obsidianmd/obsidian-help

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Help documentation for Obsidian.

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In the last 30 days, obsidianmd/obsidian-help merged 12 of 21 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 1 day. 3 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

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Open beginner issues
3
Indexed issues
24
Avg merge
2d 11h
Merged PRs (30d)
12
Dominant language
JavaScript
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Last GitHub push
Nov 2, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 20, 2026
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  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Pick one of the 3 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.
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  • Export PDF doesn't reflect 1.15's addition of the feature to mobile
    Open
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    bug

    Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 83/100

    obsidianmd/obsidian-help#1164 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Name the spec versions the syntax pages follow
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    obsidianmd/obsidian-help#1158 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Math delimiters syntax is too informal
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

    obsidianmd/obsidian-help#1126 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Request to add Hindi (hi) language support
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    app-update translation

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    obsidianmd/obsidian-help#1110 · 1 comment · 2 reactions ·

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  • docs(cli): WSL2 section should also document --disable-gpu requirement for window to be painted
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    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 85/100

    obsidianmd/obsidian-help#1091 · 1 comment ·

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  • Sandbox cannot be translated
    Open
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    app-update translation

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

    obsidianmd/obsidian-help#1075 · 1 comment ·

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  • Bookmarking graphs is barely documented
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

    obsidianmd/obsidian-help#1012 ·

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  • "Delete property" and "Property type > Automatic"
    Open
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    enhancement

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 68/100

    obsidianmd/obsidian-help#1004 ·

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  • Ramifications of downgrading sync plans
    Open
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    enhancement

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    obsidianmd/obsidian-help#979 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

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  • Explain strengths & uses of tags, folders, & links
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    obsidianmd/obsidian-help#820 · 7 comments · 5 reactions ·

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  • [T:FR] Ongoing Translations for the French Help Docs
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?
    translation

    obsidianmd/obsidian-help#1054 · 6 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • Linux Installation instructions
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 55/100

    obsidianmd/obsidian-help#973 ·

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