Obsidian

Local-first Markdown notes with plugins and themes; free for personal and commercial use.

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Free Enough

This app has paid upgrades — but its free tier is the complete product. Most people who use it never feel the need to pay.

Sync (~$4/mo) and Publish (~$16/mo) are separate services sold on obsidian.md — the app itself is the full local-first notes app with plugins and themes, and nothing in it requires payment. No ads, no in-app purchases.

Something wrong?

Reports go to a human review queue. No timeline promised — this is a small pilot, but every report gets read.