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title: Obsidian
date: 2023-03-16T00:00:00+00:00
author: John Henry Donovan
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# Obsidian

Posted on 16th March, 2023

[Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) is a powerful and extensible knowledge base that works on top of your local folder of plain text files. [Obsidian Canvas](https://obsidian.md/canvas) looks interesting too.

![Image of the Obsidian logo on a dark background. The logo features the word "Obsidian" with the tagline "A second brain, for you, forever." There are several small, purple crystal-like shapes surrounding the text.](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACAAAAALCAIAAACRcxhWAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAABQElEQVQ4jXWTUbKdMAxDjwzLaOftf49Fpx8JXNrXBiZjO0aaSCY/fn7xfflO8i3AV3yf+Tl8AZ1/AWUFAyTf0d8U/i/K5hDICW7oEIYkTDJ5FutZXQtLKaiCiqpxF5B4k56b6MadOZJjcsys9GExQIRCpfp5K9YaSwuC8U0AIUkmOY45Z86ZY9ZKMiQQg+SS6qWXorRWWnJZgLQhaDCnt18JyRJn3eA45piZTCZkFkFJ9NqqaJWEijiJ7Puy9xM1W1cFH6Xj48/j22dG8kfquxIIzKqckgdUrU0LDdceDOMQXRLJ9fagamnTarHR4Nw0nI/dRVooW1zHbouHQCLZDmP1ktp2i0WNzeZYX8C5EyE21V+N02auPayrMatJuQdJ1/4azeDaP7qdW5+gxq5pKZNmTy/vn2CB6YPxT0vIU/kNqkwrWFeGFiEAAAAASUVORK5CYII=)

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