Obsidian
Notes & knowledge · Freemium
About
A local-first Markdown note app with backlinks, graph view and a large community plugin ecosystem, including AI plugins.
Key features
- Local Markdown files
- Backlinks and graph
- Community plugins
- Optional sync and publish
Best for
- — Personal knowledge management
- — Private local notes
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Platforms
- macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
- Works with
- GitHub
- Last checked
- 2026-10-29
- Status
- Listed, not yet tested
Our take
Your notes stay yours. AI features rely on third-party plugins of varying quality.
Features and pricing change often — confirm on obsidian.md before you commit.
Alternatives to Obsidian
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|---|---|---|---|
| Obsidian (this) | Notes & knowledge | Freemium | Personal knowledge management |
| Mem | Notes & knowledge | Freemium | People who hate filing notes |
| Tana | Notes & knowledge | Freemium | Structured personal knowledge |
| Notion | Docs & wikis | Freemium | Team wikis and docs |
| Craft | Docs & wikis | Freemium | Beautiful shareable documents |
| Granola | Meeting notes | Freemium | Meetings without a bot joining |
| Fathom | Meeting notes | Freemium | Free meeting recording |