HikerScrolls turns your Obsidian trip notes into stunning, shareable travel journals — with GPX route maps, AI-generated pen sketches, and cinematic scrollytelling layouts.
Choose the layout that matches your travel style. Every template includes an interactive GPX route map and AI-powered features.
A cinematic scroll experience — the GPX route draws itself as you scroll, with location photos appearing at each waypoint.
Polaroid-style photo cards on a cork board. Drag, rotate, and arrange them — flip each card to reveal the AI-generated pen sketch.
An elegant layout pairing photos with Gemini-generated pen illustrations. Tap a photo to zoom; double-tap to flip and reveal the sketch beneath.
Bring your API key for Gemini or Claude. HikerScrolls uses AI to enrich your journals with artwork, context, and smart layouts.
Every photo can be transformed into a clean pen-and-ink illustration using Gemini's image generation.
Powered by Gemini's image generation model. Each photo is sent with a carefully tuned prompt that produces a pure white-background pen sketch in a consistent hand-drawn style.
Sketches are stored alongside the original in your vault and displayed via a flip-card interaction — tap a photo to zoom, double-tap to reveal the sketch.
AI analyzes your photos to identify the location, look up historical context, and write a travel narrative.
Uses Gemini vision to identify what's in each photo, then Tavily web search to find real-world context — historical facts, cultural significance, local stories.
Claude synthesizes everything into a polished paragraph that reads like a travel blog. One click in the wizard does it all.
The AI layout engine assigns your photos and notes to journal sections, ordered by GPX track position.
Photos are automatically sorted by their nearest point along the GPX track, so the journal follows the natural flow of your journey — not upload order.
The wizard's Step 4 lets you fine-tune with checkbox-based location assignment. Locations already used in other sections are dimmed to prevent duplicates.
Upload photos with GPS metadata and the plugin plots them on the route map automatically.
The wizard reads EXIF GPS data from your photos and groups nearby ones (within ±0.001°) into locations. Each gets a blue "EXIF" badge on the map.
Photos without GPS? No problem — use the AI-Assisted mode to let Gemini identify the location, or simply click the map to place them manually.
Gemini for vision & image gen, Claude for text analysis, Tavily for web search — all configurable.
Each AI provider handles what it does best: Gemini Flash for photo analysis and sketch generation, Claude for nuanced writing, Tavily for real-time web search.
Bring your own API keys — configure model selection, provider, and behavior in the plugin settings panel.
Your data stays in your Obsidian vault. AI calls go directly from your device — no middleman.
HikerScrolls never sends your data through any intermediary server. API calls go directly from your device to Gemini / Claude / Tavily.
All journal data — photos, GPX tracks, sketches, text — lives as plain files in your vault. You own everything, always.
The journal wizard walks you through everything. No design skills needed.
Name your trip, pick a date range, upload a GPX file, and drop in your photos. The wizard handles EXIF GPS extraction automatically.
Let AI identify locations, write descriptions, generate pen sketches from photos, and arrange everything into sections ordered by your route.
Export your journal to a standalone HTML file or deploy it to a static host. Share the link — no account or app required for viewers.
Don't have a GPX file yet? Here are two great options to create one.
Record your route in real time on your phone. Start tracking when you begin your hike, stop when you're done — export as GPX.
Create and edit GPX tracks online. Draw your route directly on the map, add waypoints, and download the file — no app install needed.
Explore real trip journals created with HikerScrolls. Try all three templates — scroll, drag, flip, and zoom.
HikerScrolls is a community plugin for Obsidian. No external account needed to get started.
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