Obsidian plugin

See the files Obsidian hides.

Obsidian only shows Markdown and a few media types. Loupe reveals the rest — Office docs, HTML, spreadsheets, JSON and 50+ code & config formats — and previews them right in the file explorer.

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Free & open source (MIT) · Desktop · Local & private — nothing leaves your machine.

Loupe previewing a spreadsheet inside Obsidian, with .html, .docx, .csv and code files now visible in the file explorer

Demo vault — your .xlsx / .docx / .html & code files, previewed right inside Obsidian.

// now everything shows

One plugin, every format you keep next to your notes.

Web
htmlhtm
Sandboxed iframe — interactive prototypes run.
Spreadsheets
xlsxxlsxlsmxlsbods
Multi-sheet tabs, rendered as tables.
Delimited
csvtsv
Quote-aware table with row numbers.
Word
docx
Converted to clean HTML on the fly.
Data
json
Pretty-printed & syntax-highlighted.
Code & config (50+)
pytsrsgoyamltomlsqlxmlsh…
Highlighted with Obsidian's own engine.

// why loupe

Built to sit quietly next to your vault.

◎Preview inline

Click a file in the explorer and it opens in a real tab — tables, documents, running HTML — no round-trip to another app.

⇄Coexists cleanly

Each extension is claimed defensively. Already have a PDF or HTML viewer? Loupe steps aside — no conflicts.

🔒Local & private

Everything is parsed on your machine. No uploads, no network, no telemetry. Your files stay yours.

// install

Up and running in a minute.

Download main.js, manifest.json and styles.css from the latest release.
Drop them into <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/loupe/.
In Obsidian: Settings → Community plugins, reload, and toggle Loupe on.
Click any .xlsx, .docx, .html or code file in the explorer — it just opens.
📦 Community store: Loupe is prepared for submission to the official Obsidian plugin directory. Until it's merged, install manually (above) or via BRAT using this repo.