francescoumberto/goodbases

GoodBases is a plugin for Obsidian, a note-taking app, that changes how the Bases view looks and behaves. Bases is Obsidian's built-in database feature, introduced in version 1.10, that lets you query and display your notes as a structured table. GoodBases replaces the default table appearance with one that closely resembles Notion's database views. The most visible change is the visual style: clean borders, a subtle row highlight when you hover, and a button that appears on hover to open the linked note, matching how Notion's database rows work. Multi-value fields like tags are displayed as colored pills rather than plain text. Colors are assigned automatically from a fixed set of nine that Notion uses, and the same value always gets the same color. You can override the color for any value by clicking a color picker next to it in the pill selection menu, and your choice is saved and applied everywhere that value appears. Inline editing lets you click directly on a cell to change a text field or number without opening the full note. Checkboxes toggle in place. For fields with multiple possible values, a dropdown menu appears listing all values already used for that field, with a search box and the option to type in a new value. The plugin works as a custom view type inside the Bases toolbar. You set up columns, filters, sorting, and grouping using Obsidian's standard Bases controls, then switch to the GoodBases view. Extra options in the view settings cover cell wrapping, vertical column lines, and pinned colors for specific values. Installation is through Obsidian's community plugin browser or manually by placing release files into the vault's plugin folder. Obsidian 1.10.2 or newer with the Bases core plugin enabled is required. The plugin is free and open source under the MIT license.