org-roam/doc/installation.md

Installation

The recommended method is using use-package and straight, or a similar package manager.

(use-package org-roam
      :hook 
      (after-init . org-roam-mode)
      :straight (:host github :repo "jethrokuan/org-roam")
      :custom
      (org-roam-directory "/path/to/org-files/")
      :bind (:map org-roam-mode-map
              (("C-c n l" . org-roam)
               ("C-c n f" . org-roam-find-file)
               ("C-c n b" . org-roam-switch-to-buffer)
               ("C-c n g" . org-roam-show-graph))
              :map org-mode-map
              (("C-c n i" . org-roam-insert))))

If not using package.el, you can also clone it into your Emacs directory and add it to your load path:

git clone https://github.com/jethrokuan/org-roam/ ~/.emacs.d/elisp/org-roam

(use-package org-roam
  :load-path "elisp/"
  :hook
  (after-init . org-roam-mode)
  :straight (:host github :repo "jethrokuan/org-roam")
  :custom
  (org-roam-directory "/path/to/org-files/")
  :bind (:map org-roam-mode-map
              (("C-c n l" . org-roam)
               ("C-c n f" . org-roam-find-file)
               ("C-c n b" . org-roam-switch-to-buffer)
               ("C-c n g" . org-roam-show-graph))
              :map org-mode-map
              (("C-c n i" . org-roam-insert))))

Or without use-package:

(add-to-list 'load-path "./elisp")
(require 'org-roam)
(define-key org-roam-mode-map (kbd "C-c n l") #'org-roam)
(define-key org-roam-mode-map (kbd "C-c n f") #'org-roam-find-file)
(define-key org-roam-mode-map (kbd "C-c n b") #'org-roam-switch-to-buffer)
(define-key org-roam-mode-map (kbd "C-c n g") #'org-roam-show-graph)
(define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c n i") #'org-roam-insert)
(org-roam-mode +1)

The Configuration page details some of the common configuration options available.

Spacemacs

If you are using Spacemacs, install org-roam by creating a simple layer that wraps Org-roam. Paste the following into a new file ~/.emacs.d/private/org-roam/packages.el.

(defconst org-roam-packages
  '((org-roam :location
              (recipe :fetcher github :repo "jethrokuan/org-roam"))))

(defun org-roam/init-org-roam ()
  (use-package org-roam
    :hook
    (after-init . org-roam-mode)
    :custom
    (org-roam-directory "/path/to/org-files/")
    :init
    (progn
      (spacemacs/declare-prefix "ar" "org-roam")
      (spacemacs/set-leader-keys
       "arl" 'org-roam
       "art" 'org-roam-today
       "arf" 'org-roam-find-file
       "arg" 'org-roam-show-graph)

      (spacemacs/declare-prefix-for-mode 'org-mode "mr" "org-roam")
      (spacemacs/set-leader-keys-for-major-mode 'org-mode
                                                "rl" 'org-roam
                                                "rt" 'org-roam-today
                                                "rb" 'org-roam-switch-to-buffer
                                                "rf" 'org-roam-find-file
                                                "ri" 'org-roam-insert
                                                "rg" 'org-roam-show-graph))))

Next, append org-roam to the dotspacemacs-configuration-layers list in your .spacemacs configuration file. Reload (SPC f e R) or restart Emacs to load org-roam. It's functions are available under the prefix SPC a r and , r when visiting an org-mode buffer.

Doom Emacs

If you are using Doom Emacs, configure packages as explained in the getting started guide.

Declare Org-roam as a package in your ~/.doom.d/packages.el:

;; ~/.doom.d/packages.el

(package! org-roam
  :recipe (:host github :repo "jethrokuan/org-roam"))

Subsequently, in your ~/.doom.d/config.el file, configure Org-roam:

;; ~/.doom.d/config.el
(use-package! org-roam
  :commands (org-roam-insert org-roam-find-file org-roam)
  :init 
  (setq org-roam-directory "/path/to/org-files/")
  (map! :leader 
        :prefix "n"
        :desc "Org-Roam-Insert" "i" #'org-roam-insert
        :desc "Org-Roam-Find"   "/" #'org-roam-find-file
        :desc "Org-Roam-Buffer" "r" #'org-roam)
  :config
  (org-roam-mode +1))