Obsidian Bases

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Post by twapi » Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 9:28 PM UTC

Obsidian Bases
help.obsidian.md

Re: Obsidian Bases

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Post by mudkipdev » Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 9:39 PM UTC

Is this essentially an official replacement for the Dataview plugin? Last time I used Obsidian was 2 years ago

Re: Obsidian Bases

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Post by datadrivenangel » Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 9:39 PM UTC

So obsidian is now notion is now airtable.

Interesting to see how well this scales.

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Post by wjrb » Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 9:41 PM UTC

Wow, I remember when this feature was planned/announced. It's great to see first class support for the Dataview-type workflows.

I hope the API has support to allow extensions---I see that it is on the Roadmap[0].

I'm particularly interested to see how this integrates with Canvas and other note types.

[0]: https://obsidian.md/roadmap/

Re: Obsidian Bases

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Post by dadrian » Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 9:42 PM UTC

Are there any good LLM plugins for Obsidian, beyond just throwing Claude Code / Codex at your markdown folder?

Re: Obsidian Bases

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Post by LordDragonfang » Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 9:42 PM UTC

I've been using bases (in beta) for a month or so for the vault I keep for the notes for each of the (many) D&D/ttrpg campaigns I play in, and it's really made it a ton easier to get an overview of e.g. the many different NPCs we meet and interact with, and the relevant info (name/pronouns/pic/race/class/etc) all in one place.

The Obsidian dev team has been really responsive to feedback from those of us in the beta, and I'd encourage people to look at the changelog to see that in action (e.g. changing the syntax to be more object oriented, smoothing over UI issues, etc)

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Post by LordDragonfang » Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 9:43 PM UTC

mudkipdev wrote: post #2

Is this essentially an official replacement for the Dataview plugin? Last time I used Obsidian was 2 years ago

Yes and no. It's not meant to be as "kitchen sink" comprehensive yet, but it's a like 90% replacement and it's a ton faster and more responsive. (And I suspect once extension support comes in the dataview team will fully change over)

Re: Obsidian Bases

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Post by haydenlingle » Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 9:43 PM UTC

datadrivenangel wrote: post #3

So obsidian is now notion is now airtable. Interesting to see how well this scales.

Yes, but their kicker has always been that you own your data in a readable format even if you don’t use their app and can self sync it if you prefer. I imagine they’ll keep adding functionality of notion and airtable while still keeping this underlying premise

Re: Obsidian Bases

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Post by abakker » Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 9:47 PM UTC

haydenlingle wrote: post #8

datadrivenangel wrote: post #3

So obsidian is now notion is now airtable. Interesting to see how well this scales.

Yes, but their kicker has always been that you own your data in a readable format even if you don’t use their app and can self sync it if you prefer. I imagine they’ll keep adding functionality of notion and airtable while still keeping this underlying premise

I create .md files programmatically based on my calendar. One day, I'll figure out how to take my copilot notes and paste them in automatically, but for now I know that a note and metadata are already there. its great to be able to do the front matter.

Re: Obsidian Bases

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Post by lolive » Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 9:47 PM UTC

LordDragonfang wrote: post #6

I've been using bases (in beta) for a month or so for the vault I keep for the notes for each of the (many) D&D/ttrpg campaigns I play in, and it's really made it a ton easier to get an overview of e.g. the many different NPCs we meet and interact with, and the relevant info (name/pronouns/pic/race/class/etc) all in one place. The Obsidian dev team has been really responsive to feedback from those of us in the beta,…

Man, you probably gave me the only use case that could push me beyond my basic usage of Obsidian. [i wait for your YouTube demo. #PROOOOFIT]