments, Templates, or any folder to keep it visible in every Sub-Vault, so embeds and templates never break.
A quick switcher that searches only the active Sub-Vault, with paths shown relative to it — plus an opt-in auto-move that files new notes into scope.
Workflow
Right-click any folder and choose “Set as Active Sub-Vault,” or run the command from the palette.
Explorer, search, graph, tags, and backlinks clamp down to the folder. The status bar shows where you are.
Click the Sub-Vault name in the status bar or the ribbon icon, and the whole vault comes straight back.
Get started
Real-Fruit-Snacks/obsidian-nested-vaults.main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release..obsidian/plugins/nested-vaults/.