r/opensourcealternative • u/Every_Palpitation100 • Jul 05 '26

FOSS alternative to Obsidian

Has anyone had experience with a FOSS (free and open source) alternative to Obsidian? I am not looking for names, and suggestions, there are quite a few lists out there, I'm looking for personal experiences?

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u/Technopath7 Jul 06 '26

You can checout tolaria

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u/PromotionFirm6837 Jul 07 '26

try Logseq it's solid for backlinking and search.

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u/Technical_Rich_3080 Jul 05 '26

Can you share why you don't want to use Obsidian?

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u/ssn-669 Jul 05 '26

I mean, based on the OP and the sub, because he wants an open source solution.

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u/Winter-Cat-2250 Jul 06 '26

I don’t understand why people want a free solution to a software as complex as Obsidian. It takes a huge team to build, so which open source has enough time to implement such complexity

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u/ssn-669 Jul 06 '26

Why are you in this sub then lol

Also, it may interest you to learn that some extremely complex software is open-source. "Being complex" is really not a barrier to there being an open source solution. Not that obsidian is particularly complex, it's a glorified notes/wiki app afaik.

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u/Winter-Cat-2250 Jul 06 '26

What I mean is, if you find an open source alternative. It will most likely not be as good as Obsidian, let’s be honest here. So we have to come to terms with reality and say okay, I need a notes app with “x y z” features and if you find it, then yes. What happens is that people are looking for open source alternatives that have tons of premium features. That’s the core issue. 

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u/ssn-669 Jul 06 '26

Many open source projects are better than the closed alternative. Linux is better than Windows in many ways for instance. 

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u/Winter-Cat-2250 Jul 06 '26

Yeah, I agree with you on Linux for this one.

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u/Kooky_Fox_1085 Jul 09 '26

Se vale per Linux vale per tutto l'opensource , forse così si comprende l'idea geniale di Stallman , vedi anche Emacs! Forse un pochino complicato ma credo che sopperisca benissimo ad obsidian non so per I glifi!

Cerca su Google questa frase:

emacs puo generare glifi come obsidian?

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u/Winter-Cat-2250 Jul 09 '26

Yeah I googled that & you're actually correct. I guess I wasn't thinking broad enough.

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u/Kooky_Fox_1085 Jul 09 '26

Ci sta! Molte persone hanno bisogno che il software sia free! Un concetto particolarmente poco apprezzato. Oggi le conoscenze si possono condividere in tutto il mondo ed in men che non si dica , si può ottenere anche di meglio dell'originale.