Encrypt your secrets in the Obsidian.md notes.
This is a simple plugin for encrypting the text in Obsidian notes just inline. It was inspired by Obsidian Encrypt Plugin.
⚠️ WARNING: Use at your own risk. Your passwords are never stored anywhere. If you forget your passwords you can't decrypt your notes. Do not give access to your files to a third party to avoid possible decryption of data.
You can encrypt all the text in a note, as well as parts of it, such as the contents of lists, tables, etc. The encrypted value is saved directly in the note as a block of code and appears as a button in reading mode.
Edit mode:
Reading mode:
Live Preview mode is also supported. Buttons for secrets decryption are clickable in Live Preview mode.
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In edit mode select text you want to encrypt.
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Run Encrypt selected text from command palette.
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Enter the password for encryption.
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You can also run Encrypt selected text as code block command for encrypting into common code block.
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There is possibility to insert pre-encrypted text. Run Insert pre-encrypted text.
- To see the decrypted value without decrypting it in the text of the note, simply click on the button in reading mode.
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Enter the password for decryption.
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To decrypt a secret in the text of a note, select the entire code block in edit mode.
You can also just set the cursor inside encrypted block.
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Run Decrypt selected text from command palette.
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Enter the password for decryption.
When the Ctrl key is pressed, the secret will not be shown on the screen; it will be copied to the clipboard immediately.
You can also use context menu (right click) to choose decryption method.
You can use external decryptor tool to decrypt secrets outside Obsidian: tools/decrypt.html. It's just one HTML file which you can open in your browser.
- Decrypted content is only held in memory
- No automatic writing of decrypted content to disk; the only time a decrypted secret is written to disk is when you use the "Decrypt selected text" command
- Passwords are never written to disk; they are kept only in memory
- Makes encryption with a given passphrase, if you lose your passphrase, you lose your data
Encryption algorhytm is aes-256-gcm. Salt and IV are unique and random.
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