Notes · Wiki & knowledge base
Obsidian
Local-first Markdown notes with a plugin universe.
proprietary self-hostable Dynalist Inc. (Obsidian) · CAYour notes are plain files on your disk; optional sync is a paid service by a Canadian company.
Website ↗ Plan “Notes” with itPlan “Wiki & knowledge base” with it
How you can run it
| Way | Where the data lives | Price basis | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host it myself | your own server or hardware | free | green — You run it yourself: no data leaves your own infrastructure. |
| Hosted outside Europe | servers outside Europe | ≈ €4/mo flat | red — Hosted outside Europe: your data sits under non-European jurisdiction. |
Facts
| Company / project | Dynalist Inc. (Obsidian) (CA) |
|---|---|
| Licence | proprietary |
| Self-hosting footprint | 0 MB RAM · 0.01 vCPU · 0 GB — runs on your devices; sync via your own files |
| Commonly replaces | Notion, Evernote |
| Provenance | curated, verified 2026-09-04 |
Machine-readable: /api/tools/obsidian.json. Something wrong? Tell us.