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Re: Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files

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Post by douglaswlance »

ericax wrote: post #7

Maker here, excited to be on Hacker News. Obsidian is going into public beta today! (We're also on Product Hunt, come check us out!) We made Obsidian to be your long-term second brain and personal knowledge base. As you put in more notes and make more connections, the knowledge base gets more valuable, so we think it's important that you can 100% own your data and not rely on any cloud services. We believe you second…

> 3. As extensible as possible.

The app would need to be open source for this to be possible.

It's still possible to make money with an open-source product. When you're targeting a developer audience, it might even be more profitable to be open-source.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files

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Post by xapata »

shampto3 wrote: post #121

I've been using Obsidian for the past week. Here are my thoughts: I love that this is basically just markdown with wiki links. I'm not too concerned about Obsidian going out of business and my notes not being useful anymore. Contrast that with Notion (which is great in many other ways), where I store my data on their cloud and even though I can export to markdown not everything is actually markdown (e.g. tables) so t…

I store the notes in Dropbox and use iA on my mobile. Works well enough.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files

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Post by jevogel »

allenleee wrote: post #103
ericax wrote: post #7

Maker here, excited to be on Hacker News. Obsidian is going into public beta today! (We're also on Product Hunt, come check us out!) We made Obsidian to be your long-term second brain and personal knowledge base. As you put in more notes and make more connections, the knowledge base gets more valuable, so we think it's important that you can 100% own your data and not rely on any cloud services. We believe you second…

Early user here. Obsidian is literally the best app in 2020 so far IMO. - Blazingly fast - Clean UI - Free - Sync with Dropbox, Github, iCloud... - Great community I have never looked back to Notion and Bear since I found it. Btw, the Obs team is moving so fast.

How does it compare to Roam?

Re: Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files

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Post by itsspring »

ericax wrote: post #119
Veen wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is quite an odd choice. It makes sense to tier based on features, but tiers based on how or when people use an app is bizarre. Am I supposed to monitor myself so I don't read a note in Obsidian while I'm doing commercial writing work? (Also, their license page could do with some proofreading)

The idea is that if you're creating value with Obsidian, your employer should expense that, ideally it shouldn't impact you financially. If you're working for a non-profit for example, it's all free. > (Also, their license page could do with some proofreading) Interested to hear more! We did a few rounds of proofreading, did you find any typos?

> your employer should expense that, ideally it shouldn't impact you financially.

You're really limiting your userbase (customer pool) here by expecting only enterprise users. Many people here are freelance designers, students with part-time jobs, researchers writing for-profit books, or they work for themselves. Most employers don't allow expenses for note-taking apps. I would encourage you to adopt this pricing model: https://simplemind.eu/features-pricing/

It looks cool, but I won't buy it until it's a lifetime license.

Edit: Sorry that this came out overly-negative. It's a beautiful product, congrats on launching it!

Re: Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files

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Post by Eugeleo »

rrherr wrote: post #52

What I'm looking for: 1st priority: macOS & iOS apps that always sync, open FAST, and look clean, to enter new notes with no friction. Like Bear (which I currently use) and Simplenote (which I used to use). 2nd priority: Bi-directional links. Like Roam and Obsidian. Transclusion. Like Roam (and Obsidian?) I'm willing to pay up to $15/month. Like Roam. Are there any solutions that give all of the above?

Ad 1: You’d have to try it yourself, but to me, Obsidian works flawlessly on Mac. As another commeter said, it has a certain VS Code feel to it. No iOS app yet, but I think it’ll come sooner or later — you should keep an eye out.

2nd: Obsidian can transclude whole files or whole sections (afaik). No block-level transclusion, as there isn’t any concept of blocks in Markdown, but that shouldn’t matter much.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files

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Post by Eugeleo »

rrherr wrote: post #95
kilroy123 wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I 100% agree. I've been tempted to migrate from Typora + Joplin to bear app. Do you think it's worth it?

I love Bear! Here are the only drawbacks I see: - Only available for macOS & iOS. - Not free if you need sync. But it's only $1.49/month! I'd rather pay for a tool because then it's more likely to last. - Has [[one-way links]] but not two-way, so I feel some FOMO when I see people getting so excited about Roam Research. If you migrate: Go to Preferences and turn on Markdown compatibility mode. Then use Import Notes t…

I think Andy Matuschak has some utility that automatically inserts the “Pages linking to here” into a mardkown document. Not sure if it could be used for Bear, but you might check it out.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files

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Post by mackrevinack »

rodneyzeng wrote: post #140

Some comments after testing it for the first time: I am looking for alternatives of Typora since it is not open sourced. Obsidian is new and close to it (same feature to paste image from system clipboard) but still needs more work - 1. Font size and equation font size are not easily configured. 2. Inline Latex is not supported yet. 3. Equation numbering are not supported yet And it is not open sourced either. Good wo…

have you looked at marktext? I think that's fairly close to typora, but i hasn't used typora much so I could be wrong
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