Embedding boards in Obsidian

With our Obsidian plugin, a Whimsical board link becomes a live board right inside your note - pan, zoom, and jump between frames without leaving Obsidian. No more screenshots that went out of date ten minutes after you pasted them.

Note: The plugin works in Obsidian 1.0.0 and later, on desktop only, boards won’t render in the Obsidian mobile apps.

Installing the pluginCopied!Link to this section

In Obsidian, go to Settings → Community plugins → Browse
Search for “Whimsical” and click Install
Click Enable and that’s the whole setup 👌

Tip: The plugin is free and open source. You can also find it in the Obsidian community plugin directory.

Embedding a boardCopied!Link to this section

Copy your board’s link from the address bar in Whimsical, then paste it on its own line in a note.

In Reading view and Live Preview, the link turns into the live board, matching your light or dark Obsidian theme. There’s no special syntax and nothing to configure.

Links mentioned mid-sentence stay ordinary links on purpose, so your prose never gets interrupted by a large embed. Links that point at a specific frame or a presentation keep pointing there.

Public and private boardsCopied!Link to this section

Public boards appear right away, no Whimsical account needed.
Private boards show Whimsical’s sign-in screen inside the note. Sign in there and the board appears.

All Whimsical embeds are view-only. To edit a board, open it in Whimsical.
Boards aren’t stored in your vault, so embeds need an internet connection, they won’t load offline.

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