- [desktop v1.1.9](https://obsidian.md/changelog/2022-12-23-desktop-v1.1.9/) — obsidian, obsidian (2022-12-23, primary). canvas reaches everyone.
- [desktop v1.3](https://obsidian.md/changelog/2023-05-09-desktop-v1.3/) — obsidian, obsidian (2023-05-09, primary). built-in pdf reading and annotation.
- [desktop v1.4.5](https://obsidian.md/changelog/2023-08-31-desktop-v1.4.5/) — obsidian, obsidian (2023-08-31, primary). properties — structured yaml-frontmatter editing — ships to all users.
- [desktop v1.5](https://obsidian.md/changelog/2023-12-26-desktop-v1.5.3/) — obsidian, obsidian (2023-12-26, primary). the new markdown table editor, a formatting menu, global property rename, expanded sync limits.
- [desktop v1.7](https://obsidian.md/changelog/2024-10-16-desktop-v1.7.4/) — obsidian, obsidian (2024-10-16, primary). the performance overhaul — load-time speed and memory reduction across desktop and mobile.
- [desktop v1.8.0](https://obsidian.md/changelog/2024-12-18-desktop-v1.8.0/) — obsidian, obsidian (2024-12-18, primary). the web viewer core plugin in early access, plus icloud-sync improvements.
- [desktop v1.8.3](https://obsidian.md/changelog/2025-01-30-desktop-v1.8.3/) — obsidian, obsidian (2025-01-30, primary). web viewer reaches everyone, off by default.
- [desktop v1.9.0](https://obsidian.md/changelog/2025-05-21-desktop-v1.9.0/) — obsidian, obsidian (2025-05-21, primary). bases in early access — database-like views over note collections.
- [desktop v1.9.10](https://obsidian.md/changelog/2025-08-18-desktop-v1.9.10/) — obsidian, obsidian (2025-08-18, primary). bases reaches all users — the biggest core-feature addition since canvas.
- [desktop v1.12.4](https://obsidian.md/changelog/2026-02-27-desktop-v1.12.4/) — obsidian, obsidian (2026-02-27, primary). the obsidian cli arrives — scripting, automation, and headless sync.
- [desktop v1.13](https://obsidian.md/changelog/) — obsidian, obsidian (2026-07-30, primary). rebuilt settings, a full-screen image viewer, and obsidian:// uri security prompts.
- [desktop v1.14.0 (catalyst)](https://obsidian.md/changelog/) — obsidian, obsidian (2026-09-02, primary). kanban layout for bases, colored highlights, right-to-left workspaces, opening files from outside the vault, mobile quick-capture widgets.
- [mobile closed beta started for catalyst vip](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/14461) — obsidian forum, obsidian forum (2021-03, community). the mobile closed-beta announcement for catalyst vips — since removed; cited via contemporary references.
- [when is the mobile app coming out?](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/when-is-the-mobile-app-coming-out/14100) — obsidian forum, obsidian forum (2021-03-05, community). the march 2021 thread referencing the closed-beta announcement.
- [obsidian publish standard price](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-publish-standard-price/23851) — obsidian forum, obsidian forum (2021-09-08, community). users push back on the ~$16/site/month standard; silver: '$8/site/month by end of september and double the price after that.'
- [what is the exclusive dev channel?](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/what-is-the-exclusive-dev-channel/6466) — obsidian forum, obsidian forum (2020, community). catalyst tiers and perks described by staff.
- [obsidian sync appears to be down](https://blorp.ani.social/home/posts/https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.tchncs.de%2Fpost%2F20931466) — lemmy, shida li (2024-08-24, community). licat's discord postmortem of the ~5-hour august 24, 2024 outage, preserved via a lemmy mirror.
- [dynalist & obsidian](https://talk.dynalist.io/t/dynalist-obsidian/6736) — dynalist forum, dynalist team (2020-05-30, community). 'public beta launched two days ago' — the dynalist-forum mirror of the announcement.
- [projects: dynalist](https://ericaxu.com/Projects/Dynalist) — ericaxu.com, erica xu (n.d., primary). her own account of the dynalist origin — side project, march 2015, the hn and product hunt launches.
- [dynalist inc company profile](https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.dynalist_inc.0596c3cefa18bc84aa4c9825e69edd4e.html) — dun & bradstreet (2026, reporting). the dynalist inc. corporate record — 115 george st suite 350, oakville, ontario.
- [obsidian trademark 2266181](https://ised-isde.canada.ca/cipo/trademark-search/2266181) — canadian intellectual property office (2026, primary). dynalist inc. registered as owner of the obsidian trademark.
- [obsidianmd/obsidian-releases](https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases) — github, obsidian (2020-05-08, repo). the plugin and theme registry repo — created may 8, 2020, three weeks before the public beta. plugin infrastructure was planned from the start.
- [obsidianmd/obsidian-clipper](https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-clipper) — github, obsidian (2024-08-29, repo). the web clipper repo — created august 29, 2024, mit-licensed.
- [obsidian sync code review](https://obsidian.md/files/security/2025-Obsidian-TrailofBits-Sync-Audit.pdf) — trail of bits via obsidian.md, trail of bits (2025-12, primary). the sync audit — a high-severity weak-randomness flaw (tob-obsync-1) that could have allowed recovery of encrypted files; remediations validated.
- [obsidian (dynalist inc.)](https://linkedin.com/company/obsidianmd) — linkedin, linkedin (current, reporting). 'privately held,' toronto hq, ~37 associated profiles — almost certainly overcounting volunteers and contractors.
- [1.8.0 early access announcement](https://www.threads.com/@obsdmd/post/DDu-nO7zn2y) — threads, obsidian (2024-12, community). the official social post for the web viewer early access.
- [obsidian.md homepage](https://web.archive.org/web/20200410075559/https://obsidian.md/) — internet archive (2020-04-10, archive). the obsidian.md homepage live during the private alpha.
- [obsidian pricing, july 2020](https://web.archive.org/web/20200718140416/https://obsidian.md/pricing) — internet archive (2020-07-18, archive). the earliest full price menu — sync and publish pre-sold on early-bird pricing months before sync shipped.
- [obsidian pricing, january 2021](https://web.archive.org/web/20210105042500/https://obsidian.md/pricing) — internet archive (2021-01-05, archive). standard prices alongside grandfathered early-bird rates.
- [obsidian pricing, january 2023](https://web.archive.org/web/20230101163854/https://obsidian.md/pricing) — internet archive (2023-01-01, archive). the pre-reprice grid — publish $16/month, commercial $50/user/year.
- [obsidian community page, january 2022](https://web.archive.org/web/20220102165359/https://obsidian.md/community) — internet archive (2022-01-02, archive). the footer already links forum-zh — the chinese community infrastructure was early.
- [obsidian gems of the year winners](https://all-in-obsidian.li3huo.com/obsidian/gems-of-the-year-winners/) — all-in-obsidian (li3huo.com) (2026, community). the fan wiki carrying the unverified 'january 31, 2020 first line of code' claim — included as the claim's only source, flagged weak.
- [show hn: obsidian for mobile](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27807850) — hacker news, erica xu (2021-07-12, community). the mobile launch thread — dominated by ios sync workarounds and license questions.
- [show hn: obsidian canvas](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34066824) — hacker news, erica xu (2022-12-20, community). the highest-scoring obsidian submission in algolia — 1,380 points, 387 comments.
- [obsidian bases](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44945532) — hacker news (2025-08-18, community). 695 points, 255 comments — 'notion killer' versus 'scope creep.'
- [obsidian sync now has a headless client](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47197267) — hacker news (2026-02-28, community). 587 points — heavy discussion of self-hosting versus paying.
- [less is safer: reducing the risk of supply chain attacks](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45307242) — hacker news (2025-09-19, community). obsidian's own supply-chain post; comments press the no-sandbox problem. 522 points.
- [the future of obsidian plugins](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48109970) — hacker news (2026-05-12, community). 452 points — the directory relaunch and automated per-version reviews.
- [obsidian plugin was abused to deploy a remote access trojan](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48088576) — hacker news (2026-05-10, community). 366 points, 229 comments — the phantompulse rat story; debate over whether blame lies with obsidian or social engineering.
- [show hn: files.md — open-source alternative to obsidian](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48179677) — hacker news (2026-05-18, community). 730 points — an open-source clone's launch out-scoring most obsidian announcements; a referendum on the closed core.
- [ditching obsidian and building my own](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44022448) — hacker news (2025-05-18, community). the biggest 'leaving obsidian' thread ever — 471 points, 559 comments.
- [why i like obsidian](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39027154) — hacker news (2024-01-17, community). 293 points, 368 comments — a love letter that doubled as a meta-discussion of pkm habits.
- [writing down what i do in obsidian](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33527296) — hacker news (2022-11-09, community). 358 points — chris krycho's workflow essay.
- [how i blog with obsidian, hugo, github, and cloudflare](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43771645) — hacker news (2025-04-23, community). 336 points — the obsidian→hugo publishing pipeline.
- [how i use obsidian (2023)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47054369) — hacker news (2026-02-17, community). 203 points — kepano's own vault doc, notable for how little it resembles influencer setups.
- [be careful with obsidian](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45678941) — hacker news (2025-10-23, community). 127 points, 150 comments — hn split between 'relatively trustworthy for proprietary software' and sandboxing demands.
- [obsidian is now free for work](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43117020) — hacker news (2025-02-20, community). ~421 combined points across two submissions — the license made optional.
- [if you're remote, ramble](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44775563) — hacker news (2025-08-03, community). 976 points, 464 comments — kepano's biggest hn hit.
- [design is compromise](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49059367) — hacker news (2026-07-26, community). 286 points.
- [100% user-supported](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39336308) — hacker news (2024-02-11, community). 191 points — the thread includes kepano's 'file over app is more important than open source' comment.
- [photoshop for text](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33253606) — hacker news (2022-10-18, community). 183 points — the ambition essay's hn run.
- [flexoki, an inky color scheme for prose and code](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37816721) — hacker news (2023-10-09, community). 194 points — the color scheme's adjacent halo.
- [show hn: defuddle](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44067409) — hacker news, steph ango (2025-05-22, community). 418 points — the web-cleaning library powering obsidian web clipper.
- [show hn: open-source obsidian.md sync server](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37247767) — hacker news (2023-08-24, community). 416 points — a community-built sync alternative; pricing grumbling throughout.
- [obsidian dataview](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31407781) — hacker news (2022-05-17, community). 211 points — the plugin that later pressured obsidian to ship bases.
- [obsidian 1.5 desktop (public)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38771561) — hacker news (2023-12-26, community). 199 points, 193 comments.
- [after obsidian and logseq, i give dendron a try](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32248543) — hacker news (2022-07-27, community). 129 points, 159 comments — the era-typical three-way comparison.
- [notion api importer, with databases to bases conversion bounty](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45271942) — hacker news (2025-09-17, community). 189 points — obsidian offering bounties to convert notion databases.
- [logseq: privacy-first, joyful platform for knowledge management](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33218561) — hacker news (2022-10-15, community). 276 points — the open-source rival's big thread, full of obsidian comparisons.
- [the cult of the obsidian note-taking app](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37890852) — hacker news (2023-10-15, community). 29 points — the fast company profile's modest hn reception.
- [obsidian sync now starts at $4 per month](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39771936) — hacker news (2024-03-20, community). the $4/month standard tier's quiet reception.
- [obsidian entertainment's ai support forwards emails to obsidian support](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45805119) — hacker news (2025-11-03, community). the game studio's ai support reportedly forwarded user emails to obsidian.md support — the name collision made real.
- [file over app](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36566323) — hacker news, steph ango (2023-07-02, community). 56 points — the largest of ~15 submissions through august 2026. canonical status out of proportion to points; the 'hit #1' claim is unverified.
- [quality software deserves your hard-earned cash](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40389604) — hacker news (2024-05-17, community). 36 points — the essay's virality was off-hn, in newsletters and docs citations.
- [i used to be very against closed source products…](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46034631) — hacker news (2025-11, community). the comment thread resurrecting licat's open-sourcing rebuttal years later.
- [have obsidian stopped requiring that you pay for a commercial license?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44956006) — hacker news (2025-08-18, community). evidence the old license terms confused users for years — one employer 'expressly forbid the use of obsidian.'
- [the rise of second-brain apps: notion, obsidian, mem](https://www.thecut.com/2021/12/second-brain-apps-notion-obsidian.html) — the cut / new york magazine, sophie haigney (2021-12-22, reporting). the first big mainstream-culture piece to name the category — 'i saw the best minds of my generation being uploaded onto second-brain apps.'
- [case study: how the second brain meme is going mainstream](https://fortelabs.com/blog/case-study-how-the-second-brain-meme-is-going-mainstream/) — forte labs, tiago forte (2022-02-07, community). forte's meta-analysis of the cut piece — the second-brain meme going mainstream.
- [techmeme summary of the fast company profile](https://www.techmeme.com/231014/p10) — techmeme (2023-10, reporting). the aggregator record — including kepano's 'proudly not a cult' response.
- [i've turned into a tech hippie](https://www.fastcompany.com/91156207/how-i-turned-into-a-tech-hippie) — fast company, jared newman (2024, reporting). obsidian as refuge from venture-backed apps — 'a small team that hasn't raised any venture capital.'
- [obsidian — a new take on notes](https://wondertools.substack.com/p/obsidian) — wonder tools, jeremy caplan and jared newman (2023-10-05, reporting). the newsletter explainer that fed the 'cult' framing.
- [how to use obsidian for writing and productivity](https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-use-obsidian-writing-productivity-markdown/) — wired, justin pot (2024, reporting). 'this application has slowly gone from being a weird app i didn't understand to one i can't imagine functioning without.'
- [best distraction-free writing apps](https://www.wired.com/story/best-apps-for-distraction-free-writing/) — wired, justin pot (2024, reporting). recommended with a warning: 'don't let browsing and trying out all those extensions become a distraction itself.'
- [obsidian review](https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/obsidian) — pcmag, justin pot (2025-12-07, reporting). 4.0/excellent, 'best for power users'; cons — 'difficult to get started with. no collaboration features.'
- [obsidian review](https://www.techradar.com/reviews/obsidian) — techradar, stefan ionescu (2022-08-04, reporting). 'sophisticated features… a stellar user interface' — and a snapshot of the old pricing grid.
- [obsidian's popularity explained](https://www.macstories.net/news/obsidians-popularity-explained/) — macstories, macstories (2023-10, reporting). the apple-ecosystem validation.
- [obsidian vs. notion: which is best?](https://zapier.com/blog/obsidian-vs-notion/) — zapier, zapier (2024, reporting). 'both are for power users, but notion is more user friendly' — the usability-versus-power framing.
- [i ditched google keep and replaced it with a notes app that actually respects my privacy](https://www.howtogeek.com/ditched-google-keep-replaced-with-notes-app-that-respects-privacy/) — how-to geek, how-to geek (2025, reporting). the churn-era seo switch piece.
- [i linked my messy notes and built a universe of ideas in obsidian](https://www.androidpolice.com/organizing-notes-with-obsidian/) — android police, android police (2024, reporting). the mainstream-android discovery piece.
- [after using obsidian bases, i can't see myself going back to notion](https://www.makeuseof.com/obsidian-bases-ditch-notion/) — makeuseof, makeuseof (2025, reporting). the bases reception — even this fan piece calls kepano's marketing 'a bit too flowery.'


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Original credited author: Hraness
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