# blacksmithgu/datacore

Work-in-progress successor to Dataview with a focus on UX and speed.

Repository: https://github.com/blacksmithgu/datacore
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/datacore
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: database, obsidian, obsidian-md, personal-knowledge-management, pkm
Last push: 2026-06-22T17:51:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 76, longevity 96
- inputs: {"age_days": 1346, "days_push": 72, "days_rel": 163, "gap_med": 22.0, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2226, forks 64 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:28.712136+00:00)

## What it is
Datacore is an Obsidian plugin that indexes Markdown files and provides fast, live-updating query views, serving as the successor to Dataview. It offers React-based JavaScript views, WYSIWYG table editing, working embeds, and section/block-level queries with 2-10x better performance.

## Use cases
- query and display notes from my obsidian vault in dynamic tables
- build interactive dashboards over markdown metadata
- edit task and table data directly inside obsidian views
- index and search across all files including pdfs and attachments
- write custom javascript views for my knowledge base
- replace dataview with a faster query engine

## When to choose
- you use Obsidian and want Dataview-style queries with better performance
- you want Notion/Airtable-like editable table views over your notes
- you need React-based custom views with live-updating state

## When to avoid
- you need a fully stable, battle-tested plugin today
- you don't use Obsidian
- you depend on Dataview plugins or integrations that haven't been ported yet

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: experimental
- function: database, search-engine, data-visualization, ui-components, state-management
- domain: developer-tools, productivity
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: obsidian-plugin, dataview-successor, markdown-index, pkm, react-views, wysiwyg-tables, live-updating-views, knowledge-management, desktop

## Member repositories
- blacksmithgu/datacore (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:28.712136+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:44:52.823040+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/blacksmithgu/datacore (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:28.712136+00:00, sha bfc2741c2a45)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.