Octarine
Local Markdown notes with views and AI
AppFreemium
Obsidian
Notes as local Markdown files
Obsidian is a notes app that stores everything as plain Markdown files in a folder on your own device. Notes are connected through links, shown in a graph view and laid out on a canvas, and Bases turns them into a database shown as a table or Kanban board. More than 1,000 community plugins extend the app, and its own CLI controls it from the terminal.
Why it made the cut- Local Markdown files instead of a proprietary database
- Bases shows notes as a table or Kanban board
- Over 1,000 community plugins and a CLI
