The Sharing Popup
The periodic sharing prompt that appears every fifth launch, and how to disable it permanently.
Every once in a while, the Celestial Vault asks if you'd consider sharing or reviewing the product. This is the Sharing Popup. It's one toggle, brief in execution, and easy to disable if it's not your thing.
What It Looks Like
On certain launches, after the welcome flow has long completed, a small popup appears in the bottom-right corner of the Obsidian window. It alternates between two requests:
Variant A — Reddit Share
A pre-filled link to the r/ObsidianMD submission form, asking if you'd consider posting a screenshot of your vault. The community on r/ObsidianMD has been one of the main organic discovery surfaces for the Celestial Vault, and Reddit screenshots help other Obsidian users find it.
Variant B — Senja Review
A link to a review form on Senja. If your experience has been good (or bad), you can submit a short review there. Every review gets read.
The popup alternates between the two on successive triggers. So one launch you might see Reddit; another launch you might see Senja.
When It Fires
Per-launch, every 5th launch by default.
The popup uses a counter that increments once per real Obsidian launch (not per plugin reload). When the counter reaches the configured cadence, the popup fires.
So you'll see it roughly every 5 times you open Obsidian — not every day, not every plugin reload.
It also has a corner "Don't show again" link. Click that, the popup never fires again on that device.
Choosing The Frequency
If every 5th launch feels too often (or not often enough):
Settings → Celestial Plugin → Sharing & feedback → Sharing prompt frequency
Pick every 3rd, 5th, or 10th launch. The counter ticks the same way; only the threshold changes.
Disabling It Permanently
Two ways:
Way 1 — From The Popup
When the popup is visible, click the "Don't show again" link in its bottom-right corner. The setting flips off and the popup never appears.
Way 2 — From Settings
Settings → Celestial Plugin → Sharing & feedback → Show occasional sharing prompts → toggle off.
(Same effect; the popup-corner link is just a faster shortcut.)
Why It Exists
The Celestial Vault is a small indie product with no big marketing budget behind it. The way it grows is word-of-mouth — friends posting on r/ObsidianMD, reviews showing up on landing pages, screenshots in Discord.
The sharing popup is the gentlest, lowest-friction nudge that asks: if you've enjoyed this, would you mention it somewhere? It's not a popup that gates features. It's not a modal that blocks the UI. It's a small thing in the corner that you can dismiss in one click.
What Reddit / Senja Posts Help With
If you do choose to post:
- A Reddit screenshot of your vault helps other Obsidian users discover the Celestial Vault organically. Bonus if it shows the empty-tab atmosphere or a Wheel of Life chart — those are the visuals people respond to.
- A Senja review may be featured on the landing page (with your permission). Even a short paragraph helps a lot.
Both are entirely optional. The vault works exactly the same whether you share or don't.
Re-Enabling After You've Disabled
If you turned the popup off and later changed your mind:
Settings → Celestial Plugin → Sharing & feedback → Show occasional sharing prompts → toggle on.
The launch counter resumes from where it was. It'll fire again the next time the counter reaches your configured frequency.
How It's Implemented (For The Curious)
The popup uses a window.__celestialLaunchedAt sentinel — a timestamp set at the start of every Obsidian launch. This sentinel:
- Survives plugin reloads (same window) — so reloading the plugin doesn't trip an extra count
- Resets on real Obsidian launch (new window) — so the counter only ticks when you actually start Obsidian fresh
This is a small detail but it's why the popup never spams you mid-session.
Up Next
- The Settings Tab — the full settings overview
- Atmosphere & Polish Toggles — other things you might toggle
- License Unification & Your 3 Devices — the Polar side of the relationship
Atmosphere & Polish Toggles
The polish controls that gate the Celestial Vault’s atmospheric layer: theme appearance, animations and their speed, status bar, note lock, journal frontmatter.
Keeping Your Vault Up To Date
The Celestial Vault keeps itself current: a quiet daily check, a small dialog with the changelog, and an Update now button. Your notes are never touched.