diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f670e29db..444780aef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ node_modules/
 
 # Build artifacts.
 build/
+dist/
 
 # Various editor preferences.
 .vscode
@@ -18,4 +19,4 @@ build/
 
 docs/root/api/**/*.*
 !docs/root/api/index.md
-.docuaurus/
\ No newline at end of file
+.docusaurus/
diff --git a/src/api/local-api.tsx b/src/api/local-api.tsx
index bf9c92e04..2df3fcff7 100644
--- a/src/api/local-api.tsx
+++ b/src/api/local-api.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { IndexQuery } from "index/types/index-query";
 import { Indexable } from "index/types/indexable";
 import { MarkdownPage } from "index/types/markdown";
 import { App } from "obsidian";
-import { useFileMetadata, useFullQuery, useIndexUpdates, useInterning, useQuery } from "ui/hooks";
+import { useFileMetadata, useFullQuery, useIndexUpdates, useInterning, useQuery, useLastOpenedFiles } from "ui/hooks";
 import * as luxon from "luxon";
 import * as preact from "preact";
 import * as hooks from "preact/hooks";
@@ -182,6 +182,13 @@ export class DatacoreLocalApi {
         return useFileMetadata(this.core, path, settings)!;
     }
 
+    /** Get the list of opened files. Defaults the 10 most recent files. Can be overridden by setting `settings.limit` to
+     * the desired amount.
+     */
+    public useLastOpenedFiles(settings?: { limit?: number; debounce?: number }): Indexable[] {
+        return useLastOpenedFiles(this.core, settings);
+    }
+
     /** Automatically refresh the view whenever the index updates; returns the latest index revision ID. */
     public useIndexUpdates(settings?: { debounce?: number }): number {
         return useIndexUpdates(this.core, settings);
diff --git a/src/index/datacore.ts b/src/index/datacore.ts
index caa054573..7566991b3 100644
--- a/src/index/datacore.ts
+++ b/src/index/datacore.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { deferred, Deferred } from "utils/deferred";
 import { Datastore, Substorer } from "index/datastore";
 import { LocalStorageCache } from "index/persister";
-import { Indexable, INDEXABLE_EXTENSIONS } from "index/types/indexable";
+import { Indexable, INDEXABLE_EXTENSIONS, isFile } from "index/types/indexable";
 import { FileImporter, ImportThrottle } from "index/web-worker/importer";
 import { ImportResult } from "index/web-worker/message";
 import { App, Component, EventRef, Events, MetadataCache, TAbstractFile, TFile, Vault } from "obsidian";
@@ -69,6 +69,23 @@ export class Datacore extends Component {
         // Metadata cache handles markdown file updates.
         this.registerEvent(this.metadataCache.on("resolve", (file) => this.reload(file)));
 
+        this.registerEvent(
+            this.app.workspace.on("file-open", (file) => {
+                if (file instanceof TFile) {
+                    const maybeMetadata: Indexable | undefined = this.datastore.load(file.path);
+                    if (isFile(maybeMetadata)) {
+                        maybeMetadata.$atime = DateTime.now();
+                        // we just update the top-level store, we don't need to recursively re-store everything.
+                        this.datastore.store(maybeMetadata);
+                        if (maybeMetadata instanceof MarkdownPage || maybeMetadata instanceof Canvas) {
+                            this.persister.storeFile(maybeMetadata.$path, maybeMetadata.json());
+                        }
+                        this.trigger("update", this.revision);
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+        );
+
         // Renames do not set off the metadata cache; catch these explicitly.
         this.registerEvent(this.vault.on("rename", this.rename, this));
 
diff --git a/src/index/types/canvas.ts b/src/index/types/canvas.ts
index d770f7aa5..2e8a1f198 100644
--- a/src/index/types/canvas.ts
+++ b/src/index/types/canvas.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export class Canvas implements Linkable, File, Linkbearing, Taggable, Indexable,
     $types: string[] = Canvas.TYPES;
     $typename: string = "Canvas";
 
+    $atime?: DateTime;
     $ctime: DateTime;
     $mtime: DateTime;
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ export class Canvas implements Linkable, File, Linkbearing, Taggable, Indexable,
             $cards: this.$cards.map((x) => x.json()) as JsonCanvasCard[],
             $ctime: this.$ctime.toMillis(),
             $mtime: this.$mtime.toMillis(),
+            $atime: this.$atime?.toMillis(),
             $size: this.$size,
             $links: this.$links,
             $path: this.$path,
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ export class Canvas implements Linkable, File, Linkbearing, Taggable, Indexable,
             $cards: cards,
             $ctime: DateTime.fromMillis(raw.$ctime),
             $mtime: DateTime.fromMillis(raw.$mtime),
+            $atime: raw.$atime ? DateTime.fromMillis(raw.$atime) : undefined,
             $size: raw.$size,
             $extension: "canvas",
             $path: raw.$path,
diff --git a/src/index/types/files.ts b/src/index/types/files.ts
index c429d7137..edc2401e4 100644
--- a/src/index/types/files.ts
+++ b/src/index/types/files.ts
@@ -19,15 +19,18 @@ export class GenericFile implements File, Indexable, Fieldbearing, Linkable {
     $ctime: DateTime;
     /** Obsidian-provided date this page was modified. */
     $mtime: DateTime;
+    /** Timestamp of last file access, as determined by inspecting `file-open` workspace events */
+    $atime?: DateTime;
     /** Obsidian-provided size of this page in bytes. */
     $size: number;
     /** The extension of the file. */
     $extension: string;
 
-    public constructor(path: string, ctime: DateTime, mtime: DateTime, size: number) {
+    public constructor(path: string, ctime: DateTime, mtime: DateTime, size: number, atime?: DateTime) {
         this.$path = path;
         this.$ctime = ctime;
         this.$mtime = mtime;
+        this.$atime = atime;
         this.$size = size;
 
         const lastDot = path.lastIndexOf(".");
diff --git a/src/index/types/indexable.ts b/src/index/types/indexable.ts
index 0ad00450d..c8cafb080 100644
--- a/src/index/types/indexable.ts
+++ b/src/index/types/indexable.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ export interface Linkable {
     $link: Link;
 }
 
+export function isLinkable(obj: any): obj is Linkable {
+    if (obj && obj.$types !== undefined && Array.isArray(obj.$types) && obj.$types.contains(LINKABLE_TYPE)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 /** General metadata for any file. */
 export const FILE_TYPE = "file";
 /**
@@ -44,12 +52,22 @@ export interface File extends Linkable {
     $ctime: DateTime;
     /** Obsidian-provided date this page was modified. */
     $mtime: DateTime;
+    /** Timestamp of last file access, as determined by inspecting `file-open` workspace events */
+    $atime?: DateTime;
     /** Obsidian-provided size of this page in bytes. */
     $size: number;
     /** The extension of the file. */
     $extension: string;
 }
 
+export function isFile(obj: any): obj is File {
+    if (obj && obj.$types !== undefined && Array.isArray(obj.$types) && obj.$types.contains(FILE_TYPE)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 /** Metadata for taggable objects. */
 export const TAGGABLE_TYPE = "taggable";
 /**
@@ -60,6 +78,14 @@ export interface Taggable {
     $tags: string[];
 }
 
+export function isTaggable(obj: any): obj is Taggable {
+    if (obj && obj.$types !== undefined && Array.isArray(obj.$types) && obj.$types.contains(TAGGABLE_TYPE)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 /** Metadata for objects which can link to other things. */
 export const LINKBEARING_TYPE = "links";
 /**
@@ -70,6 +96,14 @@ export interface Linkbearing {
     $links: Link[];
 }
 
+export function isLinkbearing(obj: any): obj is Linkbearing {
+    if (obj && obj.$types !== undefined && Array.isArray(obj.$types) && obj.$types.contains(LINKBEARING_TYPE)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * All supported extensions. This should probably become a dynamic lookup table and not just
  * a fixed list at some point, especially if we add the ability to turn indexing on/off.
diff --git a/src/index/types/json/canvas.ts b/src/index/types/json/canvas.ts
index 7228f2c34..621ccd5c5 100644
--- a/src/index/types/json/canvas.ts
+++ b/src/index/types/json/canvas.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export interface JsonCanvas {
     $ctime: number;
     /** Last modified time as a UNIX epoch time in milliseconds. */
     $mtime: number;
+    /** Last access time as a UNIX epoch time in milliseconds. */
+    $atime?: number;
     /** All tags in the canvas. */
     $tags: string[];
     /** All links in the canvas. */
diff --git a/src/index/types/json/markdown.ts b/src/index/types/json/markdown.ts
index 255037fc4..77e53a3e0 100644
--- a/src/index/types/json/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/index/types/json/markdown.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ export interface JsonMarkdownPage {
     $ctime: number;
     /** Obsidian-provided date this page was modified. */
     $mtime: number;
+    /** Timestamp of last file access, as determined by inspecting `file-open` workspace events */
+    $atime?: number;
     /** The extension; for markdown files, almost always '.md'. */
     $extension: string;
     /** Obsidian-provided size of this page in bytes. */
diff --git a/src/index/types/markdown.ts b/src/index/types/markdown.ts
index 2270d0a0c..f7488484d 100644
--- a/src/index/types/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/index/types/markdown.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ export class MarkdownPage implements File, Linkbearing, Taggable, Indexable, Fie
     $ctime: DateTime;
     /** Obsidian-provided date this page was modified. */
     $mtime: DateTime;
+    /** Timestamp of last file access, as determined by inspecting `file-open` workspace events */
+    $atime?: DateTime;
     /** The extension; for markdown files, almost always '.md'. */
     $extension: string;
     /** Obsidian-provided size of this page in bytes. */
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ export class MarkdownPage implements File, Linkbearing, Taggable, Indexable, Fie
             $infields: mapObjectValues(raw.$infields, (field) => normalizeLinks(valueInlineField(field), normalizer)),
             $ctime: DateTime.fromMillis(raw.$ctime),
             $mtime: DateTime.fromMillis(raw.$mtime),
+            $atime: raw.$atime ? DateTime.fromMillis(raw.$atime) : undefined,
             $extension: raw.$extension,
             $size: raw.$size,
             $position: raw.$position,
@@ -140,6 +143,7 @@ export class MarkdownPage implements File, Linkbearing, Taggable, Indexable, Fie
             $infields: mapObjectValues(this.$infields, jsonInlineField),
             $ctime: this.$ctime.toMillis(),
             $mtime: this.$mtime.toMillis(),
+            $atime: this.$atime?.toMillis(),
             $extension: this.$extension,
             $size: this.$size,
             $position: this.$position,
diff --git a/src/ui/hooks.ts b/src/ui/hooks.ts
index 7ed9a20ae..63b68a4a9 100644
--- a/src/ui/hooks.ts
+++ b/src/ui/hooks.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 import { Datacore } from "index/datacore";
 import { debounce } from "obsidian";
 import { IndexQuery } from "index/types/index-query";
-import { Indexable } from "index/types/indexable";
+import { Indexable, File, isFile } from "index/types/indexable";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
 import { SearchResult } from "index/datastore";
 import { Literals } from "expression/literal";
 import { Result } from "api/result";
+import { QUERY } from "expression/parser";
 
 /** Hook that updates the view whenever the revision updates, returning the newest revision.
  * @group Hooks
@@ -26,6 +27,37 @@ export function useIndexUpdates(datacore: Datacore, settings?: { debounce?: numb
     return revision;
 }
 
+export function useLastOpenedFiles(datacore: Datacore, settings?: { limit?: number; debounce?: number }): Indexable[] {
+    const limit = settings?.limit ?? 10;
+    const indexRevision = useIndexUpdates(datacore, settings);
+    const query = useRef(QUERY.query.tryParse("@file AND exists($atime)"));
+
+    return useMemo(() => {
+        return datacore.datastore
+            .search(query.current)
+            .map(
+                (result) =>
+                    (result.results.filter((file) => isFile(file) && file.$atime !== undefined) as unknown as File[])
+                        .sort((left, right) => {
+                            return right.$atime!.toMillis() - left.$atime!.toMillis();
+                        })
+                        .slice(0, limit !== 0 ? limit : undefined) as unknown as Indexable[]
+            )
+            .orElse(
+                datacore.app.workspace
+                    .getLastOpenFiles()
+                    .reduce((indexables: Indexable[], path: string) => {
+                        const file = datacore.datastore.load(path);
+                        if (file) {
+                            indexables.push(file);
+                        }
+                        return indexables;
+                    }, [])
+                    .slice(0, limit !== 0 ? limit : undefined)
+            );
+    }, [settings?.limit, indexRevision]);
+}
+
 /** A hook which updates whenever file metadata for a specific file updates.
  * @group Hooks
  */