breadcrumbs-demo
June 12, 2026 · View on GitHub
An Obsidian vault demonstrating every edge-builder in the Breadcrumbs plugin. Each folder is a self-contained example you can open, inspect, and extend.
What is Breadcrumbs?
Breadcrumbs adds structured navigation to Obsidian by letting you define directional relationships between notes — up, down, same, next, prev — using a variety of automatic and manual methods called edge-builders. Once edges are defined, the plugin renders trails, trees, and matrices so you can navigate your vault hierarchically.
Demos
| Folder | Edge-builder | Technique |
|---|---|---|
01-typed-link | typed_link | Manual frontmatter fields (up, down, same, next, prev) |
02-folder-note | folder_note | Folder structure inferred via BC-folder-note-field |
03-dendron | dendron_note | Dot-delimited basenames (project.frontend.components) |
04-johnny-decimal | johnny_decimal_note | Numeric prefix hierarchy (11.01 Invoice) |
05-list-note | list_note | Markdown list items become child notes |
06-tag-note | tag_note | Tag hub notes link all tagged notes as children |
07-date-note | date_note | Daily notes auto-linked by next/prev |
08-codeblocks | — | breadcrumbs codeblock render types (tree, trail, markmap) |
09-traverse-note | traverse_note | DFS walk of vault links from a root note |
Getting started
Requires Obsidian 1.13.0 or newer.
- Clone or download this repo.
- Open the root folder as a vault in Obsidian (Open folder as vault).
- Enable the Breadcrumbs community plugin (Settings → Community plugins).
- Plugin settings are pre-configured via
.obsidian/plugins/breadcrumbs/data.json— no manual setup needed. - Open any folder's index note and explore the Trail, Tree View, and Matrix View.