Vault Lens Firefox

Vault Lens

Search your Obsidian vault simultaneously as you type your search in your favorite search engine.

Features & Capabilities

(formerly known as Obsidian Browser Search)

🔍 Have an Evernote like search experience For all of you who are missing the Evernote browser search extension in Obsidian - here is your solution.

This extension lets you search your Obsidian Vault simultaneously as you type your search in your favorite search engine.

This extension is a perfect companion for the official Obsidian Web Clipper Extension (https://obsidian.md/clipper). With the Official Web Clipper you can save content to your Obsidian Vault while browsing. This extension will allow you to resurface these saved notes as you revisit the page later or type a search for it in your search engine.

🚀 Features

  • ✅ INSTANT LIVE SEARCH: Look up your notes while you are typing your query into the the google search bar of e.g. google
  • ✅ NOTE RECALL: Search your vault for mentions of the current URL while browsing and shows you related notes
  • ✅ NOTE PREVIEW & EDITING: Open and edit your notes without leaving the browser
  • ✅ PAGE NOTE MESSAGES: Receive customizable notifications when visiting or hovering notes with dedicated pages (compatible with the Obsidian Web Extension)
  • ✅ Choose your favorite Obsidian Plugin as your search provider: Local REST API or Omnisearch
  • ✅ Scroll and open your matched Obsidian notes from the sidebar
  • ✅ Exclude files and folders you don't want to show up in the search results

Find a detailed list of features and their usage here: https://vaultlens.com/feature-guide.html

🏁 To get started: You can follow this guide here: https://vaultlens.com/getting-started.html

  1. Install & enable the "Local REST API" or "Omnisearch" plugin from the Community Plugins section in Obsidian.
  2. Install this extension from the Mozilla Add-on Store
  3. Open the extension settings and follow the instructions

🛡️ Privacy This extension just communicates between your local Obsidian REST API / Obsidian Omnisearch and the browser. Everything happens locally on your system. The only data that is stored permanently in the browser are the settings including the Obsidian REST API-Key. Feel free to check out the source code of the extension, it is open source https://github.com/jk-oster/obsidian-search-for-web. For more details about privacy and permissions read https://vaultlens.com/privacy.html.

ℹ️ Disclaimer This is an unofficial browser extension for Obsidian and it is not connected to the developers of the app. The project is not sponsored, endorsed or affiliated with Dynalist Inc, the makers of Obsidian.md. The obsidian logo is property of https://obsidian.md

ℹ️ Support If you encounter any problems using this extension please refer to the FAQ and troubleshooting guide here https://vaultlens.com/faq.html If you don't find a solution there you can report any issues to GitHub: https://github.com/jk-oster/obsidian-search-for-web/issues A more detailed explanation and docs on how to use this extension will be available here: https://vaultlens.com/getting-started.html

User Growth & Download Statistics

Manifest V2 Add-on
By:
Jakob Osterberger
Daily users:
17 -2
Rating:
5.00
(1)
Version:
2.6.2 Last updated: 2025-03-10
Version code:
5907600
Creation date:
2025-02-18
Risk:
High risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
Content scripts matches:
  • *
Size:
417.33KB
Email:
ja*****@gmail.com
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Add-ons Store
Data ingested on:
2026-08-20
Compare stats and ranking:

Other platforms

Chrome
Vault Lens (v2.7.2)
423 5.00 (6)

Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Firefox add-on. Please use these information below to contact the Firefox add-on developer.
Developed by:
Jakob Osterberger
Firefox Add-ons Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/vault-lens/
Email:
ja*****@gmail.com
Website:
https://vaultlens.com

Is Vault Lens Safe?

Risk impact
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Vault Lens requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
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Vault Lens has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details
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