FR: Collect only from tagged files (TODOs from 4000 markdown files in (27.085s)`)

[gerroon]

Hi

This plugin is great but not so great with large vaults

[obsidian-plugin-todo] Parsed 30 TODOs from 4000 markdown files in (27.085s)

It would be great if it can limit the search to tagged files like "#todo" etc. Maybe that can improve the load times.

[larslockefeer]

Hey @gerroon, thanks for reaching out. I'm sorry to hear that the plugin is slow for you.

I've been trying to investigate this a bit by generating data for a large vault (containing 4000 files of varying size with over 8000 TODOs, measuring ~180 MB in total) and using my plugin on that vault, but I don't really notice big performance issues:

• The parsing takes just 2.7 seconds
• Obsidian and the plugin are running just fine

In order to help me reproduce the problem locally, can you maybe share a little more information about:

• The system you are using (operating system, memory)?
• Characteristics of your vault? What is the total size of your vault in megabytes?

This will help me find a local reproduction scenario to test performance improvements I might be able to add.

Thanks a lot!

[gerroon]

Are you on an SSD? My vault is on a regular 5400 RPM USB drive. I also use a lot of folders in my vault.

I use Windows 11, 64GB ram, Intel I9 desktop.

[larslockefeer]

Ah, that makes sense. I'm on an SSD indeed.

Is it just the initial load that is slow, or is Obsidian afterwards also performing sluggishly when the plug-in is running in your case?

[gerroon]

I think it is the initial parsing. Please see the first post, that is from the DevTools. The sluggishness happens around the time the log is printed.