Silica Docs

Embeds and assets

Images, media, and embedded notes in your vault.

Store images and other files alongside your Markdown, then embed them with Obsidian's ![[...]] syntax.

content/
├── index.md
└── images/
    └── sample.svg

Embedding images

Markdown
![[images/sample.svg]]
![[images/sample.svg|320]]
![Sample](images/sample.svg)

You can set an image's size with Obsidian dimensions — |width or |widthxheight:

Default size:

sample.svg

Constrained width:

sample.svg

Standard Markdown image links work too, and relative paths are resolved for you:

Markdown
![](images/photo.png)
![Photo|640x480](images/photo.png)

Embedding other media

Silica renders common file types with the right element — images show inline, audio and video get players, and PDFs and other files render in an embed:

Markdown
![[audio/interview.mp3]]
![[video/demo.mp4]]
![[documents/spec.pdf]]

Supported file types include png, jpg, jpeg, gif, webp, svg, pdf, mp4, mov, mp3, wav, ogg, and canvas.

Embedding another note

Embed a whole page, a section, or a single block by leaving off the file extension:

Markdown
![[writing/links]]
![[writing/links#Heading]]
![[writing/links#^block-id]]

Live section embed:

Embed section

This is a short embedded section.

This paragraph can be embedded directly.

This trailing paragraph should only appear when embedding the full section.

Live block embed:

This paragraph can be embedded directly.

Site-wide files

Files in the public/ folder are served from the site root — public/favicon.svg becomes /favicon.svg. Use it for things like a favicon or a logo that are not part of your vault content.

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