Opensidian compared

Opensidian is an open-source (GPL-3.0-or-later) markdown notes app that keeps your notes as files in a folder on your disk. These pages compare it with other notes apps, say when the other app is the better choice, and describe what moving notes over involves.

• Opensidian vs Obsidian: same vault format, opened as it is.
• Opensidian vs Logseq: two open-source apps for linked notes.
• Opensidian vs Tangent Notes: both keep notes as local markdown files.
• Opensidian vs OneNote: markdown files on disk or cloud-connected notebooks.
• Opensidian vs Google Docs: personal notes on disk or collaborative online documents.

Opensidian release builds are Linux x86_64 only; see Install, the FAQ and Security.

Obsidian, Logseq, Tangent, OneNote and Google Docs are trademarks of their owners; opensidian is not affiliated with them.