# Obsidian Community Plugins & Themes Scraper (`crawlerbros/obsidian-plugin-scraper`) Actor

Scrape all Obsidian community plugins and CSS themes from the official obsidian-releases repository. Includes download stats, latest version, GitHub links, and more for 1700+ plugins.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/obsidian-plugin-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, Integrations
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## Obsidian Community Plugins & Themes Scraper

Extract data on every community plugin and CSS theme from the official [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) releases repository. Get plugin names, authors, descriptions, total download counts, latest versions, GitHub links, and Obsidian marketplace URLs — all from a single actor run.

No authentication or API keys required. Data is sourced from the publicly available [obsidian-releases](https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases) repository maintained by the Obsidian team.

### What you get

- **1,700+ community plugins** with download statistics, version history, and GitHub links
- **300+ community CSS themes** with screenshot URLs and supported color modes
- Clean, structured JSON output ready for analysis, dashboards, or integrations
- Optional text filtering and minimum-download thresholds

### Output fields

#### Plugins mode (default)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `plugin_id` | string | Unique plugin identifier, e.g. `"obsidian-tasks-group"` |
| `name` | string | Display name, e.g. `"Tasks"` |
| `author` | string | Plugin author name |
| `description` | string | Short description of what the plugin does |
| `github_repo` | string | GitHub repository in `author/repo` format |
| `github_url` | string | Full GitHub URL, e.g. `https://github.com/obsidian-tasks-group/obsidian-tasks` |
| `total_downloads` | integer | Sum of all version download counts |
| `latest_version` | string | Most recently published version, e.g. `"7.0.1"` |
| `obsidian_url` | string | Obsidian marketplace URL, e.g. `https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=obsidian-tasks-group` |

#### Themes mode

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `name` | string | Theme display name |
| `author` | string | Theme author name |
| `github_repo` | string | GitHub repository in `author/repo` format |
| `github_url` | string | Full GitHub URL |
| `screenshot_url` | string | Direct URL to the theme screenshot image |
| `supported_modes` | array | Color modes supported, e.g. `["light", "dark"]` |

### Input options

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `mode` | select | `plugins` | What to scrape: `"plugins"` or `"themes"` |
| `query` | string | — | Case-insensitive text filter applied to name, description, and author |
| `minDownloads` | integer | — | Minimum total downloads required (plugins mode only) |
| `maxItems` | integer | `500` | Maximum number of records to return |

### Example inputs

**Get the top 50 most-downloaded plugins:**

```json
{
  "mode": "plugins",
  "minDownloads": 100000,
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

**Search for all task-management plugins:**

```json
{
  "mode": "plugins",
  "query": "task",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

**Get all community themes:**

```json
{
  "mode": "themes",
  "maxItems": 500
}
```

**Get all dark themes:**

```json
{
  "mode": "themes",
  "query": "dark",
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

### Example output (plugins mode)

```json
{
  "plugin_id": "obsidian-tasks-group",
  "name": "Tasks",
  "author": "Clare Macrae and Ilya Paranin",
  "description": "Track tasks across your entire vault. Query them and mark them done.",
  "github_repo": "obsidian-tasks-group/obsidian-tasks",
  "github_url": "https://github.com/obsidian-tasks-group/obsidian-tasks",
  "total_downloads": 2150000,
  "latest_version": "7.0.1",
  "obsidian_url": "https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=obsidian-tasks-group",
  "recordType": "plugin",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00+00:00"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Plugin discovery** — Find the most popular or niche plugins for a specific workflow
- **Download trend tracking** — Monitor which plugins are gaining traction
- **Developer research** — Identify feature gaps or competitive landscape in the plugin ecosystem
- **Documentation and blogs** — Build curated plugin lists or "best of" articles
- **Obsidian-based products** — Power recommendation engines or plugin directories
- **Data analysis** — Analyze the Obsidian ecosystem, author productivity, and version release cadence

### Data source

All data comes from the official [obsidian-releases](https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases) GitHub repository maintained by Obsidian, Inc. This repository is the single source of truth for community plugins and themes listed in the in-app Community Plugins browser.

- Plugin list: `community-plugins.json`
- Download statistics: `community-plugin-stats.json`
- Theme list: `community-css-themes.json`

Data is publicly accessible with no authentication, rate limits, or terms-of-service restrictions beyond GitHub's standard acceptable use policy.

### FAQ

**How current is the data?**
The actor fetches data directly from GitHub on every run, so results always reflect the latest published state of the repository. Obsidian's team typically updates the files within hours of a plugin approval or stats refresh.

**How are total downloads calculated?**
Total downloads are computed by summing all per-version download counts from the stats file. The special `"latest"` key (which is a version alias, not a separate count) is excluded from the sum.

**Why is `latest_version` missing for some plugins?**
A small number of plugins appear in the plugin list but have no entry in the stats file (usually very newly added plugins). For these, `latest_version` is omitted from the output rather than populated with a null value.

**Can I filter by author or specific plugin ID?**
Use the `query` field to filter by any text appearing in the plugin name, description, or author name. For example, `"query": "blacksmithgu"` returns all plugins by that author.

**What is the maximum number of results?**
The `maxItems` field accepts up to 10,000. The full plugin catalog is approximately 1,700–1,800 entries; set `maxItems` to 2000 to ensure you get everything.

**Does this actor require a proxy or cookies?**
No. GitHub raw content is publicly accessible with standard HTTP requests. No proxy, cookies, or API keys are needed.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to fetch: community plugins (with download stats) or community CSS themes.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive substring filter applied to plugin/theme name and description. Leave blank to return all.

## `minDownloads` (type: `integer`):

Only return plugins with at least this many total downloads. Ignored in themes mode.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on the number of records returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "plugins",
  "maxItems": 500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped Obsidian community plugins or themes.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "mode": "plugins",
    "maxItems": 500
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/obsidian-plugin-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "mode": "plugins",
    "maxItems": 500,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("crawlerbros/obsidian-plugin-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "plugins",
  "maxItems": 500
}' |
apify call crawlerbros/obsidian-plugin-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,crawlerbros/obsidian-plugin-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/VIDUmJjGhuYBv9jww/builds/5SoBrejHKZKYaVXLX/openapi.json