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claudian

Obsidian plugin that runs coding agents like Claude Code in your vault

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Stars: 15.7k
License: MIT
Last commit: Oct 2026
Last release: Oct 2026
Language: TypeScript

Stars, last 29 weeks+10,652

5,020 on 25 Mar 202615,672 on 14 Oct 2026

From GitHub's daily star counts.

Checked 15 Oct 2026 on GitHub.

Overview

Claudian is an Obsidian plugin that embeds CLI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build, OpenCode, Pi, DeepSeek Harness) in a sidebar chat, using the vault as the working directory. Agents can read, write, edit, search and run commands on vault files. It adds inline edit with diff preview, slash commands and skills, @mentions, MCP via each CLI's config, and cross-session messaging.

Who it is for: Obsidian users who want terminal coding agents working on their vault

Strengths

Supports six agent harnesses behind one UI, with models discovered from each provider
Inline edit shows word-level diffs on selected text or at the cursor
No telemetry; network use limited to provider calls, MCP endpoints and a 127.0.0.1 listener
Agents can message, steer or start other sessions on any provider

Weaknesses

Requires at least one separately installed agent CLI plus a subscription or API provider
Desktop only; needs Obsidian 1.13.0 or newer
Pull requests that add new providers are not accepted
CLI detection can fail when Obsidian is launched from the Dock; needs PATH or env workarounds

What it needs

no GPU
Needs Obsidian 1.13.0+, Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build, OpenCode, Pi or DeepSeek Harness CLI, Subscription or API provider
Models: Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build, OpenCode, Pi

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How to choose

Check which models it can use: your own keys, local models, or only the vendor's.
See what it may do without asking (edit files, run shell, push) and how you approve.
Prefer agents that work in a branch or worktree you can throw away.

Health

Releases: 95 in the last 12 monthsLast one yesterday
Top contributor: 90% of commits1,097 of 1,216 in the last 12 months
Security advisories: NoneOn GitHub, in the last 12 months
OpenSSF Scorecard: Not checked

Read from GitHub, deps.dev and OpenSSF on 15 Oct 2026. Bots and coding-agent accounts are left out of the commit counts. Not part of the score: how we check.

License in plain words

MIT Permissive

Use it at work: Yes
Change it and rebrand it: Yes
Sell it or host it for others: Yes

Your part: Keep the copyright and license notice in copies you ship.

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