Tray is an Obsidian plugin that can be used to launch the app on system startup and run it in the background, adding an icon to the system tray that it can be minimised to and a global hotkey to toggle visibility of the app's windows.

Configuration

Option	Description	Default
Launch on startup	Open Obsidian automatically whenever you log into your computer.	Enabled
Hide on launch	Minimises Obsidian automatically whenever the app is launched. If the "Run in background" option is enabled, windows will be hidden to the system tray/menubar instead of minimised to the taskbar/dock.	Enabled
Run in background	Hide the app and continue to run it in the background instead of quitting it when pressing the window close button or toggle focus hotkey.	Disabled (Otherwise the window would disappear as soon as the plugin is installed and enabled.)
Hide taskbar icon	Hides the window's icon from from the dock/taskbar. This may not work on all Linux-based OSes.	Disabled (Otherwise the window would disappear as soon as the plugin is installed and enabled.)
Create tray icon	Add an icon to your system tray/menubar to bring hidden Obsidian windows back into focus on click or force a full quit/relaunch of the app through the right-click menu. Changing this option requires a restart to take effect.	Enabled
Toggle window focus hotkey	Format: Electron accelerator	CmdOrCtrl+Shift+Tab

Installation

Obsidian Marketplace (Coming Soon)

1. In Obsidian, navigate to Settings → Community plugins.
2. Press the Browse button beside the Community plugins option.
3. Search for Tray in the Filter text input.
4. Select Tray and press Install.
5. Once the plugin has finished installing, press Enable.
6. Press the Options button.
7. Configure the plugin as you wish.
8. You're done! 🎉

Manual

1. Download this repository.
2. Copy it into your vault's .obsidian/plugins directory.
3. In Obsidian, navigate to Settings → Community plugins.
4. Press Turn on community plugins if you haven't already.
5. Find Tray in the list of Installed plugins and toggle it on.
6. Press the ⚙️ button beside the toggle you just used.
7. Configure the plugin as you wish.
8. You're done! 🎉

Disclaimer

This plugin is provided as-is and is designed for personal use. It has not been tested on every platform and may not work as expected with all future updates. If you notice something is not working as intended, please open a bug report or pull request so it can be fixed.