Obsidian.md

Secure, flexible knowledge base built on plain text Markdown files

Note taking Task management Search Project management Form builders

About Obsidian.md

Obsidian is a private, local-first knowledge management tool that stores your notes as Markdown files, ensuring full data control and privacy. With features like bidirectional linking, customizable plugins, and offline access, it's ideal for personal notes, research, and project management.

Key features

Local-first Storage

Your notes are stored securely on your device, giving you complete control over your data and ensuring privacy.

Markdown Compatibility

Obsidian uses Markdown, making it easy to format text and ensuring compatibility with other text editors and tools.

Bidirectional Linking

Create connections between notes to build a knowledge graph, making it easy to navigate related information.

Customizable Workflow

Highly customizable with thousands of community plugins and themes to tailor Obsidian to your unique workflow.

Interactive Graph View

Visualize relationships between your notes in an interactive graph to uncover insights and patterns.

Offline Access

Edit and access your notes without an internet connection, ensuring productivity anytime, anywhere.

Pricing

Full pricing page

Free option

Sync

$4 per year

Sync notes across devices

End-to-end encryption
Version history
Collaborate on shared vaults
Priority support

Sync

$5 per month

Sync notes across devices

End-to-end encryption
Version history
Collaborate on shared vaults
Priority support

Publish

$8 per year

Publish notes to the web

No technical knowledge required
Customizable theme
Graph and full text search
Priority support

Publish

$10 per month

Publish notes to the web

No technical knowledge required
Customizable theme
Graph and full text search
Priority support

Catalyst

$25 one-time

Support Obsidian

Early access to beta versions
Community badges
VIP channel

Commercial

$50 per year

Support development

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Obsidian.md

About Obsidian.md

Key features

Local-first Storage

Markdown Compatibility

Bidirectional Linking

Customizable Workflow

Interactive Graph View

Offline Access

Pricing

Sync

Sync

Publish

Publish

Catalyst

Commercial

FAQ

Alternatives to consider

Joplin

Roam Research

Standard Notes

TiddlyWiki

Trilium Notes

Zim Wiki

Readwise

Supernotes

Org mode

Bear

Typora

Dynalist

Anytype.io

smasi

Logseq

Miro

Quoll Writer

Zettlr

Evernote

LegendKeeper

Writer Pro

Dendron

Answer

Notion

Syncthing

Jrnl.sh

Simplenote

Life of Discipline

TAMS Analyzer

Badges

Resources

Pricing summary

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