Obsidian

A versatile writing app tailored to your thinking

4.8•372 reviews•

3.8K followers

A versatile writing app tailored to your thinking

4.8•372 reviews•

3.8K followers

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Note and writing apps

Store notes on your device, so you can access them quickly, even offline. Use hundreds of plugins and themes, to fit your way of thinking.

Obsidian reviews

The community submitted 372 reviews to tell us what they like about Obsidian, what Obsidian can do better, and more.

4.8

Based on 372 reviews

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Obsidian is highly praised for its flexibility, speed, and privacy, making it a top choice for note-taking and knowledge management. Users appreciate its local-first approach, markdown support, and extensive plugin ecosystem, which allows for deep customization. Maker reviews highlight its influence on products like ApyHub and Grimo, emphasizing its role in inspiring markdown-based solutions. The Ideaverse Pro team commends its Sync feature for collaborative work. Overall, Obsidian is celebrated for its robust capabilities and supportive community.

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Pros

community plugins (47)

customization (35)

local storage (33)

second brain (26)

markdown support (25)

fast performance (15)

graph view (15)

privacy (15)

cross-platform (10)

free tier (6)

Cons

learning curve (13)

sync feature cost (3)

closed source (2)

customization (2)

markdown support (2)

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Bryant.Chen

Motiff

•4 reviews

Personal knowledge management tool.

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1yr ago

owlyph

•3 reviews

Really excellent tool, especially for long-form note-taking. The user interface has an overall elegance that makes this tool stand-out. It would be five stars if the developers truly respected user freedom by making Obsidian open source software.

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4yr ago

Muhammad Iqbal Dar

•4 reviews

😒

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2yr ago

Francisco Ceruti

•1 review

Definitely feels like there are layers to this product I'm not using, but as a n00b I still get tons of value.

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3yr ago

Joshua Hustler

•2 reviews

Very steep learning curve. Adding Nick Milo's LYT framework on top really helped me focus on what was required to make this a useful PKM for me!

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3yr ago

CHII

•1 review

New to Obsidian but loving it

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7mo ago

Howie Chen

•1 review

Very clean user interface and you won't get distracted.

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2yr ago

Tiago Peliçari

•13 reviews

Use it only if you are a programmer.

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2yr ago

Susan Pearson

•16 reviews

I love Obsidian, I love that it can be anything you want it to be. For a while I tried to make it everything but recently I realised that 60+ plugins to do everything possible was basically Obsidian abuse. I have now realised that Obsidian does one thing brilliantly. It handles knowledge. So now I am using it as my complete second brain. I am using plugins like banners and call out manager to make it look pretty, I need that. I am using Templater and Dataview because hello, why wouldn't you and I am using the Tasks plugin with all the optional statuses so they show things like bookmarks and alerts. Also for knowledge based tasks, it I need to research this subject etc. I am moving the rest of my standard tasks back out into a tool that was designed for that very purpose, because it makes sense to do so.

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2yr ago

Luke

•1 review

It's all of the above and more. It looks great, it works extremely smoothly, it's snappy, privacy-oriented, the community is awesome and I it just lets you develop your thoughts in an environment which you can craft to your liking.

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3yr ago