Obsidian
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Obsidian is a free, multi-platform application for writing and maintaining plain text notes (for longevity) as markdown files that provides a modest paid hosting service one can use with a personal-domain.
While not (yet) an open source project, the application encourages users to own their own data locally in a way that allows the use of alternate applications.
As of 2021-01-19 in version 0.10.9, the service provides a paid option for (selectively) hosting one's notes on a personal-domain allowing it to be used as an IndieWeb service. Using the Digital Obsidian Garden plugin from Ole Eskild Steensen there's also a free option for such a setup.
IndieWeb Examples
- Chris Aldrich has been using Obsidian as a daily note taking tool since 2020-08-25 with the explicit intention of publishing portions of it online as part of his digital commonplace book/digital garden/zettelkasten.
- Others in the wild have used the raw text notes to publish their notes as a website online using static site generators.
- βObsidian+Github Pagesβ for digital gardeners? also includes links for other services and platforms as well as plugins, tools, and methods for creating SSG-based websites
Silo Examples
Examples of sites published using Obsidian's Publish feature (without custom or personalized domain names):
- Quantum Well
- Alexis Rondeau
- LYT kit
- Anthony Agbay
- Andy Matuschak (duplicate)
- Santi Younger
- David Drysdale
- Eric Gregorich (protected)
Resources
- Forum
- Discord
- Github repositories of release, API, documentation, etc. https://github.com/obsidianmd
- YouTube
- Obsidian Office hours: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJKoNPnBdCSloJ2wlKnV2Fw
- Linking Your Thinking: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC85D7ERwhke7wVqskV_DZUA/playlists
- Obsidian focused playlist for personal knowledge management & zettelkasten: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5fd4SsfvECy0zzf8Cyo20ZoipEt6YeL3
See Also
- commonplace book
- zettelkasten
- notes
- longevity
- Project for publishing an Obsidian vault using GitHub Pages: https://github.com/jobindjohn/obsidian-publish-mkdocs
- Apparently supports some frontmatter features per discussion in chat ( Ben WerdmΓΌller, Manton Reece may have citations)"
- Quartz is a static site generator that converts Obsidian's markdown files into a digital garden.