Obfluence is a modular, opinionated Obsidian framework designed to bring the structure and scalability of Confluence to your personal knowledge base.
This repository contains three main Obsidian vault templates:
- 🔹
Obfluence Core
: foundational layouts, templates, and best practices - 🧑💻
Obfluence HomeLab
: organize, document, and automate your self-hosted infrastructure - 🧠
Obfluence Personal
: track your goals, habits, health, finances, and daily life
Each vault is fully modular and extensible — plug them into your own workflows or use them as-is to level up your digital organization.
A minimal starting point for any knowledge system built in Obsidian.
- Core folder structure (
00_Reference
,01_Projects
, etc.) - Confluence-style
_index.md
dashboards using Dataview - Standardized Templater templates
- Plugin recommendations and vault settings
Built for developers, sysadmins, and homelab enthusiasts.
- Tracks infrastructure, software, services, network, and monitoring
- Includes automation, credential metadata, changelogs, and security hardening
- Canvas dashboards and QuickAdd workflows included
Designed for your life outside of tech.
- Manage health, journaling, goals, relationships, finances, and learning
- Habit tracker with automation
- Weekly and monthly planning templates
- Canvas dashboards for daily life and long-term vision
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Download or clone this repo:
git clone https://github.com/yourname/obfluence.git
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Open the vault of your choice in Obsidian:
- Launch Obsidian →
Open folder as vault
→ Select the collection
- Launch Obsidian →
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Install required plugins: Each vault includes a
README.md
listing recommended community plugins such as:Templater
Dataview
QuickAdd
Calendar
Advanced Tables
Obsidian Encrypt
(for sensitive data)
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Use QuickAdd to create new entries:
- Vaults include
quickadd.json
with ready-made macros for each subfolder
- Vaults include
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Start documenting:
- All folders use
_index.md
dashboards to show contents - Use the included templates for consistency
- All folders use
├── README.md
├── templates/
├── .obsidian/
│ └── plugins/
├── quickadd.json
└── 01_Projects/
├── Subtopic/
│ └── template.md
└── _index.md
- Obsidian — local-first markdown knowledge management
- Dataview Plugin
- Templater Plugin
- QuickAdd Plugin
- Canvas
Have ideas or want to share your own templates? PRs are welcome!
- Create a new branch
- Add your contribution under the appropriate vault
- Include a short description in the pull request
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
If you find Obfluence helpful, feel free to star the repo, open an issue, or share it with other Obsidian users!