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0 pointscolordrops3y ago0 comments

Is Obsidian open source? I couldn't figure it out from a quick perusal of the site.

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Obsidian is not open source but it uses plain text local files with Markdown support, so you are not locked in. All plugins for Obsidian are required to be open source. Also Obsidian contains no tracking/analytics, and the Sync product is E2E encrypted. The Obsidian API is also very flexible and allows you to do almost anything if you want to modify the app.

wojciechpolak3y ago

How do you know that it doesn't contain tracking/analytics without the source code?

kepano3y ago

You can inspect network requests and see that nothing communicates to Obsidian servers. Since the app is Electron based you can also open up developer tools and unminify the JS code if you want to actually look at the code.

You can also check out the privacy policy here: https://obsidian.md/privacy

julienreszka3y ago

you don't

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kepano3y ago

wojciechpolak3y ago

How do you know that it doesn't contain tracking/analytics without the source code?

kepano3y ago

You can also check out the privacy policy here: https://obsidian.md/privacy

julienreszka3y ago

you don't

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