Obsidian Reviews

Reviewers see Obsidian as a fast, local-first markdown workspace that gives them strong control over their notes, with backlinks, graph view, and a deep plugin ecosystem making it useful for research, writing, journaling, and personal knowledge management. Many praise its portability, privacy, cross-device use, and ability to fit very different workflows. The main caveat is complexity: several users say the learning curve is steep, customization can become distracting, and plugin-heavy setups can feel cluttered. Makers of NextPhone also highlight its speed and ability to scale for internal docs.