--- title: I replaced Obsidian with Capacities for a week to see if... description: A week-long hands-on comparison of Capacities versus Obsidian for personal knowledge management. Capacities uses an object-type system (Book, Person, Quote,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-obsidian-with-capacities-for-a-week-to-see-if-it-could-keep-up-zanomk6wj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I replaced Obsidian with Capacities for a week to see if it could keep up | daily.dev og:description: A week-long hands-on comparison of Capacities versus Obsidian for personal knowledge management. Capacities uses an object-type system (Book, Person, Quote,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-obsidian-with-capacities-for-a-week-to-see-if-it-could-keep-up-zanomk6wj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zaNoMk6wJ.png og:image:alt: I replaced Obsidian with Capacities for a week to see if it could keep up og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I replaced Obsidian with Capacities for a week to see if it could keep up **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A week-long hands-on comparison of Capacities versus Obsidian for personal knowledge management. Capacities uses an object-type system (Book, Person, Quote, etc.) with bi-directional linking, similar to Obsidian but with enforced loose categorization. Properties work similarly to Obsidian's, and a Daily Note feature allows quick capture without strict organization. A key drawback is that Capacities stores data in a proprietary format rather than local Markdown files, limiting data control. The conclusion is that Capacities is interesting but can't match Obsidian's flexibility. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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