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Obsidian
Note taking app that stores notes as local Markdown files with links between them
CA
Founded 2020
11-50 employees
About
Obsidian is a note taking app made by Dynalist Inc, a small company founded by Shida Li and Erica Xu. It launched in 2020. The team is small, remote and funded by its users rather than by venture capital.
Notes are plain Markdown files stored in a folder on the user's own device, called a vault. People link notes to each other with double square brackets, and a graph view shows how notes connect. Backlinks list every note that points to the current one. Canvas is a board for laying out notes, images and links in space. A large library of community plugins and themes adds features such as task lists, calendars, databases and spaced repetition.
Obsidian is free for personal and commercial use. Obsidian Sync is an optional paid service that syncs vaults between devices with end-to-end encryption. Obsidian Publish is a paid service that turns notes into a website. A Catalyst one time purchase supports development and gives early access. The app runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android. It is popular with writers, researchers, students and developers who want to keep their notes in open files.
Notes are plain Markdown files stored in a folder on the user's own device, called a vault. People link notes to each other with double square brackets, and a graph view shows how notes connect. Backlinks list every note that points to the current one. Canvas is a board for laying out notes, images and links in space. A large library of community plugins and themes adds features such as task lists, calendars, databases and spaced repetition.
Obsidian is free for personal and commercial use. Obsidian Sync is an optional paid service that syncs vaults between devices with end-to-end encryption. Obsidian Publish is a paid service that turns notes into a website. A Catalyst one time purchase supports development and gives early access. The app runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android. It is popular with writers, researchers, students and developers who want to keep their notes in open files.
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