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I have always been a fan of markdown editors. A few years back I tried inkdrop and really enjoyed it. At the time it was a fair bit more expensive. Seems the de

I have always been a fan of markdown editors. A few years back I tried inkdrop and really enjoyed it. At the time it was a fair bit more expensive. Seems the developer listened to feedback and lowered the price. Kudos to them. That being said, there are free alternatives like Obsidian that are really great. Sync with your favorite cloud provider you are already paying for. Sync with Git. Lots of plugins.

IceWreck 4y ago
> open source alternatives like Obsidian Obsidian is not open source. Its free for offline use, but thats about it.
- jq-r 4y ago
  Also bloated in my experience, and has confusing navigation. Using insider's version of Notable and quite enjoying it. Wish it had a mobile version, but I guess you can't have everything.
  - phren0logy 4y ago
    Have you tried Logseq? Might be more your style, but could also be too bloated.
    - jq-r 4y ago
      I might give it a go thanks. I just love Notable due to it's simplicity and performance. The UI looks just right, every note can have it's own tab, there are no themes for now (apart from light and dark one), but they are nice and contrasty, the keyboard shortcuts are just right, the app is fast and responsive. I don't need anything more. Fabio (the author) knows whats he's doing and I like that he respects his users. Obsidian is more like: lets throw everything we can think of in, damned the performance, UI, or usability. The only good thing I can say is that I've managed to get both of them to play well together in iCloud Drive (or any "cloud" drive would be fine). So on my computers I use Notable, and on mobile devices I have Obsidian to edit the same notes.
  - nvrspyx 4y ago
    I believe the developer of Notable is working on a mobile version.
  - throwaway675309 4y ago
    I actually find obsidian is one of the nicer electron-based apps, up there with the likes of vs code. Didn't find it bloated at all as it contains mostly functionality directly related to notes. The ability to support community driven JS plug-ins is just icing on the cake and search is blazing fast. I've got 10,000 notes in there and I can search through all of them using full and partial text search in less than a second. Fascinating how we had such a completely different user experience.
- Joe_Boogz 4y ago
  Thank you for noting this. I edited my comment which was originally meant to bring up that it’s free rather than open source.
- TuringTest 4y ago
  For those who don't know it: you have logseq as a true open source competitor of Obsidian. Although it's not as much an editor as an outliner; notes are strongly hierarchical, and it's difficult to use for writing plain markdown files. But that shouldn't be a problem if your main need is note-taking.
- wodenokoto 4y ago
  Offline, non-commercial use. You cannot use Obsidian for work related notes unless you pay
  - riidom 4y ago
    They seem to have changed that recently, though it's not obvious from the pricing table. Under /eula it says: "You need to pay for Obsidian if and only if you use it for revenue-generating, work-related activities in a company that has two or more people." Not sure how to read that if you are, let's say, a freelancer. My guess is you are a one-man "company" and the other company is your customer?
    - wodenokoto 4y ago
      I read it as freelancers are exempt. But practically speaking, if you have an employment contract or have employees and any of your notes are work related you are supposed to pay for obsidian.

IceWreck 4y ago

> open source alternatives like Obsidian Obsidian is not open source. Its free for offline use, but thats about it.

jq-r 4y ago
Also bloated in my experience, and has confusing navigation. Using insider's version of Notable and quite enjoying it. Wish it had a mobile version, but I guess you can't have everything.
- phren0logy 4y ago
  Have you tried Logseq? Might be more your style, but could also be too bloated.
  - jq-r 4y ago
    I might give it a go thanks. I just love Notable due to it's simplicity and performance. The UI looks just right, every note can have it's own tab, there are no themes for now (apart from light and dark one), but they are nice and contrasty, the keyboard shortcuts are just right, the app is fast and responsive. I don't need anything more. Fabio (the author) knows whats he's doing and I like that he respects his users. Obsidian is more like: lets throw everything we can think of in, damned the performance, UI, or usability. The only good thing I can say is that I've managed to get both of them to play well together in iCloud Drive (or any "cloud" drive would be fine). So on my computers I use Notable, and on mobile devices I have Obsidian to edit the same notes.
- nvrspyx 4y ago
  I believe the developer of Notable is working on a mobile version.
- throwaway675309 4y ago
  I actually find obsidian is one of the nicer electron-based apps, up there with the likes of vs code. Didn't find it bloated at all as it contains mostly functionality directly related to notes. The ability to support community driven JS plug-ins is just icing on the cake and search is blazing fast. I've got 10,000 notes in there and I can search through all of them using full and partial text search in less than a second. Fascinating how we had such a completely different user experience.
Joe_Boogz 4y ago
Thank you for noting this. I edited my comment which was originally meant to bring up that it’s free rather than open source.
TuringTest 4y ago
For those who don't know it: you have logseq as a true open source competitor of Obsidian. Although it's not as much an editor as an outliner; notes are strongly hierarchical, and it's difficult to use for writing plain markdown files. But that shouldn't be a problem if your main need is note-taking.
wodenokoto 4y ago
Offline, non-commercial use. You cannot use Obsidian for work related notes unless you pay
- riidom 4y ago
  They seem to have changed that recently, though it's not obvious from the pricing table. Under /eula it says: "You need to pay for Obsidian if and only if you use it for revenue-generating, work-related activities in a company that has two or more people." Not sure how to read that if you are, let's say, a freelancer. My guess is you are a one-man "company" and the other company is your customer?
  - wodenokoto 4y ago
    I read it as freelancers are exempt. But practically speaking, if you have an employment contract or have employees and any of your notes are work related you are supposed to pay for obsidian.