🔗 Backlinks & Outgoing Links

Open any Markdown file and instantly see what links to it and what it links out to — zero setup, working directly against your existing folder.

How it works

Lode's Viewer adds a Backlinks side panel. Open any .md file, switch to Backlinks mode (right-panel menu, or press 4):

• Linked mentions — every other note in the folder that references the current file via [[wikilink]] or [text](file.md), with the line number and a preview.
• Outgoing links — the files this note links to.

Click any row to jump straight to that file. Nothing is written to disk — it scans the Markdown you already have, live.

Highlights

• Zero setup — no vault, no root selection, no import. Whatever folder you opened is the scan scope.
• Nothing persisted — no index file or cache database left in your notes folder.
• Both syntaxes — Obsidian-style [[wikilinks]] (alias & heading) and standard [text](path.md).
• Fast on large folders — background scan, auto-cancels previous scan on file switch.

How to use

1. Open a .md file in Viewer.
2. Click the panel button (top-right of preview) and pick Backlinks, or press 4.
3. Browse Linked mentions and Outgoing links — click any row to open that file.