Obsidian

obsidian.md
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Obsidian

A powerful knowledge base that works on top of local plain-text Markdown files. It has a strong community, and a lot of plugins and themes. Generally privacy-respecting, but no encryption out of the box, and some of the code is obfuscated or not fully open source

Avoid

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  • microsoft onenote
  • google keep
  • apple notes
  • simplenote
  • notion

Also Consider

Security Audited Not Open Source

Obsidian Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Summary

  • There is a date of the last update of the agreements
  • Your personal data is aggregated into statistics
  • Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location
  • Your personal data may be sold or otherwise transferred as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction
  • You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting
  • Third-party cookies are used for advertising

Score

D

Documents

About the Data

This data is kindly provided by tosdr.org. Read full report at: #3870

Obsidian Source Code

Author

obsidianmd

Description

Community plugins list, theme list, and releases of Obsidian.

#bases#jsoncanvas#markdown#md#obsidian#obsidian-md

Homepage

https://obsidian.md

License

Created

08 May 20

Last Updated

16 Jun 26

Latest version

v1.12.7

Primary Language

Size

105,567 KB

Stars

18,830

Forks

7,100

Watchers

18,830

Language Usage

Language Usage

Star History

Star History

Top Contributors

Recent Commits

  • Obsidian Bot (16 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-4/+14 plugins, -0/+1 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (16 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-7/+9 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (16 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-2/+3 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (16 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-1/+4 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (16 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-3/+7 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (16 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-2/+8 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (16 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-1/+10 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (16 Jun 26)

    chore: Update plugin stats (-17/+48 plugins)

  • Tony Grosinger (15 Jun 26)

    Mirror plugin stats from community directory This replaces the job which currently downloads plugin stats from Github directly, instead using the data which has already been pulled by the community directory.

  • Obsidian Bot (15 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-4/+3 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (15 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-0/+4 plugins, -0/+1 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (15 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-3/+3 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (15 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-6/+6 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (15 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-1/+4 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (15 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-0/+12 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (15 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-4/+4 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (15 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-5/+11 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (15 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-4/+8 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (15 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-1/+2 plugins, -0/+1 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (15 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-0/+2 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (15 Jun 26)

    chore: Update plugin stats

  • Obsidian Bot (14 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-3/+1 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (14 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-0/+1 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (14 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-2/+3 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (14 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-1/+1 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (14 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-0/+2 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (14 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-0/+8 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (14 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-2/+9 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (14 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-0/+0 plugins, -0/+2 themes)

  • Obsidian Bot (14 Jun 26)

    chore: Mirror community plugins and themes (-1/+2 plugins, -0/+0 themes)

Obsidian Security

3.6/10

Repo Security Summary

Updated 25 May 26

  • Code-Review 0/10
  • Dangerous-Workflow 10/10
  • Packaging N/A
  • Maintained 10/10
  • Binary-Artifacts 10/10
  • Token-Permissions 0/10
  • SAST 0/10
  • Pinned-Dependencies 2/10
  • CII-Best-Practices 0/10
  • Security-Policy 0/10
  • Fuzzing 0/10
  • License 0/10
  • Branch-Protection N/A
  • Signed-Releases 0/10

Obsidian Website

Website

Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking

The free and flexible app for your private thoughts.

Redirects

Does not redirect

Security Checks

All 65 security checks passed

Server Details

  • IP Address 172.67.74.64
  • Location San Francisco, California, United States of America, NA
  • ISP CloudFlare Inc.
  • ASN AS13335

Associated Countries

  • US US

Safety Score

Website marked as safe

100%

Blacklist Check

obsidian.md was found on 0 blacklists

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Website Preview

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Obsidian Android App

APK Info

De-Googled Compatibility

Native 4.00 / 4 14 ratings
microG 4.00 / 4 12 ratings
  • GrapheneOS Native 4.0 / 4 (11)
  • LineageOS microG 4.0 / 4 (5)
  • CalyxOS microG 4.0 / 4 (4)

Tested on Android 13–16 · Updated 06 Jun 26 · View on Plexus →

Trackers

No trackers found

Permissions

  • Internet
  • Manage External Storage
  • Modify Audio Settings
  • Read External Storage
  • Record Audio
  • Vibrate
  • Write External Storage
  • Dynamic Receiver Not Exported Permission

Obsidian iOS App

App Info

Obsidian - Connected Notes

Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files. It is a second brain, for you, forever. Now available on the go for iOS! Features include: - Customizable toolbar - Pull down quick actions - Graph view - Community plugins - Themes - Sidebar pinning for tablet - iCloud vaults

Rating

Rated 4.49 out of 5 stars by 2,553 users

Version Info

  • Current Version 1.12.7
  • Last Updated 23 Mar 26
  • First Released 10 Jul 21
  • Minimum iOS Version 14.5
  • Device Models Supported 127

App Details

  • IPA Size 32.04 Mb
  • Price Free (USD)
  • Age Advisory 4+
  • Supported Languages 1
  • Developer Dynalist Inc.
  • Bundle ID md.obsidian

Screenshots

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About the Data: Obsidian

Change History

  • Amended (androidApp, iosApp, subreddit)

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