OpenKnowledge
Productivity
markdown note editor
SHOW HN2026
How HN took it
11 positive, 41 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 26 critical, out of 81 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Idea: 4 for, 9 againstDesign: 2 for, 6 againstExecution: 1 for, 5 againstPerformance: 1 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting attempt at an open source Obsidian-like with native sync
From 1 comment
Fully local, but can't integrate with any local LLM? I do think a fully OSS Obsidian-like that syncs natively is an impressive accomplishment, though the usefulness of this is…
pcthrowaway on HN
Git-based sync and MCP approach matches team workflows
From 1 comment
Nice approach. Personally I’ve been trying very hard to migrate away from git+Obsidian project setup according to the OpenAI Harness Engineering. It works wonderfully in Codex…
abdullin on HN
Objections
Only macOS supported at launch
From 2 comments
macos only? shame.
Natfan on HNFully local, but can't integrate with any local LLM? I do think a fully OSS Obsidian-like that syncs natively is an impressive accomplishment, though the usefulness of this is…
pcthrowaway on HN
No local LLM integration
From 2 comments
Fully local, but can't integrate with any local LLM? I do think a fully OSS Obsidian-like that syncs natively is an impressive accomplishment, though the usefulness of this is…
pcthrowaway on HNI really wanted to like this, but unfortunately couldn't see how it improves my experience over Obsidian or VS Code. The fact that I have to juggle between OpenKnowledge and…
kylenessen on HN
Electron may lack native polish
From 1 comment
Electron apps tend to fall down in the minutiae of the little things that native apps get right (around things like selection, scrolling, various small affordances across various…
joshka on HN
Juggling between app and Codex is clumsy; not much beyond Obsidian plus plugins
From 1 comment
I really wanted to like this, but unfortunately couldn't see how it improves my experience over Obsidian or VS Code. The fact that I have to juggle between OpenKnowledge and…
kylenessen on HN
Overwrote Codex config.toml on install
From 1 comment
Warning for those who use Codex: when I started this, it trashed my Codex config.toml file. I'm sure that it'll be fixed upstream soon, not a deal breaker, just a warning for…
tekacs on HN
Requests
Local model and embeddings support
From 2 comments
I really wanted to like this, but unfortunately couldn't see how it improves my experience over Obsidian or VS Code. The fact that I have to juggle between OpenKnowledge and…
kylenessen on HNFully local, but can't integrate with any local LLM? I do think a fully OSS Obsidian-like that syncs natively is an impressive accomplishment, though the usefulness of this is…
pcthrowaway on HN
Linux and Windows support
From 1 comment
macos only? shame.
Natfan on HN
Org Mode support
From 1 comment
Would it possible to support Org Mode?
DR_MING on HN
Integration with pi.dev or other harnesses
From 2 comments
You should just integrate with pi.dev, like I did for https://github.com/rcarmo/piclaw (which has replaced Obsidian for me). I too integrated a terminal and a WYSIWYG Markdown…
rcarmo on HNI've been using my opencode go subscription for Obsidian, saving my Claude sub for actual coding. Any reason why it's limited to Codex, Claude, and Cursor?
gman83 on HN
Android app
From 1 comment
Fully local, but can't integrate with any local LLM? I do think a fully OSS Obsidian-like that syncs natively is an impressive accomplishment, though the usefulness of this is…
pcthrowaway on HN
Questions
How does it integrate with git and collaboration
From 1 comment
How does this integrate with Git? is the CRDT stack mainly for syncronizing locally? and then "snapshotted" into git? Or how would the team collaboration part of this work?
keks0r on HN
How is the project monetized
From 1 comment
How do you make money, and how will you pay for your salaries?
simonebrunozzi on HN
Is there a migration path from Obsidian or Notion
From 1 comment
Is there a migration path from Obsidian or Notion? Switching costs are usually what keeps people locked in.
devCassius on HN
Relation to Google's Open Knowledge Format
From 1 comment
Is this following the Open Knowledge Format proposed by Google earlier this month or just a name collision?…
iamacyborg on HN
Alternatives named
Obsidian
From 2 comments
I really wanted to like this, but unfortunately couldn't see how it improves my experience over Obsidian or VS Code. The fact that I have to juggle between OpenKnowledge and…
kylenessen on HNI don't understand how Obsidian, a collection of markdown files, isn't already AI friendly. It's hard for me to imagine a more AI-friendly but still usable way to organize your…
culi on HN
Notion
From 1 comment
Is there a migration path from Obsidian or Notion? Switching costs are usually what keeps people locked in.
devCassius on HN
Slite
From 1 comment
I'm a sucker for pretty UIs. I already have a company-mandated knowledge base tool, Slite, can they be used together?
claudiacsf on HN
Rowboat
From 1 comment
Haven't tried it, will take a look. High level general purpose "IDE" for document editing (think Google Docs, Notion), that also exposes MCP/Skills for LLM wiki/second-brain…
engomez on HN