# Obsidian

Standing (still-up). Founded 2020-03-30.
Site: [obsidian.md](https://obsidian.md)

Shida Li and Erica Xu, 2020. Young for this list. Already the thing people mean by 'my notes are mine'.

## Why it lasted
- Local markdown files. You can leave. Paradoxically that is why people stay.
- The graph and the plugin ecosystem turned a folder into a religion.
- A small company that ships like a tool, not like a Series B.

## Near deaths
- Roam was the hype. Roam priced like a cult. Obsidian priced like software.
- Every AI notes app wants the vault. The vault is a directory. Good luck.

## What would finish it
- A local-first AI notebook that is nicer and still files-on-disk. Possible. Not here yet.

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