diff --git a/src/site/_includes/components/graphScript.njk b/src/site/_includes/components/graphScript.njk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b4dd68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/site/_includes/components/graphScript.njk
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+<script>
+
+    const getCssVar = (variable) => getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(variable);
+
+    function htmlDecode(input) {
+        var doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(input, "text/html");
+        return doc.documentElement.textContent;
+    }
+
+    const backLinks = [
+
+        {%- for backlink in backlinks -%}
+            {
+                id: {{backlink.id}},
+                title: "{{backlink.title | safe}}",
+                url: "{{backlink.url}}"
+            },
+        {%- endfor -%}
+    ];
+
+    const outbound = [
+
+        {%- for out in outbound -%}
+            {
+                id: {{out.id}},
+                title: "{{out.title | safe}}",
+                url: "{{out.url}}"
+            },
+        {%- endfor -%}
+    ].map(x => {
+        x.id += backLinks.length;
+        return x;
+    });
+
+    const currentNode = {
+        title: "{{page.fileSlug}}",
+        id: 0,
+        url: "{{page.url}}"
+    };
+
+    const gData = {
+        nodes: [
+            currentNode, ...backLinks,
+            ...outbound
+        ],
+        links: [
+            ...backLinks.map(backlink => ({source: backlink.id, target: 0})),
+            ...outbound.map(outlink => ({source: 0, target: outlink.id}))
+        ]
+    };
+
+    gData
+        .links
+        .forEach(link => {
+            const a = gData.nodes[link.source];
+            const b = gData.nodes[link.target];
+            !a.neighbors && (a.neighbors = []);
+            !b.neighbors && (b.neighbors = []);
+            a
+                .neighbors
+                .push(b);
+            b
+                .neighbors
+                .push(a);
+
+            !a.links && (a.links = []);
+            !b.links && (b.links = []);
+            a
+                .links
+                .push(link);
+            b
+                .links
+                .push(link);
+        });
+
+    let Graph;
+    function renderGraph(width, height) {
+
+        if (Graph) {
+            Graph
+                .width(width)
+                .height(height);
+
+            Graph.zoomToFit()
+            Graph.zoom(3)
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Graph = ForceGraph()(document.getElementById('link-graph'))
+            .width(width)
+            .height(height)
+            .nodeCanvasObject((node, ctx) => {
+                const nodeR = Math.min(7, Math.max((node.links.length + node.neighbors.length)/2, 2));
+                ctx.beginPath();
+                ctx.arc(node.x, node.y, nodeR, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
+                ctx.fillStyle = getCssVar("--text-accent");
+                ctx.fill();
+
+                const label = htmlDecode(node.title)
+                const fontSize = 6;
+                ctx.font = `${fontSize}px Sans-Serif`;
+
+                ctx.textAlign = 'center';
+                ctx.textBaseline = 'top';
+                ctx.fillStyle = getCssVar("--text-accent");
+                ctx.fillText(label, node.x, node.y + nodeR + 2);
+            })
+            .linkColor(() => getCssVar("--text-normal"))
+            .graphData(gData)
+            .onNodeClick(node => {
+                window.location = node.url;
+            });
+
+        Graph.zoomToFit()
+        Graph.zoom(3)
+    }
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/site/_includes/components/pageheader.njk b/src/site/_includes/components/pageheader.njk
index 7acab75..28f6581 100644
--- a/src/site/_includes/components/pageheader.njk
+++ b/src/site/_includes/components/pageheader.njk
@@ -7,7 +7,14 @@
 </script>
 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.25.0/prism.min.js" integrity="sha512-hpZ5pDCF2bRCweL5WoA0/N1elet1KYL5mx3LP555Eg/0ZguaHawxNvEjF6O3rufAChs16HVNhEc6blF/rZoowQ==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></script>
 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.25.0/plugins/autoloader/prism-autoloader.min.js" integrity="sha512-sv0slik/5O0JIPdLBCR2A3XDg/1U3WuDEheZfI/DI5n8Yqc3h5kjrnr46FGBNiUAJF7rE4LHKwQ/SoSLRKAxEA==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></script>
+
+
+<script src="//unpkg.com/force-graph"></script>
+<script src="//unpkg.com/alpinejs" defer></script>
+
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.25.0/themes/prism-okaidia.min.css" integrity="sha512-mIs9kKbaw6JZFfSuo+MovjU+Ntggfoj8RwAmJbVXQ5mkAX5LlgETQEweFPI18humSPHymTb5iikEOKWF7I8ncQ==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"/>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
+
 
 <script src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=es6"></script>
 <link href="/styles/digital-garden-base.css" rel="stylesheet">
diff --git a/src/site/_includes/components/sidebar.njk b/src/site/_includes/components/sidebar.njk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d06f1f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/site/_includes/components/sidebar.njk
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<div x-init="isDesktop = window.innerWidth>=1100; rerenderGraph()" 
+            x-on:resize.window="isDesktop = (window.innerWidth>=1100) ? true : false;" 
+            x-data="sidebarData">
+
+      <div class="sidebar" :style="open && isDesktop ? 'box-shadow: -5px 0 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);' : ''">
+            <div x-show="isDesktop" class="expand-line">
+
+                  <button style="font-size: 48px; background: transparent;" @click="toggleOpen()">
+                        <i x-show="open" class="fa fa-caret-right"></i>
+                        <i x-show="!open" class="fa fa-caret-left"></i>
+                  </button>
+            </div>
+
+            <div x-show="open || !isDesktop" class="sidebar-container">
+
+                  {%if dgShowLocalGraph === true%}
+                        <div x-show="isDesktop">
+                              <h3>Graph</h3>
+                              <div id="link-graph" style="margin-bottom:20px; background-color: var(--background-primary); border-radius: 10px; width: fit-content;"></div>
+                        </div>
+                        {%endif%}
+
+                        {%if dgShowBacklinks === true %}
+                              <h3>Links to this page</h3>
+                              {%- if backlinks.length === 0 -%}
+                                    <div class="backlink-card">
+                                          No backlinks
+                                    </div>
+                              {%- endif -%}
+
+                              {%- for backlink in backlinks -%}
+                                    <div class="backlink-card">
+                                          <a href="{{backlink.url}}">{{backlink.title}}</a>
+                                    </div>
+                              {%- endfor -%}
+                              {%endif%}
+
+            </div>
+      </div>
+
+            {%if dgShowLocalGraph === true %}
+                  {%include "components/graphScript.njk"%}
+            {% endif %}
+
+            <script>
+                  document.addEventListener('alpine:init', () => {
+
+                        const isDesktop = window.innerWidth >= 1100;
+                        {% if dgShowLocalGraph === true %}
+                              renderGraph(600, 400);
+                        {% endif %}
+
+                        Alpine.data('sidebarData', () => ({
+                              open: false,
+                              isDesktop,
+                              toggleOpen() {
+                                    this.open = !this.open;
+                                    if (Graph) {
+                                          setTimeout(() => {
+                                                Graph.zoomToFit();
+                                                Graph.zoom(3);
+                                          }, 10);
+                                    }
+                              }
+
+                        }))
+                  })
+            </script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/site/_includes/layouts/note.njk b/src/site/_includes/layouts/note.njk
index f900ede..61e5dc0 100644
--- a/src/site/_includes/layouts/note.njk
+++ b/src/site/_includes/layouts/note.njk
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ permalink: "notes/{{ page.fileSlug | slugify }}/"
         <a href="/">🏡 Back Home</a>
       {% endif %}
       {{ content | link | highlight | safe}}
+
+      {% if dgShowBacklinks === true or dgShowLocalGraph === true%}
+        {%include "components/sidebar.njk"%}
+      {% endif %}
     </div>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/src/site/index.11tydata.js b/src/site/index.11tydata.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f3616b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/site/index.11tydata.js
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+
+const wikilink = /\[\[(.*?\|.*?)\]\]/g
+
+function caselessCompare(a, b) {
+    return a.toLowerCase() === b.toLowerCase();
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    eleventyComputed: {
+        backlinks: (data) => {
+            const notes = data.collections.note;
+            if(!notes){
+                return [];
+            }
+            const currentFileSlug = data.page.filePathStem.replace('/notes/', '');
+
+            let backlinks = [];
+            let counter = 1;
+
+            for (const otherNote of notes) {
+                const noteContent = otherNote.template.frontMatter.content;
+
+                const outboundLinks = (noteContent.match(wikilink) || []).map(link => (
+                    link.slice(2, -2)
+                        .split("|")[0]
+                        .replace(/.(md|markdown)\s?$/i, "")
+                        .trim()
+                ));
+
+                if (outboundLinks.some(link => caselessCompare(link, currentFileSlug))) {
+
+                    let preview = noteContent.slice(0, 240);
+                    backlinks.push({
+                        url: otherNote.url,
+                        title: otherNote.data.page.fileSlug,
+                        preview,
+                        id: counter++
+                    })
+                }
+            }
+
+            return backlinks;
+
+        },
+        outbound: (data) => {
+            const notes = data.collections.note;
+
+            if(!notes || notes.length == 0){
+                return [];
+            }
+
+            const currentNote = data.collections.gardenEntry && data.collections.gardenEntry[0];
+            if(!currentNote){
+                return [];
+            }
+
+
+            let counter = 1;
+
+            const noteContent = currentNote.template.frontMatter.content;
+
+            const outboundLinks = (noteContent.match(wikilink) || []).map(link => (
+                link.slice(2, -2)
+                    .split("|")[0]
+                    .replace(/.(md|markdown)\s?$/i, "")
+                    .trim()
+            ));
+
+            let outbound = outboundLinks.map(fileslug => {
+                var outboundNote = notes.find(x => caselessCompare(x.data.page.filePathStem.replace("/notes/", ""), fileslug));
+                if(!outboundNote){
+                    return null;
+                }
+
+                return {
+                    url: outboundNote.url,
+                    title: outboundNote.data.page.fileSlug,
+                    id: counter++
+                }
+            }).filter(x=>x);
+
+            return outbound;
+
+        },
+        dgShowLocalGraph: (data) => {
+            const currentNote = data.collections.gardenEntry && data.collections.gardenEntry[0];
+            if(currentNote && currentNote.data && currentNote.data.dgShowLocalGraph){
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        },
+        dgShowBacklinks: (data) =>{
+            const currentnote = data.collections.gardenEntry && data.collections.gardenEntry[0];
+            if(currentnote && currentnote.data && currentnote.data.dgShowLocalGraph){
+                    return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/site/index.njk b/src/site/index.njk
index 547209d..a56a9a6 100644
--- a/src/site/index.njk
+++ b/src/site/index.njk
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@
   <body class="theme-{{meta.baseTheme}} markdown-preview-view">
     {%include "components/notegrowthhistory.njk"%}
     <div class="content">
+
       {%- for garden in collections.gardenEntry -%}
         {{garden.templateContent | link | highlight | safe }}
       {%- endfor -%}
-    </div>
-  </body>
-</html>
+
+      {%if collections.gardenEntry[0].data.dgShowBacklinks === true or collections.gardenEntry[0].data.dgShowLocalGraph === true%}
+        {%include "components/sidebar.njk" %}
+      {%endif%}
+      </div>
+    </body>
+  </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/site/notes/notes.11tydata.js b/src/site/notes/notes.11tydata.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8adedd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/site/notes/notes.11tydata.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+
+const wikilink = /\[\[(.*?\|.*?)\]\]/g
+
+function caselessCompare(a, b) {
+    return a.toLowerCase() === b.toLowerCase();
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    eleventyComputed: {
+        backlinks: (data) => {
+            const notes = data.collections.note;
+            if(!notes){
+                return [];
+            }
+            const currentFileSlug = data.page.filePathStem.replace('/notes/', '');
+
+            let backlinks = [];
+            let counter = 1;
+
+            for (const otherNote of notes) {
+                const noteContent = otherNote.template.frontMatter.content;
+
+                const outboundLinks = (noteContent.match(wikilink) || []).map(link => (
+                    link.slice(2, -2)
+                        .split("|")[0]
+                        .replace(/.(md|markdown)\s?$/i, "")
+                        .trim()
+                ));
+
+                if (outboundLinks.some(link => caselessCompare(link, currentFileSlug))) {
+
+                    let preview = noteContent.slice(0, 240);
+                    backlinks.push({
+                        url: otherNote.url,
+                        title: otherNote.data.page.fileSlug,
+                        preview,
+                        id: counter++
+                    })
+                }
+            }
+
+            return backlinks;
+
+        },
+        outbound: (data) => {
+            const notes = data.collections.note;
+            const currentFileSlug = data.page.filePathStem.replace('/notes/', '');
+
+            if(!notes || notes.length == 0){
+                return [];
+            }
+
+            const currentNote = notes.find(x =>x.data.page.filePathStem && caselessCompare(x.data.page.filePathStem.replace('/notes/', ''), currentFileSlug));
+            if(!currentNote){
+                return [];
+            }
+
+            let counter = 1;
+
+            const noteContent = currentNote.template.frontMatter.content;
+
+            const outboundLinks = (noteContent.match(wikilink) || []).map(link => (
+                link.slice(2, -2)
+                    .split("|")[0]
+                    .replace(/.(md|markdown)\s?$/i, "")
+                    .trim()
+            ));
+
+            let outbound = outboundLinks.map(fileslug => {
+                var outboundNote = notes.find(x => caselessCompare(x.data.page.filePathStem.replace("/notes/", ""), fileslug));
+                if(!outboundNote){
+                    return null;
+                }
+
+                return {
+                    url: outboundNote.url,
+                    title: outboundNote.data.page.fileSlug,
+                    id: counter++
+                }
+            }).filter(x=>x);
+
+            return outbound;
+
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/site/styles/digital-garden-base.scss b/src/site/styles/digital-garden-base.scss
index 9420b12..263c8f3 100644
--- a/src/site/styles/digital-garden-base.scss
+++ b/src/site/styles/digital-garden-base.scss
@@ -60,6 +60,49 @@ ul.task-list {
     padding-left: 15px;
 }
 
+
+.sidebar {
+    position: fixed;
+    top: 50%;
+    transform: translateY(-50%);
+    right: 0;
+    height: 100%;
+    background-color: var(--background-secondary);
+    min-width: 25px;
+    display: flex;
+}
+
+.expand-line {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    justify-content: center;
+}
+
+.sidebar-container {
+    padding: 20px;
+    width: 100%;
+    overflow-y: auto;
+}
+
+.backlink-card {
+    padding: 20px;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    margin-bottom: 20px;
+    background-color: var(--background-primary);
+    width: 100%;
+
+}
+
+@media(max-width: 1100px) {
+    .sidebar {
+        position: relative;
+        transform: none;
+        border-radius: 4px;
+    }
+
+}
+
+
 div[class*="language-ad-"],
 div[class*="callout-"] {
     font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
@@ -410,4 +453,4 @@ div.callout-quote {
 div.language-ad-cite,
 div.callout-cite {
     background-color: rgba(158, 158, 158, .5)
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/site/styles/style.scss b/src/site/styles/style.scss
index 9695368..bcee450 100644
--- a/src/site/styles/style.scss
+++ b/src/site/styles/style.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 * MODIFY THE custom-style.scss FILE INSTEAD.
 ***/
 
+
+body{
+    --background-primary: rgb(32, 31, 31);
+    --background-secondary: rgb(57, 56, 56);
+    --text-normal: #dcddde;
+    --text-accent: rgb(97, 186, 245);
+}
+
 h1 {
     color: #FFEF60;
 }
@@ -19,6 +27,12 @@ h4 {
     color: #72DCFF;
 }
 
+button {
+    border: none;
+    color: white;
+    padding: 5px 15px;
+}
+
 .centered {
     position: absolute;
     top: 50%;
@@ -28,8 +42,8 @@ h4 {
 }
 
 .theme-dark {
-    background: rgb(32, 31, 31);
-    color: white;
+    background: var(--background-primary);
+    color: var(--text-normal);
     font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +58,7 @@ a.is-unresolved{
 }
 a {
     text-decoration: underline;
-    color: rgb(97, 186, 245);
+    color: var(--text-accent)
 }
 
 .font-bg {