Omnisearch for Obsidian
Shares rank 2 of 4 obsidian plugins by recommenders
Search for Obsidian notes that people say makes built-in search largely unnecessary; one critic says it hits limits around 10k notes.
Search for Obsidian notes that people say makes built-in search largely unnecessary; one critic says it hits limits around 10k notes.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Wanted as a core plugin
“Basically - just include Omnisearch as a core plugin.”
Comment from 11 May 2026 in “Obsidian plugin was abused to deploy a remote access trojan” “something like omnisearch should be sherlocked next”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “I Use Obsidian” Makes finding notes easier
“Obsidian's search (especially with Omnisearch) makes most of that unnecessary”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “An Introduction to Obsidian” “That makes it much easier to find things.”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “Obsidian plugin was abused to deploy a remote access trojan”
Other obsidian plugins people recommend
The three most recommended other obsidian plugins, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obsidian LiveSync | 8 | 2 | 80% | 8 | — | — |
| Omnisearch for ObsidianThis page | 7 | 2 | 78% | 4 | — | — |
| Obsidian Bases | 7 | 1 | 88% | 4 | — | — |
| Obsidian Git plugin | 5 | 1 | 83% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I noticed OmniSearch hits limits around 10k notes for me”
“That makes it much easier to find things.”
“Basically - just include Omnisearch as a core plugin.”
“Obsidian's search (especially with Omnisearch) makes most of that unnecessary”
“This looks like just a bloated and heavy version”
“something like omnisearch should be sherlocked next”
“Omnisearch is really good”
“Omnisearch is the closest equivalent”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.