Sonar

Find any note or run any command from one search bar.

Install GitHub ↗Plugin · v0.1.3 · Runs on mobile (beta)

Sonar's search overlay in Obsidian: filters for title, folder, tag, date and type, a list of matching notes, and a live preview of the selected one.

What you get

Ranks results better than Omnisearch, no external index
Live preview while you search
Quick filters for title, tag and date
Four modes: search, commands, capture, ask Exo
Drop-in replacement for the Omnisearch API

Install

Not in the Community Plugins store yet. Pick one:

Ask a coding agent. The easiest way. Paste this into Claude Code or Codex:

Install the Obsidian plugin from https://github.com/mariomile/obsidian-sonar into my vault (.obsidian/plugins/sonar).

Or use BRAT. Install BRAT, choose “Add beta plugin”, paste:

mariomile/obsidian-sonar

Install by hand

Download main.js, manifest.json and styles.css from the latest release, put them in .obsidian/plugins/sonar, then enable it under Community plugins.