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kepano / obsidian-minimal

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A minimalist, customizable theme for the Obsidian note-taking app, with companion plugins for settings and UI hiding.

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Suits Obsidian users who want a distraction-free interface across desktop, tablet, and mobile. Offers low/high contrast and true black OLED backgrounds, plus color schemes like Catppuccin, Dracula, Nord, and Gruvbox via the Minimal Theme Settings plugin. Includes support for popular plugins such as Dataview and Kanban.

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2026-10-20 · 5,449 ★ 2026-10-23 · 5,451 ★
LanguageCSS
LicenseMIT
Created2020-07-26 (6y ago)
Last push17d ago
Watchers24
OwnerUser

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README excerpt
Find detailed documentation at minimal.guide
Minimal is an Obsidian theme for desktop, mobile and tablet. Customize colors, fonts and more with the companion plugins Minimal Theme Settings and Hider. Winner of Obsidian's official Best Theme award ✨ 
## About Minimal
- Screenshots
- Installation
- Companion plugins
- Settings
- Color schemes
- Plugin support
- Helper classes
- Alternate checkboxes
- Hotkeys
- Contributing
- Developers
- License
- Disclaimer
## Screenshots
**Background styles** include low contrast, high contrast, and a true black option ideal for OLED devices
**Helper classes** for tables and card layouts allow you to create powerful workflows
Combining **focus mode** with **image grid** and **image width** options allows you to immerse yourself in visual projects
Minimal includes support for popular plugins like **Calendar**, **Dataview**, **Kanban**, **Outliner**, and more
## Installation
To install the theme
- Open Obsidian Settings
- Go to `Appearance` and click `Manage`
- Under community themes search for "Minimal" and click `Use`
To install the companion plugin
- Go to `Community plugins` and turn off `Restricted mode`
- Under community plugins search for "Minimal Theme Settings" and click `Install`, then `Enable`
Have a question? Join the Minimal channel on the official Obsidian Discord.
## Companion plugins
- Minimal Theme Settings plugin allows you to customize color schemes, fonts, hotkeys, and access the main feature toggles. This plugin is highly recommended for all users of Minimal.
- Hider plugin is recommended to hide Obsidian UI elements such as window frame, scrollbars, tooltips, etc. When using Hider to turn off the main toolbar (AKA app ribbon), it can be accessed by hovering over the bottom left edge of the window.
- Style Settings plugin allows you to create a custom color scheme. This plugin is optional.
## Settings
The following settings can be accessed using Minimal Theme Settings plugin. Many of these settings below can be toggled with hotkeys.
### Interface colors and fonts
- Background contrast — includes true black dark mode for OLED devices
- Color scheme — includes Catppuccin, Dracula, Everforest, Gruvbox, macOS, Nord, Solarized, and more
- Line width — set normal line width and maximum width within a pane
You can also use the Style Settings plugin for even deeper customization
### Features
- Text labels for primary navigation — adds text labels the top left navigation, note that a translation snippet is necessary for languages other than English more on localization
- Focus mode — hides title bar and status bar
- Colorful frame — use accent color for the top area of the app window
- Colorful headings — use different colors for each heading
- Hide workspace borders — removes dividing lines for a more minimal appearance
- Trim filenames — file names are trimmed to a single line
### Layout options
Controls images, tables and iframes. These settings can al

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