--- title: Why I like Obsidian | daily.dev description: Discover why Obsidian is a unique and indispensable note-taking tool that allows organic structure, helps link atomic ideas, and is future-proof with its use... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-like-obsidian-widdmeg0n twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why I like Obsidian | daily.dev og:description: Discover why Obsidian is a unique and indispensable note-taking tool that allows organic structure, helps link atomic ideas, and is future-proof with its use... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-like-obsidian-widdmeg0n og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wIDDmeG0n.png og:image:alt: Why I like Obsidian 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. # Why I like Obsidian **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 43 upvotes · 9 comments ## Summary Discover why Obsidian is a unique and indispensable note-taking tool that allows organic structure, helps link atomic ideas, and is future-proof with its use of plain text files. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@amartinez** · 3 upvotes > I love Obsidian. It's simple yet so powerful for organizing notes. The thing that I like the most are the community plugins, which allowed me to use a different color theme and use a Kanban board for my day-to-day tasks. **@dothbot** · 0 upvotes > I love obsidian as well ! > Connecting notes has never been easier! I use it to save definitions along with their sources, creating separate linked notes for each complex concept. > Obsidian is truly amazing, helping me maintain simplicity and cleanliness in my notes ! **@kyoukhana** · 0 upvotes > Its a cool program my only worry its a very small company how long will the software be around for **@gauravmandall** · 0 upvotes > I'm using obsidian almost every day! 🪅 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Governing Security in the Age of Infinite Signal](https://daily.dev/posts/governing-security-in-the-age-of-infinite-signal-qhihbir44) · Snyk · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [No one has a good plan for how AI companies should work with the government](https://daily.dev/posts/no-one-has-a-good-plan-for-how-ai-companies-should-work-with-the-government-nkajqoze1) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-like-obsidian-widdmeg0n) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why I like Obsidian","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-like-obsidian-widdmeg0n","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-like-obsidian-widdmeg0n"},"datePublished":"2024-01-17T14:02:59.171Z","dateModified":"2024-01-17T14:02:58.713Z","description":"Discover why Obsidian is a unique and indispensable note-taking tool that allows organic structure, helps link atomic ideas, and is future-proof with its use...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8d90c76dfa7a060d3245d2f3348b1a16?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8d90c76dfa7a060d3245d2f3348b1a16?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":9,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-like-obsidian-widdmeg0n","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":43},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":9}],"keywords":"productivity","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Why I like Obsidian"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-like-obsidian-widdmeg0n","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I love Obsidian. 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