Obsidian Alternatives

Obsidian is described as 'Note-taking app that lets you create a personal knowledge graph with ease. It is designed for non-linear thinking and allows you to easily link your notes together wiki-style' and is a leading Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Obsidian for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Web-based, Linux and Android apps. The best Obsidian alternative is Logseq, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Obsidian are Zettlr, Joplin, sNotes – Students Notes and Anytype.

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Obsidian alternatives are mainly Note-taking Tools, but if you're looking for Todo List Managers or Task Management Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Linux, Windows, Note-taking, Self-Hosted, Windows + Open Source and Task Management. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Obsidian.
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  1. Tangent Notes icon
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    Tangent is designed to let you write the way you think. Your thoughts are connected; Tangent lets you link to existing notes and make new ones with ease.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    Comments about Tangent Notes as an Alternative to Obsidian
    jchalifour
    Positive
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    Nicely designed tool that immediately works on top of your Obsidian folder structure. It supports much of the core functionality that makes Obsidian great but offers other innovative workflow possibilities

    taylorhadden
    Positive
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    Tangent's feed view and context map system makes continuing off from a previous thread of thought really easy. Its writing focus modes help to remove all other distractions and just get thoughts onto the page.

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    • Tangent Notes is Free and Open SourceObsidian is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Silverbullet icon
     17 likes

    Silver Bullet is an extensible, open source, personal knowledge management system. Indeed, that’s fancy talk for “a note-taking app with links.” However, Silver Bullet goes a bit beyond just that.

    67 Silverbullet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. mymind icon
     20 likes

    All your ·notes· ·bookmarks·, ·inspiration· ·articles· and ·images· in one single, private place, enhanced with artificial intelligence.

    41 mymind alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Google Chrome
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Brave
    • Safari
     
  4. Lumen AI icon
     9 likes

    Minimalist productivity platform offers centralized notes, task management, meeting capture with audio summaries, inbox processing, and Markdown editing, all enhanced by AI prioritization, custom prompts, backlinks, and flexible workflows, supporting multiple methodologies.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  5. Octarine icon
     6 likes

    Octarine is a fast, lightweight tool for writing, planning, and organizing — in Markdown that stays yours.

    24 Octarine alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Effortlessly organize notes and tasks using Focal's intuitive tree structure. Create diverse note types, use powerful search, efficient tagging, and customizable settings to enhance productivity and maintain focus.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Linux
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. Org-roam icon
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    Org-roam is a Roam replica built around the all-powerful Org-mode.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • GNU Emacs
     
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    Comments about Org-roam as an Alternative to Obsidian
    Guest
    Positive
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    Comparably to Obsidian, it's based on the same philosophy as Roam, and your notes are not on a cloud. It diverges by the fact that this app is completely free and open source, and it runs on Emacs.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Org-roam is a great Obsidian alternative.

    • Org-roam is Free and Open SourceObsidian is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. Cogent icon
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    Cogent is a personal tutor with AI-driven tools for studying. From speedy flashcard generation to chatting with your own files, Cogent makes learning collaborative and organized. We transform how you learn, one subject at a time.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Outline icon
     23 likes

    Your team’s knowledge base Team wiki, documentation, meeting notes, playbooks, onboarding, work logs, brainstorming, & more….

    93 Outline alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Cloudron
     
  10. Heptabase icon
     12 likes

    Heptabase is a visual note-taking tool that helps you make sense of your learning, research, and projects. It helps you get into the flow of thinking and brings together everything you need to do better research.

    100 Heptabase alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPad
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
     
  11. nb icon
     7 likes

    CLI and local web plain text note-taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
  12. OpenNotas icon
     6 likes

    OpenNotas is an open-source note-taking application, cross-platform based on PWA, focusing on security and device synchronization.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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