Obsidian - A powerful knowledge base that works on local Markdown files

This is an incredible piece of software that along with many other things, got me into the habit of journaling, reading more and keeping notes once again. No matter where you come from (notion, typora, standard notes, etc) you'll love obsidian. The most important bit for me is the fact that all the notes are stored locally in plain text. No analytics, no worries. All this and it's super zippy! Trust me, you'll love this one. Thanks @erica and @licat for this, kudos to ya! 😃

Obsidian's respect for users & providing them ownership, extensibility, convenience for their writing is some of the best out there. If they keep up this pace (providing updates every few days) & continue fostering a humble, helpful community (who're itching to develop plugins), in a year's time this will be one of the most powerful, feature rich & customizable note taking apps out there - and all within local markdown files that can be used practically anywhere!

Probably one of the most interesting aspects of Obsidian is how it manages to combine simplicity with extensibility. It already has a bunch of plugins that will turn it into your favorite markdown editor. The release cycle is fast and the developers are open to suggestions from the community.

Exactly what I have been looking for. Thanks @erica_xu and @shida_li

Have been using the product in closed beta for the past month. If you're at all interested in knowledge management or zettlekasten, advise you to try it out. The screenshots here don't do the product justice. I haven't been this excited for a product since Notion. What I love about the project: - You have complete control of your data and can easily sync to Dropbox or iCloud - Offline mode by default - It's blazing fast (currently have 100+ notes) - You can customize your theme with a little CSS knowledge. If you're not familiar with CSS there is a thriving community building new themes constantly. - The devs are supportive, knowledgeable, and fast. - The community is full of people looking to grow their understanding of the world and design systems that work for them. - Customizable hotkeys and a variety of plugins

Obsidian is brand new and changing fast. It has been incredible to watch. The concepts and tools it has introduced me to have revolutionized the way I take notes. Now my notes are a living and evolving nearly effortless information retrieval system. I have combined the concepts of Zettelkasten, Bullet Journaling, and Personal CRMs into one system built on top of the tools in Obsidian, and accessible from everywhere as synchronized plain text files.

This is probably the best PKM out there. Really like this software. The developer team is responsive to feature requests and is appreciative of the community around it.

Obsidian is one of the best apps I discovered recently and almost immediately become a core part of my workflow despite its early stage. It's a personal knowledge system built to last: proprietary formats provide advantages but end up locking you in it – especially when it's about a monthly subscription. Obsidian is built on plain Markdown files that can be accessed by any app and are unlikely to become obsolete. The files are local, though you can put them in any cloud (in the future Obsidian will provide an additional paid sync option). The devs are great and have been great at receiving feedback and adding the right features.

I started my PKM journey on Roam a couple of months ago and a couple of days later I discovered Obsidian. It is far superior in every single way. It has a completely fresh aproach and focuses on longevity by staying away from proprietary formats. Silver&Licat (the devs) are super super active in the Discord channel and at the same time work super quickly to release new updates more than weekly! Obsidian is a very very big part of my workflow these days and I seriously can't reccomend it enough. Keep up the great work @shida_li and @erica_xu :D

This is a great product if you want to take advantage of all the latest (and more) features in note taking + personal knowledge management software. Bi-directional linking, graph view, plugins, community themes. But the kicker is you own all your own note files in plain text (.md files) in a folder of your choosing on your computer (and can also sync your database with something like Dropbox, iCloud, etc.).