Limits and privacy
Card Workspace is a sidebar-first, desktop-only plugin. It does not run on mobile.
Requirements and supported files
Section titled “Requirements and supported files”- Obsidian 1.9.0 or later
- Opened from the ribbon or command palette in the left sidebar
- Markdown (
.md), Bases (.base), Canvas (.canvas), and Excalidraw (.excalidrawand.excalidraw.md) cards
Markdown cards receive full previews and full-text search. Other supported kinds use a title and placeholder and are searched by title. See Browsing cards.
Metadata and links
Section titled “Metadata and links”Property filters read top-level scalar values from cached Markdown frontmatter. They do not recursively inspect nested objects or treat non-Markdown card formats as property sources.
Linked notes use Obsidian’s resolved link graph and include only destinations that resolve to supported card files. The source note itself is excluded; unresolved links do not become placeholder cards.
Privacy
Section titled “Privacy”All processing remains local. The plugin makes no external network requests. File operations use Obsidian’s Vault and FileManager APIs; the bundled search engine stores its local index in IndexedDB. Source notes stay in their existing vault folders.
This website self-hosts its fonts, independently of the plugin.
License and support
Section titled “License and support”Card Workspace is released under the MIT License. Report issues on GitHub Issues; the source is available in the plugin repository.