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Re:Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local ... by sdedovic on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @11:49AM (#23325072)
My two biggest issues, skimming the website:

- this does not seem to be open source or free-as-in-speech. That worries me - especially when it comes to longevity. It's the reason I wouldn't use this product if it was by Google.

- i don't see an easy way to export my data in case I would like to migrate to a different service.

That being said I am definitely going to try it out and see what it does for me! There is definitely a gap in knowlege-mapping software in my life

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Re:Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local ... by mjedmonds on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @11:53AM (#23325121)
You don't need to export your data. Your data is stored in plaintext markdown files on your machine. So if it does shut down, you still have all of your content in a format that can be readily read by many, many editors
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Re:Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local ... by Horita on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @02:34PM (#23327762)
I dont think many can read properly
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Re:Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local ... by ahel on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @06:36PM (#23330960)
it's just markdown and [[two way links]]
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Re:Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local ... by marchenko on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @05:35PM (#23330337)
What convinced me to give Obsidian a twirl is that there's essentially no danger of sunk costs: I already store my notes as markdown files in a local folder synced via cloud service between browsers and mobile, and accessed via IDEs/plaintext editors. Obsidian merely replaces the IDE as an access/manipulation point.

The only 'cost', so to speak, is adding bidirectional link syntax, which I suspect is soon to become a common standard. I am curious to see what happens when they open up their developer API, as the Obsidian PKM community is quite active.

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Re:Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local ... by galoisscobi on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @11:59AM (#23325228)
As for your second point, when I tried it out, it just used a local directory that it puts all the markdown files in. I think that should work fine.
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