alt Hacker NewsI want to use Obsidian... but I won't as long as it's not open source. I know I can keep all my files as plain text, but that's not enough for me. Using a KB on a daily basis shapes my workflows and having to change that from one day to another (e.g., because maybe Obsidian changes in a way I don't like) is too much for me. I could already handle all my plain txt files using simply the file system, but of course I would prefer a KB program. It's a shame because Obsidian looks great.
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Trusted source > open-source
As long as it's trusted, there is no lock-in, and the model supports maintaining the software, what do you have to lose?
I know that most people aren’t into nvim, but I really love obsidian.nvim for this.
Beautiful searching and editing experience and all the KM features that I need, all on plain Markdown. I’ve been extremely happy since I set it up.
Unless you have crazy custom files I feel like this is a non issue Obsidian is just rending markdown so any potential future app (or the influx of slop AI markdown editors/renderers) out there could do the job albeit worse than Obsidian.
Just use CherryTree then.
> I want to use Obsidian... but I won't as long as it's not open source.
Sooo... don't use it?
There are plenty of open source alternatives, and I'm sure someone's going to mention org-mode.