OPEN Obsidian Notes
by anon
· 2026-08-24 15:15
I actually really like obsidian, but I have two issues with it.
1. It's closed source
2. It's an electron application
I would love if someone pointed out a plaintext / markdown writing application that uses a similar directory workspace system and uses a non-JS based GUI framework.
Possible existing solutions
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- OpenMediaVault replaces Synology / QNAP NAS OS on modest hardware
anon#1
· 2026-08-24 15:54
QOwnNotes is a hidden gem, ignore the stupid name
joplin is the standard of course
emacs org-mode is the best thing ever if you don't mind learning emacs
anon#2
· 2026-08-24 19:26
Logseq is the most popular one I know of that gets compared to Obsidian.
It's OSS, but also electron.
Marktext is the same thing from looking at the docs, but I haven't used that one personally.
anon#3
· 2026-08-24 20:00
For some reason it is very difficult to fulfil the non electron app requirement. Following this topic eagerly. Have tried out a lot of them and none are nearly as good, even ignoring the plugin system.
anon#4
· 2026-08-24 20:08
i use tolaria. it's open source and i sync it across devices automatically via github repo
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