> [!CAUTION]
> This project is a heavy work-in-progress, there are bugs, and features may change or disappear.

# Locator for Obsidian

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**Locator** is an Obsidian plugin that lets you locate your files in a few keystrokes. It is an experimental fork of Omnisearch.

It always instantly shows you the most relevant results, thanks to its smart weighting algorithm.

Under the hood, it uses the excellent [MiniSearch](https://github.com/lucaong/minisearch) library.


![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scambier/obsidian-omnisearch/master/images/omnisearch.gif)

## Installation

- Locator can be installed through [BRAT](https://github.com/TfTHacker/obsidian42-brat).

You can check the [CHANGELOG](./CHANGELOG.md) for more information on the different versions.

## Features

> Locator's first goal is to _locate_ files instantly. You can see it as a _Quick Switcher_ on steroids.

- Find your **📝notes, 📄Office documents, 📄PDFs, and 🖼images** faster than ever
  - Images, documents, and PDF indexing is available
    through [Text Extractor](https://github.com/scambier/obsidian-text-extractor)
- Automatic document scoring using
  the [BM25 algorithm](https://github.com/lucaong/minisearch/issues/129#issuecomment-1046257399)
  - The relevance of a document against a query depends on the number of times the query terms appear in the document,
    its filename, and its headings
- Keyboard first: you never have to use your mouse
- Workflow similar to the "Quick Switcher" core plugin
- Opt-in local HTTP server to query Omnisearch from outside of Obsidian
- Resistance to typos
- Supports `"expressions in quotes"` and `-exclusions`
- Filters file types with `.jpg` or `.md`
- Directly Insert a `[[link]]` from the search results
- Supports Vim navigation keys


## Issues & Feature Requests

Locator is a personal hobby project, tailored for my own needs. It is publicly available because you may find it useful too, but I'm not interested in your issues or pull requests.

If you'd like to participate in a similar project (thank you!), I'll be glad to review your pull requests for [**Omnisearch**](https://github.com/scambier/obsidian-omnisearch)

Thank you for your understanding.

## LICENSE

Locator is licensed under [GPL-3](https://tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-general-public-license-v3-(gpl-3)).

## Thanks

To all people who donate through [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/scambier)
or [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/scambier) ❤