nvim-note-templates

A lightweight, Obsidian-friendly Markdown template system for Neovim with Telescope integration.

Inspired by Obsidian's Templater plugin, this plugin allows you to quickly insert templates into your Markdown notes with automatic variable replacement.

✨ Features

• 🚀 Fast & Lightweight: Written entirely in Lua.
• 🔭 Telescope Integration: Easily browse and pick templates.
• 📝 Variable Replacement: Supports both {{var}} and Obsidian Templater-like <% tp... %> syntax.
• 📅 Dynamic Dates: Supports current date, yesterday, and tomorrow.
• 🔄 Auto-update: Automatically updates modified: field in frontmatter on save.

📦 Installation

Using lazy.nvim:

{
  "cmdblock/nvim-note-templates",
  dependencies = { "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim", "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim" },
  config = function()
    require("note_templates").setup({
      -- Default configuration
      templates_dir = vim.fn.stdpath("config") .. "/note-templates",
    })
  end,
  keys = {
    { "<leader>nt", "<cmd>NoteTemplatePick<cr>", desc = "Pick Note Template" },
  }
}

⚙️ Configuration

require("note_templates").setup({
  -- Path to your templates directory (must contain .md files)
  templates_dir = vim.fn.stdpath("config") .. "/templates",
})

🛠️ Usage

Commands

• :NoteTemplate {name}: Insert a specific template (e.g., :NoteTemplate daily).
• :NoteTemplatePick: Open the Telescope picker to select a template.

Supported Variables

You can use these in your .md templates:

Variable	Description	Example Output
{{title}} / <% tp.file.title %>	Filename (without extension)	My Note
{{date}} / <% tp.date.now() %>	Current date	2026-03-12
{{time}}	Current time	14:30
{{modified}} / <% tp.file.last_modified_date() %>	Current Date & Time	2026-03-12 14:30
<% tp.date.yesterday() %>	Yesterday's date	2026-03-11
<% tp.date.tomorrow() %>	Tomorrow's date	2026-03-13

📄 License

MIT