---
title: "Obsidian is now free for work"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/obsidian-is-now-free-for-work-1jj9kryvj
source_url: https://obsidian.md/blog/free-for-work/
type: article
source: "Hacker News"
published: 2025-02-20T17:48:17.760Z
updated: 2025-02-20T17:48:30.542Z
tags: ["productivity", "privacy", "markdown"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 705
comments: 45
language: en
---

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# Obsidian is now free for work

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 2 min read · 705 upvotes · 45 comments

## Summary

Obsidian's Commercial license is now optional, allowing free usage of the software for work. There's no account requirement, no ads, and no data tracking, with all data stored locally in plain text Markdown files. The change aims to simplify the license terms and align with Obsidian's principle of enabling clear thinking and effective organization. Large organizations like Amazon and Google already use Obsidian, and organizations can still support its development by purchasing licenses.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@rudwolf** · 7 upvotes

> What is the advantage between this and notion.so ?

**@atkr** · 4 upvotes

> I still haven't found a reason to use Obsidian (nor Notion), I guess that's why it's free(-er) now.

**@0xdev\_mlt** · 2 upvotes

> Open source is the best source <3

**@kamikazeegodzilla** · 2 upvotes

> You can also put your obsidian vault to google drive and use google drive app on system (mac/windows)
> support of git is great but on drive it is synced automatically

**@p4lm3r** · 2 upvotes

> Haven't used Obsidian, but if you're looking for something private and free, give Logseq a try.

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