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zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin

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TLDR

An Obsidian plugin that tracks how many words you write each day, shows a live count in the status bar, and keeps a historical log of your writing output.

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  root((Word Count Plugin))
    What it does
      Daily word count
      Status bar display
      Historical log
    Platform
      Obsidian notes app
      Community plugin
    Inspiration
      Calendar plugin
      Word count plugin
    Use Cases
      Writing goals
      Output tracking
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Track your daily writing progress toward a word-count goal inside Obsidian.

USE CASE 2

Review a historical log to see which days you wrote the most and spot writing patterns.

Tech stack

TypeScript

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
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In plain English

This is a daily word count plugin for Obsidian, a note-taking application. It tracks how many words you write each day and shows the current day's count in the bottom right corner of the screen. It also keeps a historical log so you can look back at writing output over time. The README is very brief and does not describe the plugin's settings, storage format, or installation steps beyond what the Obsidian community plugin system would handle. The project credits two other Obsidian plugins as inspiration: a calendar plugin by liamcain and a word count plugin by lukeleppan.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
I use the Obsidian daily word count plugin and want to export my historical word count data to a CSV so I can chart it. How would I parse the log file it creates?
Prompt 2
I installed the word count plugin for Obsidian but the count in the status bar is not updating. What should I check first?
Prompt 3
Help me write a Dataview query that pulls my daily word count history from my Obsidian vault and displays it as a table sorted by date.
Prompt 4
I want to build a similar word-count plugin for Obsidian. Walk me through the minimum plugin API calls needed to read document length and update the status bar.
Prompt 5
What other Obsidian plugins work well alongside a daily word count tracker for building a writing habit?
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