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TECH ValidatedⓘEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.

Obsidian Plugin Development

14
builder posts asking
latest ask seen 4d ago
+51 product posts seen in community
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14
different people asking
across 1 platform
who →
20
rivals shipping · web scan
see prices →
$5
cheapest rival / mo
range →

In their words

"I wish there was a multi-vault plugin that would let you register multiple vault directories" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗

What they tried & dropped

Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.

Miro — "doesn't allow 2-day directional navigation between Obsidian and Miro" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Obsidian — "managing screenshots to be a pain" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
excalidraw — "don't have good handwriting support at all" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Pinterest — "want to build a more intelligent and local moodboard system" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Obsidian Canvas — "uncertain if approaching it the right way" verbatimsign in to trace ↗

Hard requirements

Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.

2-day directional navigation between Obsidian and pluginhandwriting supportmanage multiple images on a single fileadd tags to images and search by tagswrite notes and annotations about specific imageslightweight

Competitor pricing

Named rivals & real prices 🔒
Rivals charge $5/mo · names — log in ↗
Open-source check · GitHub · 2026-09-20
⚠️ Established open-source player: obsidianmd/obsidian-sample-plugin ⭐4,532 — Template for Obsidian community plugins with build configuration and development best practices.

How we checked

Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
68 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
6d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days

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Every source post · named rivals with real prices · what builders tried & dropped · quantified pain — all traceable to the original posts

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What the numbers suggest

20 rivals shipping (fact bar) see prices → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
14 builder posts asking · 14 different people (fact bar) see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
9 new tracked posts (all types) in the last 30 days vs 14 the month before see the curve → demand is cooling.
14 demand signals vs 20 shipping rivals → supply already outweighs demand — enter only with an edge.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yet → no one has named a price — validate pricing before building.
last new signal 6 days ago → conversation is live now.

Signal history

65 tracked posts (14 asks · 51 product/news) first post Sep 2023 ▲ 9 in the last 30 days
2025-12-22 · +1 post · 2 on record2026-04-29 · +1 post · 3 on record2026-05-10 · +1 post · 4 on record2026-05-14 · +1 post · 5 on record2026-06-12 · +1 post · 6 on record2026-06-14 · +4 posts · 10 on record2026-06-16 · +1 post · 11 on record2026-06-17 · +2 posts · 13 on record2026-06-18 · +1 post · 14 on record2026-06-20 · +5 posts · 19 on record2026-06-27 · +4 posts · 23 on record2026-06-30 · +2 posts · 25 on record2026-07-02 · +3 posts · 28 on record2026-07-06 · +1 post · 29 on record2026-07-08 · +1 post · 30 on record2026-07-16 · +1 post · 31 on record2026-07-20 · +1 post · 32 on record2026-07-27 · +1 post · 33 on record2026-07-29 · +3 posts · 36 on record2026-07-30 · +5 posts · 41 on record2026-08-03 · +1 post · 42 on record2026-08-05 · +3 posts · 45 on record2026-08-07 · +1 post · 46 on record2026-08-08 · +1 post · 47 on record2026-08-10 · +2 posts · 49 on record2026-08-12 · +1 post · 50 on record2026-08-15 · +1 post · 51 on record2026-08-17 · +1 post · 52 on record2026-08-21 · +1 post · 53 on record2026-08-26 · +2 posts · 55 on record2026-08-27 · +1 post · 56 on record2026-09-07 · +2 posts · 58 on record2026-09-13 · +3 posts · 61 on record2026-09-19 · +2 posts · 63 on record2026-09-22 · +1 post · 64 on record2026-09-26 · +1 post · 65 on record 65 0 1 Dec 2025 today

Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · 1 earlier post before this 12-month window carried into the baseline · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).

Evidence pool

Top 10 of 14 builder posts asking on record — each insight links back to a real one.

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