# Obsidian Plugins Scraper — Dataset with Downloads (`confidential_marina/obsidian-plugins-scraper`) Actor

Obsidian plugins dataset: export all ~8,900 community plugins with lifetime download counts, authors, GitHub repos and update dates. Official catalog JSON. Fast, no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/confidential_marina/obsidian-plugins-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Kaleb Holley](https://apify.com/confidential_marina) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Open source
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Obsidian Plugins Scraper — Dataset with Downloads

Export the **entire [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md) community plugin catalog** (~8,900 plugins) as a clean **Obsidian plugins dataset**: plugin ID, name, author, description, GitHub repository, **lifetime download counts** and last-update time.

There is no other Obsidian plugins scraper on Apify Store. Use this Actor as an **Obsidian plugins API / dataset** when you need structured JSON/CSV for PKM research, plugin analytics or lead lists — the whole catalog in about 3 seconds.

### Why this scraper

- **Full catalog export.** Merges Obsidian's official plugin list with official download stats.
- **Keyword search** by ID, name, description, author or repo (`ai`, `calendar`, `git`).
- **Download threshold** and sort by downloads, name or recently updated.
- **Fast.** Two JSON requests. No browser, no proxy, no login. Runs in ~3 seconds on 256 MB.

### Use cases

- Plugin authors benchmarking downloads against competitors
- PKM / note-taking market research
- Lead lists of open-source developers and their GitHub repositories
- Finding stale or abandoned plugins (sort by `updated`) to fork or replace
- Scheduled daily snapshots to chart download growth

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `searchQuery` | string | Optional keyword. Empty = whole catalog. |
| `minDownloads` | integer | Skip plugins below this lifetime download count. |
| `sortBy` | `downloads` / `name` / `updated` | Result order. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max results (default **50**; set 10000 for the full catalog). |

Example — AI-related plugins with more than 10,000 downloads:

```json
{ "searchQuery": "ai", "minDownloads": 10000, "sortBy": "downloads", "maxItems": 1000 }
```

### Sample output (from a real run)

```json
{
  "id": "obsidian-excalidraw-plugin",
  "name": "Excalidraw",
  "author": "zsviczian",
  "description": "Visual PKM powerhouse. Create and edit Excalidraw drawings.",
  "repo": "zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin",
  "downloads": 8501258,
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T20:26:12+00:00",
  "pluginUrl": "https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=obsidian-excalidraw-plugin",
  "repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-14T06:54:45+00:00"
}
```

Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML — or pull via Apify API, webhooks, Make, Zapier, n8n or the Apify MCP server.

### Pricing

You pay per Apify platform usage for your run (a full-catalog run uses well under $0.01). Pay-per-event pricing may apply depending on the Store listing.

### FAQ

**Is it legal?** Reads only the public, unauthenticated catalog files that the Obsidian app itself loads (`community-plugins.json` and `community-plugin-stats.json` in [`obsidianmd/obsidian-releases`](https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases)). No personal data beyond public author names.

**How fresh is the data?** Fetched live on every run. Obsidian updates download stats continuously. Schedule the Actor to build a history.

**Keywords people search:** Obsidian plugins dataset, Obsidian plugins scraper, Obsidian community plugins download counts, Obsidian plugins API, PKM plugin analytics.

**Something broken?** Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Filter by id/name/description/author/repo (case-insensitive), e.g. "ai", "calendar", "git". Empty = full Obsidian plugins dataset.

## `minDownloads` (type: `integer`):

Skip plugins below this lifetime download count.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Order of results in the dataset.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum plugins to output. Default 50 finishes in ~3 seconds; set 10000 for the full catalog.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "minDownloads": 0,
  "sortBy": "downloads",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Obsidian community plugins dataset (JSON array).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQuery": "",
    "minDownloads": 0,
    "sortBy": "downloads",
    "maxItems": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("confidential_marina/obsidian-plugins-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQuery": "",
    "minDownloads": 0,
    "sortBy": "downloads",
    "maxItems": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("confidential_marina/obsidian-plugins-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQuery": "",
  "minDownloads": 0,
  "sortBy": "downloads",
  "maxItems": 50
}' |
apify call confidential_marina/obsidian-plugins-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,confidential_marina/obsidian-plugins-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/FEJOnTKDA8RBM4kD7/builds/ajqb25uteRzD5WF5S/openapi.json