Obsidian
Obsidian is a knowledge tools product focused on personal knowledge management.
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Obsidian screenshots
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Bases in dark theme
Official Obsidian desktop screenshot showing a Bases view that organizes vault notes as a table with properties.
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Graph view
Official Obsidian desktop screenshot of Graph view visualizing links between notes in a vault.
Obsidian Help · Obsidian
Search results
Official Obsidian desktop screenshot showing a vault search query and matching note results.
Obsidian Help · Obsidian
Internal link suggestions
Official Obsidian desktop screenshot showing the in-editor suggestion menu for linking to a heading in another note.
Obsidian Help · Obsidian
Nearest matches
Alternatives to Obsidian
Capabilities guide the alternatives
Shared capabilities carry the most weight. Common use cases and categories come next, then audience, platform, deployment, integrations, pricing, and resource fit refine the order.
- Local Markdown storage
- Bidirectional links
- Interactive graph view
- Visual canvases
- Structured note properties
- Database-like Bases views
- Full-text search
- Tags
- Embedded files and notes
- Callout blocks
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At a glance
The source product and its three nearest reviewed alternatives.
Supported; Not supported or offered; “Not applicable” means the capability does not meaningfully apply.
| Attribute | Obsidian |  Notion | Obsidian |  Evernote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Free personal use | Freemium |
| Platforms | Desktop, Web | Web, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS | Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS | Web, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS |
| Offline support | Supported | Limited or unavailable | Supported | Limited or unavailable |
| Self-hosting | Not available | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Privacy | Not applicable | Cloud service policy applies | Strong user control | Cloud service policy applies |
| API | Not applicable | Public API | Limited or plugin-based | Limited or plugin-based |
Reviewed attributes
Facts, inference, and editorial assessment are labelled separately with confidence and review dates.
| Attribute | Value | Basis | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|
| License | Proprietary | editorial · medium | 2026-08-20 |
| Pricing | Freemium | editorial · medium | 2026-08-20 |
| Platforms | Desktop, Web | editorial · medium | 2026-08-20 |
| Privacy | Not applicable | editorial · low |
Capabilities
- • Local Markdown storage
- • Bidirectional links
- • Interactive graph view
- • Visual canvases
- • Structured note properties
- • Database-like Bases views
- • Full-text search
- • Tags
- • Embedded files and notes
- • Callout blocks
Common uses
- • Personal knowledge management