Fountain Reference Panel lists scripts that refer to your note

Name: Fountain Reference Panel
Author: theluckystrike

See saved script references beside character or location notes.

Install in Obsidian

Directory page Source on GitHub

MIT · no telemetry · core features free

The reference panel lists saved script references to Ada. — Open larger

version: 1.1.0
released: 2026-10-21
downloads: 21
review: Passed
health: Excellent
license: MIT
listed for: Desktop, Mobile
obsidian: 1.13.4 or later

The directory takes these platforms from the plugin manifest. The automated tests run in the desktop app only.

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About Fountain Reference Panel

You keep Fountain scripts beside character, location or prop notes in your vault.

Write references such as [[>Ada]] in a saved Fountain script. Open Ada’s note to see matching references with their scene headings and nearby text.

The panel follows the active note from Ada to Ben to the lighthouse note, then refreshes

Free features

Incoming references to the active note

The panel lists saved script paths, line numbers, scene headings and reference lines. It resolves targets relative to the script through Obsidian’s link lookup.

Display text, scene headings and nearby text

References can include display text, and heading fragments are removed for note lookup. The scanner skips boneyard blocks and ordinary Fountain notes.

Open the script, Refresh and clear status

Select a script path to request that file. Refresh rebuilds references from saved scripts and reports unresolved targets and read failures.

Pro features

Pro costs $5 a month or $15 one time through GitHub Sponsors. One sponsorship turns on Pro in every plugin that has it.

Project folder filters Pro

Save project folders to restrict the scan to those folders and their subfolders. Refresh after changing the list.

Reference report Pro

Select referenced notes from the last scan and export a new Markdown report. Each selected note gets a table of its script references.

See how Pro works

Set up Fountain Reference Panel

needs

Obsidian 1.13.4 or later
A separate Fountain view is needed to open scripts inside Obsidian.

steps

Open a character, location or prop note.
Run Open the reference panel or select the clapperboard ribbon icon.
Open another note to see its references from the same scan.
Save script changes and select Refresh.

If the app can't find a new plugin yet, try again later. Obsidian says a plugin that passes the review shows in the app within 24 hours.

How to find Fountain references to your notes

Known limits of Fountain Reference Panel

The scan reads saved scripts only and needs manual Refresh after changes.
The panel adds no references to the native backlinks pane or graph.
Opening a script requires a separate Fountain view and does not jump to its reference line.
A phone or tablet and integration with a Fountain editor were not tested.

Questions about Fountain Reference Panel

Does the panel update after each script edit?

The first scan runs when you open the panel. Save your script and select Refresh after later changes.

Does clicking a row jump to its line?

The plugin asks Obsidian to open the script file. It shows the line number but doesn't open at that line.

Do I need a Fountain editor?

Scanning saved files needs no Fountain editor. Opening those files inside Obsidian requires a plugin that supplies a Fountain view.

Network use

Before you select Sign in with GitHub, the plugin makes no network requests. Sign-in sends its client ID, the read:user scope and device-flow data to github.com, then sends an authenticated sponsorship query to api.github.com. Checks reuse success for 7 days, retry failures after 6 hours or run on Refresh; they send no vault data.

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