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:

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. Karl reads them all.

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.

The popup uses a counter that increments once per real Obsidian launch (not per plugin reload). When the counter hits a multiple of 5, 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.

Disabling It Permanently

Two ways:

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 Vault → Sharing & feedback → Sharing prompt enabled → toggle off.

(Same effect; the popup-corner link is just a faster shortcut.)

Why It Exists

The Celestial Vault is a small project. Karl ships it, you buy it, but there's 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 lets Karl include your testimonial 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 Vault → Sharing & feedback → Sharing prompt enabled → toggle on.

The launch counter resumes from where it was. It'll fire again on the next 5th-multiple launch.

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 lemonsqueezy side of the relationship

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