# obsidianmd/obsidian-help

Help documentation for Obsidian.

Repository: https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-help
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/obsidian-help
Homepage: https://obsidian.md/help
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: obsidian-md, obsidian, markdown, bases
Last push: 2026-08-25T17:49:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2219, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1894, forks 536 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:50.644972+00:00)

## What it is
The official help documentation source for Obsidian, the markdown-based knowledge management app, published to obsidian.md/help. It contains multilingual documentation vaults with translations for dozens of supported languages.

## Use cases
- learn how to use Obsidian features
- find official Obsidian documentation
- read Obsidian help in my language
- contribute translations to Obsidian docs
- understand Obsidian markdown syntax and Bases
- look up how Obsidian Publish works

## When to choose
- you need authoritative documentation on Obsidian features
- you want to contribute or translate Obsidian help content
- you are onboarding to Obsidian and want official guides

## When to avoid
- you need the Obsidian application itself
- you want to file bug reports or feature requests
- you need API or plugin development docs specifically

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, markdown
- domain: documentation, developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: -
- tags: obsidian, help-docs, knowledge-management, translations, markdown-notes, web-server

## Member repositories
- obsidianmd/obsidian-help (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:50.644972+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 2026-08-30T03:12:54.168177+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-help (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:50.644972+00:00, sha 6ee62fbe5f20)
  - homepage: https://obsidian.md/help (fetched 2026-08-29T10:52:07.746280+00:00, sha 896f46c05151)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.