brianpetro/obsidian-smart-connections

Save time linking, tagging, and organizing: Smart Connections finds relevant notes so you don't have to!

I just stumbled across a forgotten 20-page Google Doc I poured my heart into months ago, and the rush of lost momentum hit me like a punch. — Brian (December 2022)

[!QUESTION] Is this you? You're an Obsidian power‑user, researcher, writer, or lifelong learner with hundreds or thousands of notes. You capture ideas quickly, but later struggle to find and connect them when it matters most.

✔️ Zero-setup: ships with a local embedding model that just works

🔐 Private and offline by default

📲 Works on mobile devices

📦 Ultra-lightweight bundle with minimal third party dependencies

🔍 Streamlined codebase with minimal/no dependencies can be audited >3× faster than comparable AI plugins

🌐 Source available core, local-first data

⚔️ Mission driven, user aligned, community supported

[!SUCCESS] What success looks like With Smart Connections running, ideas resurface when you need them, writing flows faster, and your note taking system finally feels like the trusted second brain you imagined.

[!FAILURE] The Cost of Doing Nothing Stay stuck sifting through files, forgetting past research, and wasting precious creative energy on housekeeping instead of creation. Without help, your vault keeps growing into a maze. You keep redoing work you already did once, and important ideas stay buried.