Better Bujo

Render bullet-journal (BuJo) markers in your notes instead of Obsidian's checkboxes — in both Reading mode and Live Preview.

Markers

At the beginning of a line:

You type	Renders as	Meaning
- item	–	Plain note (a dash, not a bullet)
- [ ]	•	Open task
- [x]	x	Done
- [>]	>	Migrated to the month note
- [<]	<	Sent to the future log
- [o]	⊙	Event
- [O]	⊗	Completed event
~ ...	~ (styled)	An emotion or a thought

How it works

The marker glyphs are pure CSS, keyed on the data-task attribute Obsidian sets on each list item, so they render identically in Reading mode and Live Preview. Emotion lines (~ …) are tagged by a small markdown post-processor and a CodeMirror extension so they can be styled.

All styling is scoped under a better-bujo body class — disabling the plugin restores Obsidian's native rendering.

Acknowledgements

Inspired by obsidian-bujo-bullets by Frank Olson — a great starting point for BuJo-style checkboxes in Obsidian.

My other Obsidian plugins

• Date List — Returns a list of dates according to the conditions you supply.
• Calendar List — Insert macOS Calendar events into your notes.
• File Filter — Filter your pages and sidebar by a search term; everything else fades away.

Development

npm install
npm run dev    # watch build
npm run build  # production build + type-check
npm run lint