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Re:Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian by antiframe on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @07:29PM (#48201078)
Emacs and vim don't suffer from the "I'll fork it to make my pet feature" problem. Why would Obsidian?
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Re:Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian by kepano on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @08:10PM (#48201379)
The two are not mutually exclusive?
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Re:Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian by antiframe on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @08:31PM (#48201549)
That's fair. And vim and Emacs have been forked in the past, so you may be on to something there. But, I still expect my editor to be open source. I might be weird like that though.
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