Daily Note Calendar for VS Code
A calendar sidebar for creating and navigating daily notes — inspired by the Obsidian Calendar Plugin.
 
Features
- Calendar sidebar in the activity bar with month navigation
- Click any day to open or create a daily note
- Word count dots — each dot = 250 words (configurable), hollow dot = open tasks
- Today highlight — circled in your theme's accent color
- Ctrl/Cmd+Click to open a note in a split editor
- Arrow key navigation within the grid
- Week numbers (optional column)
- Template support with
{{title}}, {{date}}, {{time}} placeholders
- Auto-refresh when files change
- Fully themed to your VS Code color scheme
Quick Start
- Open a workspace folder
- Click the calendar icon in the activity bar
- Click any day to create/open a daily note
Notes go to daily-notes/ by default. Change this in settings.
Keyboard Shortcut
Ctrl+Alt+D / Cmd+Alt+D — Open today's note
Commands
| Command |
Description |
Calendar: Open Today's Daily Note |
Open or create today's note |
Calendar: Reveal Active Note on Calendar |
Jump to the active note's date in the calendar |
Settings
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
dateFormat |
YYYY-MM-DD |
Filename date format |
notesFolder |
daily-notes |
Notes folder (relative to workspace) |
noteExtension |
.md |
File extension (.md, .txt, .org) |
templatePath |
(empty) |
Template file path |
startWeekOn |
monday |
First day of week (monday or sunday) |
wordsPerDot |
250 |
Words per dot (0 to disable) |
showWeekNumbers |
false |
Show week number column |
confirmBeforeCreate |
true |
Confirm before creating a new note |
colorMonth |
(empty) |
Color for the month name in the header (e.g. #569cd6) |
colorYear |
(empty) |
Color for the year number in the header |
colorWeekNumber |
(empty) |
Color for the week numbers column |
colorDate |
(empty) |
Color for the day numbers in the grid |
fontFamily |
(empty) |
Font family for the calendar (e.g. Georgia) |
Building from Source
npm install
npm run compile
# Press F5 in VS Code to launch
License
MIT
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