Obsidian

Name: Obsidian
Rating: 4.84 (390 reviews)

A versatile writing app tailored to your thinking

4.8•390 reviews•

3.5K followers

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Note and writing apps

Store notes on your device, so you can access them quickly, even offline. Use hundreds of plugins and themes, to fit your way of thinking.

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Obsidian Canvas

An infinite space to visualize and make sense of your ideas

Obsidian Canvas is not just a shiny feature, it's a brand new way to think. You can lay out text, notes, images, PDFs, or even interactive websites on your canvas, and make sense of your ideas in this infinite space.

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Launch tags:

Design Tools•Productivity•Writing

Launch Team

Erica Xu

Obsidian

Maker

Creator of Obsidian here. We're so excited that Obsidian Canvas is going live today! Canvas is not just a shiny feature, it's a brand new way to think. You can lay out text, notes, images, PDFs, or even interactive websites on your canvas, and make sense of your ideas in this infinite space. Thank you to everyone for your support and patience! Thanks all Catalyst members, alpha testers, and moderators who provided feedback and reported bugs. Special credits go to Matthew Meyers (@mgmeyers) and Liam Cain (@liamcain) for tirelessly shaping Canvas into what it is today.

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2yr ago

Rhymer Espinosa

(@mgmeyers (@liamcain @erica_xu A toast to the launch. <3 Genuinely rooting for your success.

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2yr ago

Farisa Ottaviano

(@mgmeyers (@liamcain @erica_xu Wow, thank you for all your hard work and dedication that made this launch possible! We are so excited to explore Canvas and its possibilities.

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2yr ago

Gladys Atienza

(@mgmeyers (@liamcain @erica_xu This is amazing! It sounds like Obsidian Canvas has endless possibilities when it comes to organizing and presenting information in new ways.

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2yr ago

Rissy Miranda

@mgmeyers @liamcain @erica_xu cheers to the creator and the rest of the team who has spent so much time and braincells to finally make this launch a success! All the best!

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2yr ago

Angelica B Rumbaoa

@mgmeyers @liamcain @erica_xu this is nice! congratulations!

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2yr ago

Bora

Echoes

Yess! ❤️

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2yr ago

Nick Chomey

Life changing. When Obsidian came out, it fulfilled a 6-year-long dream I had for graphically linked notes. But, as it turns out, I never actually made use of the linking and graphing features because I found it too difficult to think about what should link to what, and the graphs were never useful to me because the nodes were arranged automatically/randomly and thus had little significance to me. So, I now realize that Canvas is what I was actually longing for, now that I see it. There's immense value in being able to manually link notes and visually place them in a sensible, permanent visual space. Of course, Mind Mapping tools have long existed, but never with the slick notetaking functionality of Obsidian underneath it. Now I'm able to continue with my preferred "technique" of just making a single massive braindump of ideas while I exhaustively explore a new idea, where I don't worry whatsoever about how anything is linked or organized - topics just get vague and redundant headers. Its truly the equivalent of writing a whole bunch of index card notes and throwing them in a box. I suppose we could have always done this with Obsidian, but the difference is that I can now create a mindmap canvas rather than some sort of table of contents, and curate the braindump fragments into their respective cards/notes - all of which can be easily, sensibly and visually found via the main Canvas. I suspect I'll make very limited use of actual links and graphs going forward. Obsidian is the best.

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2yr ago

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Obsidian Launches

Obsidian Canvas An infinite space to visualize and make sense of your ideas

Launched on December 20th, 2022

Obsidian 1.0 A brand new look, a fresh way to browse, a new start

Launched on October 13th, 2022

Obsidian for Mobile Your plain-text second brain on the go, for iOS and Android

Launched on July 12th, 2021

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Forum Threads

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Rajiv Ayyangar

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6mo ago

Is Obsidian really that much better vs Bear? Should I switch?

I'm a compulsive note-taker - first started taking notes in @Evernote circa 2011, and switched to @Bear

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4.8

Based on 390 reviews

Review Obsidian?

Obsidian is highly praised for its flexibility, speed, and privacy, making it a top choice for note-taking and knowledge management. Users appreciate its local-first approach, markdown support, and extensive plugin ecosystem, which allows for deep customization. Maker reviews highlight its influence on products like ApyHub and Grimo, emphasizing its role in inspiring markdown-based solutions. The Ideaverse Pro team commends its Sync feature for collaborative work. Overall, Obsidian is celebrated for its robust capabilities and supportive community.